GRE Wordlist Vocabulary : Starting Alphabet ‘S’ (Multiple Choice Questions)


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Question 1
stolidity
A
n. laziness
B
n. dullness; impassiveness
C
n. high praise; eulogy
D
adj. harmful
Question 2
stratified
A
v. quench; sate
B
adj. flowing smoothly; smooth
C
adj. divided into classes; arranged into strata
D
n. something that discourages; hindrance
Question 3
stratum
A
n. layer of earth's surface; layer of society
B
n. countercharges
C
n. cheerfulness; kindliness
D
adj. notorious; conspicuously bad
Question 4
strew
A
v. spread randomly; sprinkle
B
n. act of driving back; distaste
C
v. utter impulsively
D
adj. changeable; explosive
Question 5
striated
A
v. close; squeeze
B
v. commence; go on board a boat
C
v. satiate; stuff
D
adj. marked with parallel bands; grooved
Question 6
stricture
A
n. critical comments; severe and adverse criticism
B
n. languor; weariness
C
adj. demanding and leaving no choice
D
adj. feverish
Question 7
strident
A
v. sharpen
B
v. cause; produce
C
v. copy
D
adj. loud and harsh
Question 8
stringent
A
v. talk at length
B
adj. deeply established; firmly rooted
C
n. purging or cleansing of any passage of the body
D
adj. binding; rigid
Question 9
strut
A
n. A device, used to provide stability or maintain a fixed orientation
B
n. firmness; persistency
C
n. pompous walk
D
adj. very small
Question 10
strut
A
adj. sensitive; irascible
B
adj. reconciling; soothing
C
adj. uncertain; not clearly fixed
D
n. supporting bar
Question 11
studied
A
adj. unspontaneous; deliberate
B
v. Squirm; twist
C
v. display ostentatiously
D
n. resistance to authority; insubordination
Question 12
stultify
A
adj. cutting; keen
B
v. cause to appear or become stupid or inconsistent; frustrate or hinder
C
v. deliver officially; entrust
D
adj. mutually destructive
Question 13
stupefy
A
n. damnation; complete ruin
B
v. provide scantily; live very economically
C
adj. flashy; tawdry
D
v. make numb; stun
Question 14
stupor
A
n. state of apathy; daze
B
adj. vaguely longing; sadly pensive
C
adj. spotted
D
adj. secret
Question 15
stygian
A
v. crush or grind into very small particles
B
adj. obligatory
C
v. capture; enslave
D
adj. literary dark
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