GRE Vocabulary — Group 16 — Quiz

1. Which definition matches Petulant? Producing a sharp, deeply felt emotion, usually sadness or tenderness. Something odious provokes strong feelings of disgust or hatred because it is morally offensive or repulsive. A neophyte is someone who has just begun learning or practicing something and therefore still lacks experience. Childishly irritable and impatient, quick to sulk over small annoyances.

2. Which definition matches Requite? To be nonplussed is to be caught so off guard by something unexpected that you are momentarily unable to respond. To make a fitting return for something received, especially to reciprocate a feeling or favor. Something nugatory is so trivial or ineffective that it might as well not exist. Careful and sensible when making decisions, especially about money or risk.

3. Which definition matches Sordid? Involving immoral or dishonorable actions and motives, morally degraded. Perfectly clean or untouched, appearing exactly as new or original as possible. Sounding sad or mournful, expressing sorrow. A sign or warning that something significant, often disastrous, is about to happen.

4. Which definition matches Portent? To make a fitting return for something received, especially to reciprocate a feeling or favor. A sign or warning that something significant, often disastrous, is about to happen. More than what is needed, so that something becomes an unnecessary repetition. Careful and sensible when making decisions, especially about money or risk.

5. Which definition matches Quell? To obviate a problem is to eliminate it beforehand so that it never has to be dealt with. To forcibly put an end to unrest, fear, or resistance. To take the place of another, especially through force, scheming, or superior position. Obloquy is harsh, widespread condemnation directed at a person, often ruining their standing in the eyes of others.

6. Which definition matches Nihilism? Something noisome is so offensive to the senses, especially smell, that it repels anyone nearby. To be nonplussed is to be caught so off guard by something unexpected that you are momentarily unable to respond. Nihilism is the philosophical position that rejects the idea that existence has any objective meaning or moral truth. Plain and unimaginative, lacking any spark of excitement or beauty.

7. Which definition matches Nettle? To nettle someone is to irritate them persistently, the way a prickly plant stings the skin. Perfectly clean or untouched, appearing exactly as new or original as possible. To forcibly put an end to unrest, fear, or resistance. Plain and unimaginative, lacking any spark of excitement or beauty.

8. Which definition matches Paragon? To obviate a problem is to eliminate it beforehand so that it never has to be dealt with. A person or thing regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality. Involving immoral or dishonorable actions and motives, morally degraded. To nettle someone is to irritate them persistently, the way a prickly plant stings the skin.

9. Which definition matches Nonplussed? Sounding sad or mournful, expressing sorrow. A statement or situation that seems to contradict itself yet may still hold some truth. To be nonplussed is to be caught so off guard by something unexpected that you are momentarily unable to respond. Nihilism is the philosophical position that rejects the idea that existence has any objective meaning or moral truth.

10. Which definition matches Prosaic? Childishly irritable and impatient, quick to sulk over small annoyances. Plain and unimaginative, lacking any spark of excitement or beauty. To obviate a problem is to eliminate it beforehand so that it never has to be dealt with. A person or thing regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality.