[GRE Vocabulary Test]

# What are the meanings of the following words?

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Q.1: refurbish
a) renovate; make bright by polishing b) cut the top off
c) embarrass d) wear away by friction: erode
Q.2: reprove
a) create pus b) censure; rebuke
c) renounce: give up d) abolish
Q.3: slither
a) curry favor; act in an obsequious way b) embarrass
c) renounce upon oath d) slip or slide
Q.4: suppurate
a) lower: humiliate b) renounce upon oath
c) create pus d) equip
Q.5: suppurate
a) renounce upon oath b) depart secretly and hide
c) approach and speak first to a person d) equip
Q.6: abjure
a) renounce upon oath b) come about by addition
c) alter: modify d) urge: plead for
Q.7: accelerate
a) motivate b) warn: reprove
c) move faster d) relieve
Q.8: adduce
a) increase or intensify b) present as evidence
c) refer indirectly d) enlarge
Q.9: allay
a) combine; unite in one body b) calm: pacify
c) make void d) inform
Q.10: amplify
a) attach b) charge in court; indict
c) enlarge d) testify; bear witness
Q.11: ascertain
a) find out for certain b) prove genuine
c) declare openly d) let down; restrain
Q.12: avouch
a) foil b) wet thoroughly
c) beat soundly; assail verbally d) affirm; proclaim
Q.13: belabor
a) become engaged to marry b) open up
c) give an imitation that ridicules d) beat soundly; assail verbally
Q.14: burnish
a) make shiny by rubbing; polish b) transfer; yield title to
c) chew noisily d) quote; commend
Q.15: chide
a) split asunder b) stick together
c) scold d) pacify; win over
Q.16: compute
a) express sympathetic sorrow b) reckon; calculate
c) pollute d) call together
Q.17: convene
a) pick out; reject b) assemble
c) corrupt; make intemperate d) pollute; profane
Q.18: defile
a) degrade; humiliate b) reduce; exhaust
c) pollute; profane d) dry up
Q.19: despise
a) scorn b) make discontented
c) amuse d) advise against
Q.20: diverge
a) draw forth; elicit b) explain; enlighten
c) adorn d) vary; go in different directions from the same point


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