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


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Question 1
supposition
A
adj. menacing; threatening
B
n. crowd
C
n. distance around something; circumference
D
n. hypothesis; surmise
Question 2
supposititious
A
n. predicament from which there is no escape
B
adj. courteous; faithful
C
adj. assumed; counterfeit
D
v. tolerate; endure
Question 3
surfeit
A
adj. dark; dusky
B
v. struggle confusedly; move off in a confused hurry.
C
v. satiate; stuff
D
n. behavior; bearing
Question 4
surly
A
v. darken; make unclear
B
v. move furtively and secretly
C
n. tax of one-tenth
D
adj. rude; cross
Question 5
surmise
A
adj. hard to understand; known only to the chosen few
B
v. guess
C
n. construction that is flagrantly incorrect grammatically
D
v. moved gently by wind or waves
Question 6
surmount
A
v. overcome
B
n. conspiring in a fraudulent scheme
C
v. remove water from; dry out
D
adj. extremely dry; very thirsty
Question 7
surpass
A
n. calmness; placidity
B
adj. impervious; not permitting passage through its substance
C
v. exceed
D
v. increase; grow
Question 8
surreptitious
A
v. delay; object
B
n. sweet sound
C
adj. secret
D
v. offer as a sacrifice
Question 9
surrogate
A
adj. shining
B
adj. undeveloped; rudimentary
C
n. substitute
D
adj. relating to cooking
Question 10
surveillance
A
adj. pertaining to passionate love
B
adj. thorough; inclusive
C
adj. of the same kind
D
n. watching; guarding
Question 11
susceptible
A
adj. impressionable; easily influenced
B
adj. marriageable
C
n. wrongdoing
D
v. essentially; inherently
Question 12
sustain
A
adj. immature
B
n. casual and offhand; arrogant
C
v. insert between
D
v. experience; support
Question 13
suture
A
adj. royal
B
adj. unscrupulous; excessive
C
n. stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision; material used in sewing
D
adj. solidly uniform; unyielding
Question 14
swarthy
A
adj. expressing a low opinion
B
adj. dark; dusky
C
v. satiate; stuff
D
n. sharp projection form fishhook etc.; pointed comment
Question 15
swathe
A
v. wrap around; bandage
B
adj. abdominal
C
adj. unattractive
D
adj. unruly; refractory
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