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GRE High Frequency Words Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. To purify or concentrate through a process of vaporization
maverick
imperturbable
extraneous
distill
2. Complex or complicated
pristine
convoluted
scarce
fraud
3. Implied; not explicitly stated
plummet
correspond
goad
tacit
4. Misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
epitome
miser
burnish
qualms
5. To appease; to conciliate
vital
advocate
propitiate
obviate
6. Inclined to change one'S mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable
irascible
superficial
capricious
enumerate
7. Having or showing often viscious ill-will -spite - hatred
intrepid
lucid
burgeon
malevolent
8. Marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial
treacherous
opprobrium
plasticity
glib
9. Moderate; marked by restraint and lack of extremes
temperate
enumerate
martial
bolster
10. To tend toward the same spot or outcome; inclining to join at an intersecting point
extraneous
diffident
meticulous
converge
11. The act of reestablishing harmony or friendly interactions
reconciliation
eloquent
fatuous
viscous
12. Unoriginal; obtained from another source
derivative
centrifuge
defer
conversion
13. Doctrine or set of religious principles
presumptuous
tirade
cultured
dogma
14. Insincere; lacking in honesty
viscous
disingenuous
enumerate
ascetic
15. To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
censure
capricious
assuage
articulate
16. Acting with excessive haste or impulse
facetious
obdurate
maverick
precipitate
17. Using few words; terse
pertinent
laconic
rhetoric
plasticity
18. Not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
centrifuge
implacable
tentative
subjective
19. To moderate or soothe
temper
centrifuge
scarce
saturate
20. Small; lacking substance in degree - amount - or size
cogent
slight
anachronistic
deviance
21. Refusing to compromise
dispersed
amalgamate
intransigent
admonish
22. Stubbornly opinionated
solvent
disabuse
erudite
dogmatic
23. Steadfast and courageous
fraud
intrepid
obsequious
inundate
24. Rare and insufficient
iconoclastic
deference
taciturn
scarce
25. Happening by fortunate accident or chance
loquacious
fortuitous
conspire
pragmatic
26. To list or count off individually
diffident
enumerate
advocate
tentative
27. Truthfulness; honesty
divest
catalyst
veracity
taciturn
28. Loud and high-pitched; screeching
dogmatic
solicitous
shrill
perfunctory
29. To praise highly
harangue
perjury
insipid
laud
30. Associated with war and the armed forces
martial
pristine
discretion
exacerbate
31. Silly inanely foolish
squander
bent
adversity
fatuous
32. Baffled; in a quandry; at a loss for what to say or do
secrete
serenity
nonplused
tractable
33. The quality or state of being unyielding or stiff
deviance
symmetry
aversion
rigidity
34. Cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions
cultivation
trivial
discretion
derivative
35. Lacking energy; sluggish or sleepy
lethargic
sanction
stimulant
brevity
36. Hardship
epitome
amalgamate
adversity
insipid
37. Adherence to the highest principles; uprightness
unfettered
probity
solicitous
membrane
38. Man-made; artificial; relating to or involving the combination of parts to make a whole
repudiate
plod
vigor
synthetic
39. Lacking depth; existing on or near the surface
rarefy
superficial
scarce
fatuous
40. The act of preparing or working land in order to grow crops
rhetoric
inquisitive
cultivation
subtle
41. Thick; sticky
succinct
ensure
viscous
serenity
42. To remove or strip esp clothing
inured
pervasive
tact
divest
43. Excessive indulgence of appetite or passion - esp. in regard to alcohol; lack of constraint
restitution
extravagance
eulogy
intemperance
44. Implied but no directly stated; tacit
idiosyncrasy
rarefy
implicit
diatribe
45. Not tied down; unrestrained
archaic
waver
taciturn
unfettered
46. Outdated; associated with an earlier - perhaps more primitive time
succinct
mollify
converge
archaic
47. To abruptly and violently collapse inward
implode
laud
enervate
tangential
48. Not obvious; elusive - difficult to discern
discourse
eclectic
prune
subtle
49. Tranquility; peacefulness
diatribe
serenity
extravagance
mundane
50. Called for; authorized; justified
rectify
warranted
infuse
extemporaneous