[GRE Vocabulary Test]
# What are the meanings of the following words?
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Q.1: depravity
a) one who studies the skin and its diseases
b) explosion
c) crown
d) corruption; wickedness
Q.2: depredation
a) plundering
b) slandering; aspersion
c) art of debate
d) ruin because of neglect
Q.3: dermatologist
a) cleansing agent
b) crown
c) one who studies the skin and its diseases
d) aimless follower of the arts; amateur; dabbler
Q.4: detergent
a) harm; damage
b) cleansing agent
c) ruin because of neglect
d) one who has a strong craving for intoxicating liquor
Q.5: diadem
a) authoritative and weighty statement
b) crown
c) means; effort
d) scattering
Q.6: diffusion
a) aimless follower of the arts; amateur; dabbler
b) denial; disclaiming
c) wordiness; spreading in all directions like a gas
d) advice against
Q.7: dipsomaniac
a) one who has a strong craving for intoxicating liquor
b) formal essay
c) twisting out of shape
d) poor verse
Q.8: dissertation
a) twisting out of shape
b) program as for trial; book where such entries are made
c) home
d) formal essay
Q.9: doggerel
a) senility
b) double-dealing; hypocrisy
c) rapture; joy; any overpowering emotion
d) poor verse
Q.10: eccentricity
a) oddity; idiosyncrasy
b) conceit; vanity
c) a rise in spirits; exaltation
d) gradual intrusion
Q.11: elation
a) salary; compensation
b) species of leafy plant used in salads
c) a rise in spirits; exaltation
d) person who devotes himself to pleasure of the senses
Q.12: entity
a) connoisseur of food and drink
b) real being
c) period of time
d) fairness; justice
Q.13: equestrian
a) fairness; justice
b) rider on horseback
c) water pitcher
d) exile; someone who has withdrawn from his native land
Q.14: exigency
a) that which is advisable or practical
b) front of the building
c) urgent situation
d) an error or slip in manners or behavior
Q.15: fauna
a) animals of a period or region
b) object supposed to possess magical powers; an object of special devoti
c) loyalty
d) talent
Q.16: flair
a) plants of a region or era
b) smoothness of speech
c) raid
d) talent
Q.17: franchise
a) painting on plaster (usually fresh)
b) thrift
c) frenzy; great excitement
d) right granted by authority
Q.18: garrulity
a) talkativeness
b) people of standing; class of people just below nobility
c) two-wheeled carriage
d) pride; arrogance
Q.19: hedonism
a) home of hermit
b) boisterous mirth
c) belief that pleasure is the sole aim in life
d) humbleness of spirit
Q.20: ideology
a) worship of idols; excessive admiration
b) ideas of a group people
c) moving force
d) freedom from punishment