[GRE Vocabulary Test]
# What are the meanings of the following words?
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Q.1: benison
a) vituperation; abusive language
b) blessing
c) a set of bells capable of being played
d) agent which brings about a chemical change while it remains unchanged
Q.2: bereavement
a) book containing the daily prayers
b) beautiful writing; excellent penmanship
c) state of being deprived of something valuable or beloved
d) private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine
Q.3: breviary
a) book containing the daily prayers
b) a set of bells capable of being played
c) one of the hereditary classes in Hindu society
d) art of telling fortunes by reading the hand; palmistry
Q.4: buskin
a) glass water bottle; decanter
b) one of the hereditary classes in Hindu society
c) private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine
d) thick-soled half boot worn by actors of Greek tragedy
Q.5: cartographer
a) one of the hereditary classes in Hindu society
b) speed; rapidity
c) indirect or roundabout expression
d) maker of maps or charts
Q.6: caucus
a) private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine
b) utensil with perforated bottom used for straining
c) large seashell
d) greedy, rapacious bird
Q.7: colander
a) participation; involvement
b) surmise; guess
c) utensil with perforated bottom used for straining
d) small chamber used for sleeping
Q.8: cordon
a) mutual relationship
b) extended line of men or fortifications to prevent access or egress
c) artificial channel for water
d) bond issued to secure a loan
Q.9: cul-de-sac
a) superintendent; manager
b) blind alley; trap
c) meaning; distinguishing by name
d) attendant of young female; chaperone
Q.10: denotation
a) that which is desired
b) restraint; imprisonment
c) meaning; distinguishing by name
d) high degree of knowledge and learning
Q.11: emendation
a) correction of errors; improvement
b) study of derivation, structure and development of words
c) interjection; profane oath
d) support on which a lever rests
Q.12: floe
a) fern leaf; palm or banana leaf
b) waterspout carved in grotesque figures on building
c) record of descent; lineage
d) mass of floating ice
Q.13: grimace
a) flight, especially Mohammed's flight from Mecca the Medina
b) frugality; thrift; agriculture
c) permission to print or publish a book
d) a facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust, etc.
Q.14: inebriety
a) habitual intoxication
b) hidden sarcasm or satire
c) lament; complaint
d) theft
Q.15: larceny
a) reading desk
b) supplicatory prayer
c) theft
d) medley; miscellany
Q.16: metaphor
a) small world
b) implied comparison
c) marshy wasteland
d) shade of difference in meaning or color
Q.17: oblation
a) physician specializing in delivery of babies
b) the Eucharist; pious donation
c) infamy; vilification
d) correct spelling
Q.18: palimpsest
a) full set of armor
b) equality; close resemblance
c) parchment used for second time after original writing has been erased
d) journey
Q.19: perquisite
a) any gain above stipulated salary
b) igneous rock containing feldspar or quartz crystals
c) privilege; unquestionable right
d) substances which propel of drive forward
Q.20: psychosis
a) learned Hindu; any learned man; authority on a subject
b) number of members necessary to conduct a meeting
c) habitual return to crime
d) mental disorder