Cracking the GRE 2

Question 1

Ebullience

Answer 1

Noun: quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings

Question 2

Facetious

Answer 2

Adj: playful, humorous

Question 3

Gregarious

Answer 3

Adj: sociable, outgoing

Question 4

Odious

Answer 4

Adj: evoking intense aversion or dislike

Question 5

Penurious

Answer 5

Adj: penny pinching, stingy

Question 6

Pernicious

Answer 6

Adj: extremely harmful, potentially causing death

Question 7

Quiescence

Answer 7

Noun: stillness

Question 8

Redoubtable

Answer 8

Adj: Awe-inspiring, worthy of honor

Question 9

Aver

Answer 9

Verb: to state, declare, or assert

Question 10

Dissemble

Answer 10

Verb: to disguise or conceal

Question 11

Endemic

Answer 11

Adj: characteristic of a locality, region, or people

Question 12

Halcyon

Answer 12

Adj: calm and peaceful

Question 13

Impassive

Answer 13

Adj: revealing no emotion

Question 14

Impunity

Answer 14

Adj: immune from punishment or penalty

Question 15

Occlude

Answer 15

Verb: to obstruct or block