GRE Wordlist Vocabulary : Starting Alphabet ‘R’ (Multiple Choice Questions)
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Question 1 |
retroactive
adj. taking effect before its enactment (as a law) or imposition (as a tax) | |
n. slingshot; hurling machine | |
v. come between | |
v. rescue from loss |
Question 2 |
retrograde
v. mock | |
v. go backwards; degenerate | |
adj. hateful | |
n. conference |
Question 3 |
retrospective
v. shine erratically; twinkle | |
v. correct inconsistencies; become friendly after a quarrel | |
adj. looking back on the past | |
v. cause to become sick; fill with disgust |
Question 4 |
revelry
n. boisterous merrymaking | |
n. oddity; idiosyncrasy | |
adj. despicable; contemptible | |
n. retaliation |
Question 5 |
reverberate
n. brief explanation of words used in the text | |
v. echo; resound | |
adj. incompatible; not able to be resolved | |
v. hatch; scheme |
Question 6 |
reverent
v. cower; lose heart | |
v. make unnecessary; get rid of | |
n. tendency to keep together | |
adj. respectful |
Question 7 |
reverie
n. kingdom; sphere | |
adj. determined; stubborn | |
adj. fleeting or transitory; roving | |
n. daydream; musing |
Question 8 |
revile
adj. steep; overhasty | |
adj. tending toward the center | |
adj. wrinkled; ridged | |
n. slander; vilify |
Question 9 |
revoke
v. deduce; conclude | |
adj. crazy; comic | |
v. cancel; retract | |
adj. native |
Question 10 |
revulsion
adj. understood but not stated | |
n. sudden violent change of feeling; negative reaction | |
adj. sheer; like cobwebs | |
adj. relating to a unifying motif or idea |
Question 11 |
rhapsodize
adj. attacking; insulting | |
v. to speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner | |
adj. wasted away; gaunt | |
adj. untidy |
Question 12 |
rhetoric
adj. contemptible | |
n. sentry; lookout | |
n. art of effective communication; insincere or grandiloquent language | |
n. particular variety of art or literature |
Question 13 |
ribald
v. swindle; cheat | |
adj. wanton; profane | |
n. quack; pretender to knowledge | |
n. striker (tongue) of a bell |
Question 14 |
rider
n. singing or chanting of magical formula | |
adj. clever; astute | |
n. person or thing in excess of what is necessary; extra | |
n. amendment or clause added to a legislative bill |
Question 15 |
rife
adj. choosing at random; confused | |
adj. abundant; current | |
v. wet thoroughly | |
n. picture writing |
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