GMAT verbal test: Take a Vocabulary Quiz: Noun Tests

n. pure essence of anything; epitome
juncture
quintessence
melancholy
levee

n. theme; main idea
xenophobia
autocrat
motif
disdain

n. endurance
decadence
stamina
iota
ebullience

n. musical discord; disagreement; lack of harmony; inconsistency
transmutation
timbre
consort
dissonance

n. imprisonment; the use of threats; pressure; coercion; intimidation
canard
plethora
respite
duress

n. state of temporary suspension; inactivity
heretic
malediction
abeyance
troth

n. scarcity; fewness
recidivism
zenith
paucity
bombast

n. avoiding of a duty; avoidance; dodging
polemicist
ennui
replica
evasion

n. quitting; submission; abdication
antipathy
dais
zephyr
resignation

n. model; typification; embodiment; archetype; exemplar
alchemist
renegade
epitome
ingenue