GRE Vocabulary Essentials

What does "laconic" mean?

• Using few words
• Long-winded
• Cheerful
• Everywhere

Speech that is tediously long-winded is ____.

• trenchant
• prolix
• insipid
• laconic

"Sanguine" means cheerfully optimistic about the future.

• True
• False

What does "ephemeral" mean?

• Sharp and forceful
• Found everywhere
• Lasting a short time
• Lacking spirit

To praise enthusiastically is to ____.

• obfuscate
• excoriate
• extol
• vacillate

To "obfuscate" means to make something clear and explain it.

• True
• False

To surrender or give in after resistance is to ____.

• elucidate
• capitulate
• vindicate
• extol

What does "alacrity" mean?

• Betrayal
• Calm composure
• Cheerful readiness
• Harsh sounds

Mental calmness and composure is called ____.

• perfidy
• alacrity
• panacea
• equanimity

A "panacea" is a:

• Bitter attack
• Harsh noise
• Cure for all problems
• Betrayal

What is a "cacophony"?

• Harsh mix of sounds
• Readiness
• A betrayal
• A cure-all

"Obsequious" carries a positive connotation.

• True
• False

Someone innocent and unsuspecting is ____.

• trenchant
• ingenuous
• ingenious
• pragmatic

"Prescribe" means to forbid.

• True
• False

Which agency administers the GRE?

• ETS
• ITS
• ACT
• SAT