GRE Vocabulary — Group 15 — Quiz

1. Which definition matches Meager? Expressing ideas in a sharp, direct, and highly accurate way. Small in amount and insufficient for what is actually needed. Harmful or poisonous, especially describing a substance or fume that damages health. Just begun and not yet fully formed or developed.

2. Which definition matches Lassitude? Small in amount and insufficient for what is actually needed. A state of physical or mental weariness and lack of energy. Showing great attention to detail; very careful. To discard something no longer wanted or needed, often to lighten a load.

3. Which definition matches Incisive? Not able to be affected or penetrated by something. To confine or imprison someone within walls. A scheming or crafty plot, usually devised in secret. Expressing ideas in a sharp, direct, and highly accurate way.

4. Which definition matches Ostracize? Expressing ideas in a sharp, direct, and highly accurate way. A long-standing rival or an agent of someone's downfall, especially one seemingly impossible to overcome. To formally charge someone with a crime. To deliberately exclude someone from a group or community.

5. Which definition matches Nemesis? A long-standing rival or an agent of someone's downfall, especially one seemingly impossible to overcome. To deliberately make something unclear or difficult to understand. Just begun and not yet fully formed or developed. A state of physical or mental weariness and lack of energy.

6. Which definition matches Lambaste? A long-standing rival or an agent of someone's downfall, especially one seemingly impossible to overcome. To criticize someone harshly and publicly. Ordinary and unremarkable, belonging to the routine of everyday life. To confine or imprison someone within walls.

7. Which definition matches Malevolent? A long-standing rival or an agent of someone's downfall, especially one seemingly impossible to overcome. Lacking energy or enthusiasm, indifferent to activity. Having or showing a wish to cause harm to others. Skillful deception or trickery, especially sleight of hand.

8. Which definition matches Jettison? To confine or imprison someone within walls. Focused only on immediate concerns while ignoring the bigger picture; literally, nearsighted. To discard something no longer wanted or needed, often to lighten a load. To criticize someone harshly and publicly.

9. Which definition matches Listless? Ordinary and unremarkable, belonging to the routine of everyday life. To criticize someone harshly and publicly. Having or showing a wish to cause harm to others. Lacking energy or enthusiasm, indifferent to activity.

10. Which definition matches Indict? Having or showing a wish to cause harm to others. To formally charge someone with a crime. Expressing ideas in a sharp, direct, and highly accurate way. Skillful deception or trickery, especially sleight of hand.