[GRE Vocabulary Test]
# What are the meanings of the following words?
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Q.1: enervate
a) eat away
b) vex
c) weaken
d) clean; remove offensive parts of a book
Q.2: engender
a) avoid
b) clear from blame
c) acquit; exculpate
d) cause; produce
Q.3: enhance
a) call forth
b) advance; improve
c) make amends for a sin
d) praise; glorify
Q.4: enthrall
a) capture; enslave
b) make amends for a sin
c) weaken mitigate
d) force or push out
Q.5: eschew
a) avoid
b) root up
c) free; disentangle
d) pretend
Q.6: exhort
a) praise; glorify
b) urge
c) pretend
d) steal
Q.7: expurgate
a) make less difficult
b) honor at a festival
c) flog; whip
d) clean; remove offensive parts of a book
Q.8: exude
a) flog; whip
b) spot
c) discharge; give forth
d) thwart; defeat
Q.9: filch
a) stir up; instigate
b) thwart; defeat
c) steal
d) speak foolishly
Q.10: foment
a) open widely
b) mock
c) express evil satisfaction; view malevolently
d) stir up; instigate
Q.11: garner
a) stuff oneself
b) gather; store up
c) offer as a sacrifice
d) curse; pray that evil will befall
Q.12: harrow
a) break up ground after plowing; torture
b) disable
c) accuse
d) charge
Q.13: impugn
a) doubt; challenge; gainsay
b) prohibit; restrain
c) make whole; combine; make into one unit
d) lead astray; wheedle
Q.14: inhibit
a) utter a second time; repeat
b) prohibit; restrain
c) settle accounts; clear up
d) speak evil of; defame
Q.15: lave
a) chew
b) measure; distribute
c) soothe
d) wash
Q.16: mitigate
a) annoy; vex
b) destroy completely
c) appease
d) throb; flutter
Q.17: ogle
a) steal; embezzle
b) turn to stone
c) glance coquettishly at; make eyes at
d) speak foolishly; boast idly
Q.18: pinion
a) foretell
b) predict
c) appease
d) restrain
Q.19: prorogue
a) cower; lose heart
b) dismiss parliament; end officially
c) repudiate; withdraw previous statement
d) recover
Q.20: reconcile
a) make friendly after quarrel; correct inconsistencies
b) split; tear apart
c) restore to good condition; renew
d) cancel