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GRE UPDATED Questions and CORRECT Answers boor - CORRECT ANSWER - a crude person; one lacking manners or taste "That utter boor ruined my recital with his constant guffawing!" wailed the pianist. Synonyms: clod; lout; oaf; vulgarian; yahoo blithe - CORRECT ANSWER - joyful, cheerful, or withou...

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boor - CORRECT ANSWER - a crude person; one lacking manners or taste


"That utter boor ruined my recital with his constant guffawing!" wailed the pianist.


Synonyms: clod; lout; oaf; vulgarian; yahoo


blithe - CORRECT ANSWER - joyful, cheerful, or without appropriate thought


Summer finally came, and the blithe students spent their days at the beach.


Synonyms: carefree; lighthearted; merry


bevy - CORRECT ANSWER - a group


As predicted, a bevy of teenagers surrounded the rock star's limousine.


Synonyms: band; bunch; gang; pack; troop


belfry - CORRECT ANSWER - a bell tower; the room in which a bell is hung


The town was shocked when a bag of money was found stashed in the old belfry of the church.


Synonyms: spire; steeple


banal - CORRECT ANSWER - predictable; clichéd; boring

,His conversations consisted of banal phrases like "Have a nice day" or "Another day, another
dollar."


Synonyms: bland; bromidic; clichéd; commonplace; fatuous; hackneyed; innocuous; insipid;
jejune; musty; platitudinous; prosaic; quotidian; shopworn; stale; stereotypic; threadbare;
timeworn; tired; trite; vapid; worn-out


audacious - CORRECT ANSWER - fearless and daring


The audacious peasant dared to insult the king's mother.


Synonyms: adventuresome; aggressive; assertive; bold; brave; courageous; daring; dauntless;
doughty; fearless; gallant; game; heroic; intrepid; mettlesome; plucky; stout; stouthearted; up
afraid; undaunted; valiant; valorous; venturesome; venturous


anachronism - CORRECT ANSWER - something out of place in time


The play was set in the nineteenth century, but was ruined by anachronisms, like the lead actor's
digital watch.


Synonyms: archaism; incongruity


ameliorate - CORRECT ANSWER - to make better; to improve


The doctor was able to ameliorate the patient's suffering using painkillers.


Synonyms: amend; better; improve; pacify; upgrade


affected - CORRECT ANSWER - phony; artificial

,The affected hairdresser spouted French phrases, though she had never been to France.


Synonyms: insincere; pretentious, put-on


adulterate - CORRECT ANSWER - to make impure


The restauranteur made his ketchup last longer by adulterating it with water.


Synonyms: debase; doctor; load


desultory - CORRECT ANSWER - jumping from one thing to another; disconnected


Athena had a desultory academic record; she had changed majors 12 times in 3 years.


Synonyms: aimless; disconnected; erratic; haphazard; indiscriminate; object less; purposeless;
random; stray; unconsidered; unplanned


diffident - CORRECT ANSWER - lacking self-confidence


Steve was diffident during the job interview because of his nervous nature and lack of experience
in the field.


Synonyms: backward; bashful; coy; demure; modest; retiring; self-effacing; shy; timid


dissemble - CORRECT ANSWER - to present a false appearance; to disguise one's real
intentions or character

, The villain could dissemble to the police no longer - he admitted the deed and tore up the floor to
reveal the stash of stolen money.


Synonyms: act; affect; assume; camouflage; cloak; counterfeit; cover up; disguise; dis simulate;
fake; feign; mask; masquerade; pose; pretend; put on; sham


effrontery - CORRECT ANSWER - impudent boldness; audacity


The receptionist had the effrontery to laugh out loud when the CEO tripped over a computer wire
and fell flat on his face.


Synonyms: brashness; gall; nerve; presumption; temerity


expurgate - CORRECT ANSWER - to censor


Government propagandists expurgated all negative references to the dictator from the film.


Synonyms: bowdlerize; cut; sanitize


florid - CORRECT ANSWER - excessively decorated or embellished


The palace had been decorated in an excessively florid style; every surface had been carved and
gilded


Synonyms: baroque; elaborate; flamboyant; ornate; ostentatious; rococo


foment - CORRECT ANSWER - to arouse or incite


The rebels tried to foment revolution through their attacks on the government.

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