TPR GRE Set 5

• d: contradict, shown to be false; misrepresent
• p: bih-lahy

s: His trembling hands belied his calm voice.

• d: pretentious; overly-dramatic
• p: bom-bast

s: <the other world leaders at the international conference had little interest in being subjected to the president's bombast>

• d: "believer" who has religious opinions contrary to those accepted by the church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church
• p: huh-ret-i-kuh l

s: <the belief that women should be allowed to have careers outside the home was once considered heretical>

• d: thin pliable sheet or layer that lines organs or connects parts
• p: mem-breyn

s:

• d: mitigate; appease
• p: uh-sweyj

s: <a mother cooing to her toddler and assuaging his fear of the dark>

• d: to support; to add to, support or uphold
• p: bohl-ster

s: But acknowledging this does nothing to bolster the robustness of our existing research on vaccines and autism.

• d: harsh; discordance
• p: kuh-kof-uh-nee

s: The silence that ensued was almost as deafening as the cacophony that had preceded it.

• d: a prop or support; to give encouragement or support
• p: buh-tris

s: Fox has been hoping the faith-based community might buttress the usual fantasy-film demographic of kids and idle teens.

• d: to check the graduation of a measuring instrument
• p: kal-uh-breyt

s: Early penguin fossils, plus mitochondrial genomes, calibrate avian evolution.

• d: to flood; overwhelm
• p: in-uhn-deyt

s: They can inundate coastal communities with violent flooding.

• d: authorization, sanction, or justification
• p: wawr-uh nt

s: Some civil engineers are sceptical about whether such instrumentation is warranted.

• d: to strip or deprive
• p: dih-vest

s: If tenured faculty were serious about being real unionists, they would divest themselves of all managerial powers.

• d: quality of being cleverly inventive or resourceful
• p: in-juh-noo-i-tee

s: Food wasn't scarce, though it took some ingenuity and the occasional suspension of the laws of science.

• d: strong inclination for something
• p: pen-chuh nt
• s: He also came from a downwardly mobile family and had a penchant for progressive political causes.

• d: extreme poverty; insufficiency/scarcity
• p: pen-yuh-ree

s: But this air of possibility amidst penury is in peril.

• d: apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing
• p: spee-shuh s

s: The idea that shooting some wolves will automatically bolster prey population is specious.

• d: readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially or insincerely
• p: glib

s: It's amazing to me, at how glib and dismissive many treat this perhaps all-important topic.

• d: approval
• p: ap-ruh-bey-shuh n

s: Receiving a fellowship reflects the honor and approbation of one's professional peers.

• d: to grow or develop quickly
• p: bur-juh n

s: Private colleges burgeon as public universities languish from lack of resources.

• d: sudden alarming amazement or dread that results in confusion
• p: kon-ster-ney-shuh n

s: He added there is consternation across the country on the size of boards.

• d: authoritative permission or approval
• p: sangk-shuh n

s: It will be used only for the purposes of collecting debt under the license sanction law.

• d: to weaken, destroy vigor or strength
• p: en-er-veyt

s: The nerves finally terminate in the wing cell layer from where they enervate the epithelium.

• d: to abrogate; annul; invalidate
• p: ri-sind

s: Rescind his memberships, excise his work from journals, reward the student whistleblowers.

• d: performed merely as a routine duty; lacking interest or enthusiasm
• p: per-fungk-tuh-ree

s:  In his lectures he reveals himself to be merely a perfunctory speaker.

• d: lasting a very short time
• p: ih-fem-er-uh l

s: Capturing those ephemeral images has been a challenge to generations of artists.

• d: essentially alike
• p: huh-moj-uh-nuh s

s: Not only was the signature of corn dominant, it was remarkably homogenous across the country in different restaurants, she added.

• d: uttered clearly in distinct syllables; capable of speech
• p: ahr-tik-yuh-lit

s: Instead of banning words, radio bosses would do better to hire more engaging and articulate presenters.

• d: twisted, coiled
• p: kon-vuh-loo-tid

s: a convoluted way ofdescribing a simple device.

• d: something that encourages (stimulus); prod incite
• p: gohd

s: They can goad us into tactical errors and strategic blunders.

• d: overabundance; excess
• p: pleth-er-uh

s: a plethora of advice and a paucity of assistance.

• d: implied
• p: im-plis-it

s: No one has yet answered in implicit question in the end of my column.

• d: to asset or affirm with confidence
• p: uh-vur

s: In these disagreements, participants aver they are for the good of the entire group.

• d: lacking originality; cliche
• p: buh-nal

s:  a banal and sophomoric treatment of courage on the frontier.

• d: having the same measure; proportionate
• p: kuh-men-ser-it

s:  Authority and power are here commensurate with the duty imposed.

• d: attacking or ignoring cherished beliefs and long-held traditions as being based on error, superstition or lack of creativity; 
• breaking or destroying images
• p: ahy-kon-uh-klas-tik

s: They see this not as iconoclastic irreverence, but disrespectful spite.

• d: incapable of being upset or agitated
• p: im-per-tur-buh-buh l

s: Once again, the imperturbable transport secretary gave a smooth performance.

• d: harmless
• p:  ih-nok-yoo-uh s

s: Patrons, according to this life-size diorama, entered through an innocuous-looking tea shop.

• d: understood without being openly expressed; implied
• p: tas-it

s: These raids are sometimes conducted with the tacit approval of the police.

• d: to qacquire before someone else; to act first in order to forestall or prevent
• p: pree-empt

s: There are attempts to preempt criticism that some footage may be staged.