[GRE Vocabulary Test]

# What are the meanings of the following words?

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Q.1: garrulous
a) clumsy; boorish b) encouraging
c) loquacious; wordy d) weak; ineffective
Q.2: gauche
a) characteristic of a class or species b) situated in extreme north; arctic; cold
c) imperceptible; intangible d) clumsy; boorish
Q.3: germinal
a) sealed by fusion so as to be airtight b) pertaining to a germ; creative
c) weightless d) withholding belief; skeptical
Q.4: hyperborean
a) situated in extreme north; arctic; cold b) weightless
c) not fitting; absurd d) indifferent; without concern or care
Q.5: imperturbable
a) calm; placid b) lacking self-restraint; licentious
c) irresistible; not to be escaped d) repetitious; tedious
Q.6: incontinent
a) withholding belief; skeptical b) lacking self-restraint; licentious
c) repetitious; tedious d) praiseworthy; commendable
Q.7: internecine
a) unruly; refractory b) producing motion
c) agile; lithe d) mutually destructive
Q.8: laudable
a) agile; lithe b) sickening; insipid
c) praiseworthy; commendable d) marriageable
Q.9: morganatic
a) nearsighted b) marriageable
c) describing a marriage between a member of a royal family and a commone d) old-fashioned; past the prime
Q.10: optimum
a) having a round, resonant quality; inflated speech b) pertaining to disease
c) having wings or feathers d) most favorable
Q.11: perspicuous
a) pertaining to the Pharisees; self-righteous; hypocritical b) plainly expressed
c) after dinner d) used to prevent disease
Q.12: premonitory
a) serving to warn b) dim-sighted; obtuse
c) recoiling from progress; retrograde d) pertaining to country people; uncouth
Q.13: reticulated
a) covered with a network; having the appearance of a mesh b) pertaining to the physical senses; operating through the senses
c) standing shoulder to shoulder; crowded d) played in an abrupt manner; marked by abrupt sharp sound
Q.14: staccato
a) strong, brawny; steadfast b) played in an abrupt manner; marked by abrupt sharp sound
c) below the threshold d) flexible; pliant
Q.15: tantamount
a) tight; ready b) inlaid; mosaic
c) protective; pertaining to a guardianship d) equal
Q.16: vertiginous
a) capable of maintaining life b) temperate: sparing in drink, etc.
c) giddy; causing dizziness d) hard: inflexible
Q.17: adipose
a) skillful b) artificial: pretended
c) horrified d) fatty
Q.18: amicable
a) friendly b) comparable
c) abnormal; irregular d) not genuine; sham
Q.19: arbitrary
a) antiquated b) practicing self-denial; austere
c) fixed or decided; despotic d) binding; causing contraction
Q.20: autonomous
a) helper, additional or subsidiary b) self-governing
c) deadly; destructive d) highly ornate


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