GRE Verbal Reasoning Exam with
Accurate Answers
Abate - correct answers-to reduce in amount
abscond - correct answers-to leave secretly
Adulterate - correct answers-to make impure
Aggrandize - correct answers-to increase power, influence, reputation
amalgamate - correct answers-to combine, mix together
Ameliorate - correct answers-to make better, improve
Anachronism - correct answers-something out of place in time
analogous - correct answers-similar or alike in some way
antipathy - correct answers-lack of interest or emotion
arbitrate - correct answers-to judge a dispute between 2 opposing parties
archaic - correct answers-ancient, old fashioned
assuage - correct answers-to make something unpleasant less severe
Attenuate - correct answers-to reduce in force, weaken
Audacious - correct answers-fearless and daring
Austere - correct answers-severe or stern in appearance; undecorated
banal - correct answers-predictable, cliched, boring
bolster - correct answers-to support, prop up
bombastic - correct answers-popmpous in speech or manner
cacophony - correct answers-harsh, jarring noise
, candid - correct answers-impartial and honest in speech
capricious - correct answers-changing ones mind quickly and often
castigate - correct answers-to punish or critisize harshly
caustic - correct answers-biting in wit
chauvinist - correct answers-someone prejudiced in favor of a group to wich he or she
belongs
chicancery - correct answers-deception by means of craft or guile
coget - correct answers-convincing and well reasoned
convoluted - correct answers-intricate and complicated
corroborate - correct answers-to provide supporting evidence
credulous - correct answers-too trusitng; gullible
decorum - correct answers-appropriateness of behavior or conduct
deference - correct answers-respect, courtesy
deride - correct answers-to speak of or treat with conempt; to mock
desiccate - correct answers-to dry out thorooughly
desultory - correct answers-jumping from one thing to another
diatribe - correct answers-abuse, condemnatory speech
diffident - correct answers-lacking self confidencce
dilatory - correct answers-intended to delay
dilettante - correct answers-someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a
topic
dirge - correct answers-a funeral hymn or mournful speech
disabuse - correct answers-to set right, to free from error
discern - correct answers-to perceive, recognize
Accurate Answers
Abate - correct answers-to reduce in amount
abscond - correct answers-to leave secretly
Adulterate - correct answers-to make impure
Aggrandize - correct answers-to increase power, influence, reputation
amalgamate - correct answers-to combine, mix together
Ameliorate - correct answers-to make better, improve
Anachronism - correct answers-something out of place in time
analogous - correct answers-similar or alike in some way
antipathy - correct answers-lack of interest or emotion
arbitrate - correct answers-to judge a dispute between 2 opposing parties
archaic - correct answers-ancient, old fashioned
assuage - correct answers-to make something unpleasant less severe
Attenuate - correct answers-to reduce in force, weaken
Audacious - correct answers-fearless and daring
Austere - correct answers-severe or stern in appearance; undecorated
banal - correct answers-predictable, cliched, boring
bolster - correct answers-to support, prop up
bombastic - correct answers-popmpous in speech or manner
cacophony - correct answers-harsh, jarring noise
, candid - correct answers-impartial and honest in speech
capricious - correct answers-changing ones mind quickly and often
castigate - correct answers-to punish or critisize harshly
caustic - correct answers-biting in wit
chauvinist - correct answers-someone prejudiced in favor of a group to wich he or she
belongs
chicancery - correct answers-deception by means of craft or guile
coget - correct answers-convincing and well reasoned
convoluted - correct answers-intricate and complicated
corroborate - correct answers-to provide supporting evidence
credulous - correct answers-too trusitng; gullible
decorum - correct answers-appropriateness of behavior or conduct
deference - correct answers-respect, courtesy
deride - correct answers-to speak of or treat with conempt; to mock
desiccate - correct answers-to dry out thorooughly
desultory - correct answers-jumping from one thing to another
diatribe - correct answers-abuse, condemnatory speech
diffident - correct answers-lacking self confidencce
dilatory - correct answers-intended to delay
dilettante - correct answers-someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a
topic
dirge - correct answers-a funeral hymn or mournful speech
disabuse - correct answers-to set right, to free from error
discern - correct answers-to perceive, recognize
