Vocab Quizzes

Long word lists with the same letters (abase, abash , aba......) can be such a bore. Vocab quizzes combine the randomness of the test, while maintaining a certain amount of order in your preparation. 

Here are a few good sites that I came across:

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/vocabmania.htm

http://www.english-test.net/gre/

http://www.soundkeepers.com/GRE/

Today's Match The Following

muster
coagulate
bedaub
denigrate
inveigle

besmear
clot
rally
persuade
defame


muster - To call (troops) together, as for inspection.
Synonyms: muster up, rally, summon, come up
Usage: It was the strongest fortress France possessed, and if the king had better sense, he would have sent all the ships he could muster to protect it.

coagulate - To cause transformation of (a liquid or sol, for example) into or as if into a soft, semisolid, or solid mass.
Synonyms: clot
Usage: The medical students watched blood coagulate as part of their lesson in clotting reactions.

bedaub - To smear; soil.
Synonyms: besmear
Usage: The natives were discernible, not merely to the eye but to the nostrils, by the awful odors of the rancid grease with which they bedaub their bodies.

denigrate - To attack the character or reputation of; speak ill of; belittle.
Synonyms: defame, derogate, disparage
Usage: He helped you a great deal on this project; don't take all the credit and denigrate his influence.

inveigle - To win over by coaxing, flattery, or artful talk.
Synonyms: cajole, coax, sweet-talk, wheedle, persuade
Usage: Unless he can inveigle someone to buy his old car, he won't have enough money for new one.