GRE GRE Vocabulary Builder 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What does 'perfidious' mean?
- Extremely loyal
- Pleasantly fragrant
- Deceitful and untrustworthy; treacherous (Correct answer)
- Overconfident to a fault
Correct answer: Deceitful and untrustworthy; treacherous
Perfidious means guilty of betrayal or treachery, describing someone who violates trust or loyalty.
Question 2: 'Garrulous' most nearly means:
- Unusually silent
- Excessively talkative, especially about trivial things (Correct answer)
- Physically aggressive
- Meticulously careful
Correct answer: Excessively talkative, especially about trivial things
Garrulous describes someone who talks excessively, especially about unimportant matters.
Question 3: Which word means 'easily provoked to anger; having a quick temper'?
- Irascible (Correct answer)
- Implacable
- Inimical
- Inveterate
Correct answer: Irascible
Irascible describes a person with a quick temper who becomes angry or irritated very easily.
Question 4: What does 'recondite' most nearly mean?
- Widely known and celebrated
- Relating to cooking techniques
- Little known; obscure; understood only by specialists (Correct answer)
- Recently discovered or invented
Correct answer: Little known; obscure; understood only by specialists
Recondite describes knowledge or subjects that are obscure, abstruse, and understood only by a small number of experts.
Question 5: Which word means 'stubbornly resistant to authority or control; unmanageable'?
- Reticent
- Recalcitrant (Correct answer)
- Redolent
- Replete
Correct answer: Recalcitrant
Recalcitrant describes someone who is obstinately defiant and refuses to obey authority or follow directions.
Question 6: 'Loquacious' and 'garrulous' are similar in meaning, but 'loquacious' is best described as:
- More negative and critical in tone
- More neutral, simply meaning fond of talking (Correct answer)
- Relating to logic and reasoning
- Meaning easily deceived
Correct answer: More neutral, simply meaning fond of talking
Loquacious means talkative or fond of conversation, carrying a more neutral tone than garrulous, which implies excessive or annoying talk.
GRE GRE Vocabulary Builder 2
What does 'perfidious' mean?