GRE3000字汇(P116-155)

Test 55

1. His being demoted to bellboy was the nadir of his career.

2. One should beware of the baleful influence of alcohol.

3. His genre paintings mostly depict the daily life of fisher folk.

4. Don’t try to delude him with such bogus claim.

5. She was upset by his callous treatment of her.

6. All humans are fallible; the Pope is no exception.

7. His remarks showed signs of arrogance and egotism

8. His frivolous lifestyle is the antithesis of what he teaches in the classroom.

9. He decided to wait until a better time to bring up such a factious issue.

10. The old professor decried the decadence of modern youth.

11. Artists cannot paint without palettes.

12. The two concurrent events significantly changed the outcome.

Vocabulary:

Nadir/baleful/genre/delude/callous/fallible/egotism/antithesis/factious/decadence/ palette/concurrent

Test 56

1. Though a member of the gentry, he seldom entered the palace grounds.

2. The police failed to elicit any information from the criminal.

3. Their trek was hampered by heavy snow.

4. She tried to ignore the lecherous expression on his face.

5. We saw no connection between the two discrete events.

6. Her incisive mind made her an outstanding journalist.

7. You can often see myriads of stars twinkling in the sky on midsummer nights.

8. The mayor was impeached for accepting illegal campaign contributions.

9. We refused to believe his delusive assertions.

10. They paid a visit to the hermit in his remote hermitage.

11. The doctor assured her that the tumor in her liver was not malignant.

12. They enjoyed the jocund atmosphere of the carnival.

Vocabulary:

Gentry/elicit/hamper/lecherous/discrete/incisive/myriad/impeach/delusive/hermitage/ malignant/jocund

Test 57

1. Janet is quick in grasping the gist of a book.

2. I gave her a lucid, frank account of the incident.

3. He was as canny in the use of time as in spending money.

4. The clever journalist exposed their covert plan.

5. The abused hireling fled before the contract had expired.

6. Islanders tend to be insular in their outlook on life.

7. There is a dubious character hanging about our neighborhood.

8. She urged him to stop having such a defeatist attitude.

9. Edger Allan Poe’s “Silence” is a profound apologue.

10. The atheistic iconoclast was driven out of town.

11. She felt depressed in such a funereal atmosphere.

12. He was one of the rare breed of wise and erudite men.

Vocabulary:

Gist/lucid/canny/covert/hireling/insular/dubious/defeatist/apologue/atheistic/funereal/ erudite

Test 58

1. She had pink-rimmed eyes and a wan complexion.

2. Later we found out that his threat was just a hoax.

3. A hot-air balloon must be inflated before it is capable of flight.

4. Buddhist monks are required to lead an ascetic life.

5. It seemed impolitic to pay much attention to these trivial matters.

6. The priest pronounced an eulogy on the dead at the funeral.

7. His argument follows the rules of inductive reasoning.

8. They signed the covenant in front of a witness.

9. There are many amazing parallelisms between apes and humans.

10. Growing up on a ranch taught her animal husbandry.

11. His usurpation of power didn’t win him the admiration of the masses.

12. You must show proper discretion in carrying out the project.

Vocabulary:

Wan/hoax/inflate/ascetic/impolitic/eulogy/inductive/convenant/parallelism/husbandry/ usurpation/discretion

Test 59

1. Her constant complaints were irksome.

2. Ancient barterers would often accept food in exchange for goods.

3. He won the match by default, because his opponent refused to play.

4. They are canvassing the neighborhood for new subscribers.

5. His evasive answers convinced his wife that he was withholding the truth.

6. They gave a eulogistic speech at his banquet.

7. He was nothing but a sadistic alcoholic.

8. Jet engines provide enormous propulsive force to get an airplane off the ground.

9. He had to take up the gauntlet thrown down by his adversary.

10. Clowns are supposed to be jocose.

11. The effect of technology on our daily lives is imponderable.

12. Asceticism is still practiced in many parts of the world.

Vocabulary:

Irksome/barterer/default/canvass/evasive/eulogistic/sadistic/propulsive/gauntlet/ jocose/imponderable/asceticism

Test 60

1. He had been gazing at the lady with a brazen glance of lechery.

2. His inaction further muddled the situation.

3. He gazed down at the turbid waters of the Tamsui River.

4. The company advertised regularly in the local gazettes.

5. The unwonted event caused quite a commotion in the community.

6. The pupils in this elementary school are very tractable.

7. Can you come up with a deducible explanation for this?

8. Adolescents tend to be more impulsive and mercurial than adults.

9. Scientists are trying to invent better propellants for the new space shuttle.

10. She was overcome by nausea and vertigo.

11. National parks were established to protect the perennial beauty of the wilderness.

12. “Be no more” is an euphemism for “be dead”.

Vocabulary:

Brazen/muddle/turbid/gazette/unwonted/tractable/deducible/mercurial/propellant/ vertigo/perennial/euphemism

Test 61

1. The day proved to be as muggy as the weatherman had predicted.

2. He avowed that he has committed bribery.

3. Narcissus looked at his reflection in the limpid waters.

4. The thief groveled in front of the magistrate.

5. We were all astounded at the grisly news of the murder.

6. The illness put her in a temporary state of delirium.

7. There is a high incidence of heart disease among middle-aged men.

8. They found the inquisitiveness of the meddlesome woman highly annoying.

9. It was an auspicious start to their election campaign.

10. Combustible materials should be put in this container.

11. He was charged with perjury for making fallacious statements under oath.

12. The bourgeois seldom mingle with the poor.

Vocabulary:

Muggy/avow/limpid/grovel/grisly/delirium/incidence/meddlesome/auspicious/ combustible/fallacious/bourgeois

Test 62

1. The versatile gymnast is noted for her agility.

2. His cattle ranch covers a large tract of land.

3. It takes much stamina to be able to run the full distance of a marathon.

4. There is a caption for each photograph in this newspaper.

5. Janet’s popularity in school is due to her suave manners.

6. The revelry continued until the wee hours.

7. The satyr was put into jail for sexually assaulting women.

8. You must tell the truth under oath of face the consequences of committing perjury.

9. The convicted felon asked for clemency.

10. The man was polite and his general demeanor had the air of a clergyman.

11. I abominate those who deceive and tell lies.

12. He was excommunicated for making blasphemous statements.

Vocabulary:

Agility/tract/stamina/caption/suave/revelry/satyr/perjury/clemency/demeanor/ abominate/blasphermous

Test 63

1. The old woman’s complexion was pallid and unhealthy.

2. I didn’t have the slightest inkling of the cause of the delay.

3. Bennie’s hostelry was a place of great revelry.

4. The head chef at that restaurant is a famous French gourmet.

5. A dialectician is a person very skilled in dialectics.

6. His uniform was embellished with many medals.

7. Inflation is not a serious problem during incipient economic expansion.

8. Only the discerning readers will appreciate the humor of the book.

9. The fastidious boss checked and rechecked all the arrangements.

10. The weather bureau warned of an impending typhoon.

11. His haphazard remarks caused a political storm.

12. All those who were exposed to the disease were put in quarantine.

Vocabulary:

Pallid/inkling/hostelry/gourmet/dialectics/embellish/incipient/discerning/fastidious/ impending/haphazard/quarantine

Test 64

1. The zephyr felt refreshing in the mid-day heat.

2. Her quizzical glance showed that she knew exactly what was going on.

3. After the scourge of flood usually comes the scourge of disease.

4. A lavish supply of victuals were prepared by the chef.

5. Bears are torpid when they hibernate during the winter.

6. The representatives all agreed that the proposal was sagacious.

7. He made the decision after only cursory consideration.

8. The ship passing through the channel was barely discernible in the fog.

9. Beware of ravenous tigers on the prowl.

10. There are many amusing epitaphs in that cemetery.

11. We attended the unction in the cathedral last Saturday.

12. A large proportion of terrestrial life exists in tropical rain forests.

Vocabulary:

Zephyr/quizzical/scourge/victuals/torpid/sagacious/cursory/disernible/ravenous/ epitaph/unction/terrestrial

Test 65

1. The pensive look of the girl in the painting impressed us all.

2. You have disgrace your entire family by committing such knavery.

3. In order to get large blooms, you have to pinch out the lateral buds.

4. We could hear the howling of the ravening wolves that night.

5. Such a hackneyed event escaped my attention.

6. Hunting in packs is an intrinsic trait of wolves.

7. It seemed a totally quixotic and illusory dream.

8. The young girl’s uncouth remarks upset her mother.

9. Soliloquy is often used in live performances on stage.

10. The imminent arrival of winter gave them an impetus to store up wood.

11. Big multinational corporations typically have many subsidiary companies.

12. The gregarious neighbors often got together to play bridge.

Vocabulary:

Pensive/knavery/lateral/ravening/hackneyed/intrinsic/quixotic/uncouth/soliloquy/impetus/subsidiary/gregarious/

Test 66

1. Trying to curry favor with such a vindictive man could backfire.

2. She was furious at his alluding to her multiple boyfriends.

3. They accepted my credit card in lieu of cash.

4. We couldn’t see what was going on inside because of the opaque glass.

5. The nubile young woman had many suitors to choose from.

6. The ancient citadel overlooking the harbor has become a popular tourist attraction.

7. The young men were caught trying to exhume a corpse.

8. The architect used oblique angles to make this house unique.

9. He shows forbearance in dealing with children.

10. He was magnanimous towards his adversary.

11. The disingenuous lawyer swindled many of his clients.

12. A caterpillar will have a metamorphosis into a moth or butterfly.

Vocabulary:

Curry/allude/lieu/opaque/nubile/citadel/exhume/oblique/forbearance/magnanimous/ disingenuous/metamorphosis

Test 67

1. We surmised the motive of the arsonist.

2. She was of the opinion that Professor Miller was a useless pedant.

3. Modern women tend to neglect the culinary arts.

4. The unmanned space probe is now passing through an asteroid belt.

5. The house was spoilt by a profusion of unnecessary ornaments.

6. The village was encompassed by enemy forces for months.

7. A sense of foreboding made him decide to abandon the plan.

8. Her moral rectitude earned her much respect.

9. The misapprehension between them was soon cleared up.

10. We were shocked at the atheist’s sacrilegious behavior.

11. The old legends were written down so they wouldn’t pass into oblivion.

12. Some species of insects have very ephemeral lives.

Vocabulary:

Surmise/pedant/culinary/asteroid/profusion/encompass/foreboding/rectitude/ misapprehension/sacrilegious/oblivion/ephemeral

Test 68

1. The dictator was avid for complete power.

2. The editor decided to collate the latter edition with the earlier one.

3. He used to be an aspirant to game and fortune.

4. The malefactor was handcuffed and taken away by the police.

5. Bear in mind that none of us is infallible.

6. The manifesto affected the relations between the two adjoining countries.

7. Success should not make one complacent.

8. It was no surprise that the disputatious student joined a debating society.

9. In spite of some obnoxious qualities, he is quite reliable.

10. Pediatricians are doctors who specialize in child-care.

11. Etymology is a branch of linguistics.

12. His impromptu speech won general applause.

Vocabulary:

Avid/collate/aspirant/malefactor/infallible/manifesto/complacent/disputatious/ obnoxious/pediatrician/etymology/impromptu

Test 69

1. The prisoner was shackled and brought before the magistrate.

2. The bumper harvest brought them a copious supply of grain.

3. Salmon swim upstream to spawn.

4. Being an heir to a large fortune, he is prodigal of money.

5. They brought in a medium to exorcise the ghost.

6. He didn’t receive the residue until all the inheritance taxes had been paid.

7. Waves on the surface cause a refraction.

8. The students went to the operating room to observe the dissection.

9. A college student should attempt to assimilate a variety of knowledge.

10. A good actor can improvise on stage.

11. As the economic recession got worse, the number of malcontents increase dramatically.

12. The voracious lion was desperate for food.

Vocabulary:

Shackle/copious/spawn/prodigal/exorcise/residue/refraction/dissection/assimilate/ improvise/malcontent/voracious

Test 70

1. They held him culpable for the blunder.

2. They sonorous tone of the foghorn warned the sailors that they were approaching shore.

3. My intuition told me that he is not trustworthy.

4. The resonant notes of the violin filled the concert hall.

5. The engineer was relegated to a clerical position.

6. The prosecutor attempted to convince the jury that the accused acted with malevolent intent.

7. Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales” served as a prototype for many later English writers.

8. The unilateral declaration sparked a fierce debate.

9. The intermittent rain didn’t interfere with their travel plans.

10. She was nauseated by the movement of the boat.

11. In ancient times the Romans led very voluptuous lives.

12. The misanthrope withdrew to the mountains and became self-sufficient, avoiding other people.

Vocabulary:

Culpable/sonorous/intuition/resonant/relegate/malevolent/prototype/unilateral/ intermitten/nauseate/voluptuous/misanthrope

Test 71

1. The wrecked coach lay askew on the railway track.

2. Only a dolt would miss the boat.

3. The covetous politician was convicted of accepting bribes.

4. Many endangered species of birds are extant on this island.

5. The thieves were unaware that they had stolen a replica of the priceless sculpture.

6. With celerity she was introduced to all the guests at the party.

7. Politicians from that state are known for their bombastic speech.

8. The citizens of that town have a tendency to incredulity.

9. Many of its residents consider the population of San Francisco a microcosm of the rest of the world.

10. An acrimonious debate ensued over the proposed budget.

11. The choreography Martha Graham introduced was superb.

12. At sunset the sky became a kaleidoscope of colors.

Vocabulary:

Askew/dolt/covetous/extant/replica/celerity/bombastic/incredulity/microcosm/ acrimonious/choreography/kaleidoscope

Test 72

1. They doffed their hats before entering the temple.

2. His caustic style of writing earned him the enmity of the CIA.

3. The ambrosia she made was fit for a king.

4. Scientists are studying the spasmodic activity of the volcano.

5. Her normally rubicund face was white with tension.

6. Ghosts have no corporeal existence.

7. The pretentious musician was irate when he wasn’t nominated for an award.

8. The nurse cleaned the wound with an antiseptic.

9. To sign a contract is an irrevocable act.

10. The incontrovertible evidence brought before the court assured his conviction.

11. Many well-known journalists wrote under pseudonyms.

12. The young couple are not quite homogeneous in their marital philosophy.

Vocabulary:

Doff/caustic/ambrosia/spasmodic/rubicund/corporeal/pretentious/antiseptic/ irrevocable/incontrovertible/pseudonym/homogeneous

Test 73

1. Carnal pleasure can destroy a man’s soul.

2. She wore a solid gold necklace with a ruby pendant.

3. The police broke up their midnight carousal when the neighbors complained.

4. The patient was given an opium tablet to palliate the severe pain.

5. After the traffic accident, the man suffered from partial amnesia.

6. The teacher reiterated her instructions to the class.

7. The band’s rendition of Bowie’s “Fame” was terrific.

8. The climber had only a precarious hold on the slippery rock.

9. His meticulous preparations insured that the undertaking was concluded without incident.

10. His inarticulate speech confused the audience.

11. A visit to Athens must be included in the itinerary.

12. Found guilty of plagiarism, Professor Smith was dismissed from the faculty.

Vocabulary”

Carnal/pendant/carousal/palliate/amnesia/riterate/rendition/precarious/meticulous/ inarticulate/itinerary/plagiarism