GRE/SAT final preparation quiz 3

1. Find the word with meaning “1 high ranking church official; 2 major, important “?

2. Find the word with meaning “someone excessively patriotic [chauvinism (n)] “?

3. Find the word with meaning “undeveloped; nascent “?

4. Find the word with meaning “obscure details “?

5. Find the word with meaning “(v) to prevent; stop; disable “?

6. Find the word with meaning “1 (v) to argue about minor matters; to play on words when finding fault; 2 (n) a minor verbal point in an argument “?

7. Find the word with meaning “thick rope or cable “?

8. Find the word with meaning “ceremonial fire “?

9. Find the word with meaning “1 bitterness (bad feeling); 2 confidence; 3 abnormal growth on a plant “?

10. Find the word with meaning “be relevant to [pertinent (a)] “?

11. Find the word with meaning “support; strengthen “?

12. Find the word with meaning “insincere talk “?

13. Find the word with meaning “prediction, looking for omens [auger (v)] “?

14. Find the word with meaning “fleet of ships “?

15. Find the word with meaning “gap; missing part [plural = lacunae] “?

16. Find the word with meaning “puzzling [enigma (n)] “?

17. Find the word with meaning “weakening [debilitate (v)] “?

18. Find the word with meaning “delicate; filmy; like gauze “?

19. Find the word with meaning “unexpected change in fortune or circumstances “?

20. Find the word with meaning “agree with; complement; match up with (in British usage jibe means mock) “?

21. Find the word with meaning “device to separate substances by spinning them at high speed”?

22. Find the word with meaning ” outline; indicate “?

23. Find the word with meaning “underling; servant “?

24. Find the word with meaning “making less severe [mitigate (v)] “?

25. Find the word with meaning “behaving or dressing like a dandy; excessively concerned with fashion “?

26. Find the word with meaning “1 to talk down to; condescend; 2 to be a customer of “?

27. Find the word with meaning “short amusing poem “?

28. Find the word with meaning “showing respect [deference (n); defer (v)] “?

29. Find the word with meaning “charlatan; fake “?

30. Find the word with meaning “avoid the truth “?

31. Find the word with meaning “mark an accurate scale on a device “?

32. Find the word with meaning “art of preaching and giving sermons “?

33. Find the word with meaning “1 disease due to lack of vitamin C; 2 contemptible; rascally”?

34. Find the word with meaning “capable of making mistakes [fallibility (n)] “?

35. Find the word with meaning “tirade; violent denunciation; stream of criticism “?

36. Find the word with meaning “symbol of power; nominal leader “?

37. Find the word with meaning “mockery [deride (v)] “?

38. Find the word with meaning “holding back; limiting the supply (of supplies/money etc ) [stint (v)]”?

39. Find the word with meaning “hard “?

40. Find the word with meaning “kill or destroy a large part of (originally one tenth) “?

41. Find the word with meaning “1 tool for cutting; 2 wise saying “?

42. Find the word with meaning “scheming “?

43. Find the word with meaning “1 grow feathers; 2 leave nest [fledgling (n) = an inexperienced person or a baby bird]”?

44. Find the word with meaning “omission of essential words “?

45. Find the word with meaning “using harsh or critical tone “?

46. Find the word with meaning “force [coercion (n); coercing (a)] “?

47. Find the word with meaning “renounce; swear to refrain from something “?

48. Find the word with meaning “turned to bone; become rigid [ossification (n)] “?

49. Find the word with meaning “tolerant [forbear (v); forbearance (n)] “?

50. Find the word with meaning “concerned with the body “?