GMAT Vocabulary List 2

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1) n. the quality of sound which distinguishes one from another

a) banal
b) tawdry
c) wrest
d) timbre

2) adj. mild; harmless

a) dais
b) ostensible
c) furtive
d) benign

3) adj. of the sea; having to do with sailors, ships, or navigation

a) halcyon
b) arduous
c) acrid
d) nautical

4) adj. discouraged; depressed

a) ken
b) imminent
c) inclined
d) disheartened

5) v. to pretend to be ill in order to escape work

a) coy
b) menagerie
c) macerate
d) malinger

6) n. a piece of land jutting into a body of water

a) promontory
b) iota
c) accolade
d) archetype

7) adj. periodic; occasional

a) impenitent
b) intermittent
c) curmudgeon
d) exhume

8) adj. lacking vitality; indifferent

a) dearth
b) cataclysm
c) ingenue
d) languid

9) adj. shabby in appearance

a) dowdy
b) saturate
c) tribunal
d) abbreviate

10) n. a bruise; an injury where the skin is not broken

a) contusion
b) precipitate
c) glib
d) abstinence