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GRE High Frequency Words Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Excessive indulgence of appetite or passion - esp. in regard to alcohol; lack of constraint
subtle
retard
ambiguous
intemperance
2. Relating to or at an edge or boundary; minimal
connoisseur
censure
marginal
perfunctory
3. The act of reestablishing harmony or friendly interactions
epitome
superficial
reconciliation
invigoration
4. Without taste or flavor; lacking in spirits; bland
insipid
misanthrope
burgeon
bombast
5. To publicly praise or promote
tout
synthetic
parody
enervate
6. To tend toward the same spot or outcome; inclining to join at an intersecting point
intransigent
converge
cower
prodigious
7. Pointlessly talkative; talking too much
garrulous
reconciliation
conspire
vital
8. To waste by spending or using irresponsibly
anthology
membrane
squander
convoluted
9. To moderate or soothe
maverick
beneficent
circumspect
temper
10. Very learned; scholarly
ambiguous
indifferent
prudent
erudite
11. Scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment
spurious
plethora
derision
eccentric
12. Charitable and kind in action
brilliance
tacit
eclectic
beneficent
13. To cut back or clip branches or other parts of a plant - esp parts that are dead
converge
obdurate
prune
discordant
14. A substance that causes insensibility and removes pain
succinct
platitude
anesthetic
diatribe
15. Small; lacking substance in degree - amount - or size
probity
slight
cultured
euphemism
16. To incite anger - resentment or exasperation
discourse
anomalous
flamboyant
provoke
17. A speech made to oneself; a monologue
onerous
soliloquy
indifferent
adversity
18. Belonging to another time; removed from natural chronological context
inchoate
anachronistic
superfluous
ostracism
19. Shrink in fear - cringe
cower
discomfit
platitude
tractable
20. To abruptly and violently collapse inward
implode
implicit
desiccate
discrete
21. Unyielding; hardhearted
anthology
obdurate
mollify
consternation
22. An independent individual who does not go along with a group or party
bombast
tirade
defer
maverick
23. Extremely talkative
obstinate
harangue
loquacious
superfluous
24. Adherence to the highest principles; uprightness
discretion
pragmatic
implode
probity
25. Ostentatious or showy; flashy
flamboyant
vital
intrepid
propitiate
26. Unclear; open to more than one potential meaning
dispersed
ambiguous
precipitate
infuse
27. To state as a fact; to confirm or support
aver
intemperance
prune
sanction
28. To publicly condemn or criticize
advocate
synthesis
denounce
stimulant
29. To secretly work together with the intent to commit a wrong or illegal act
hierarchy
symmetry
circumspect
conspire
30. To disguise or conceal
dissemble
inundate
mundane
lackluster
31. To worsen or intensify
aggravate
anesthetic
diatribe
lackluster
32. Called for; authorized; justified
warranted
disingenuous
divest
spurious
33. Thriftiness; economy; prudence in financial matters
illusory
frugality
convoluted
extravagance
34. Stubbornly opinionated
dogmatic
arduous
tangential
superficial
35. Brief and concise
shrill
pristine
succinct
soliloquy
36. Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
scarce
superfluous
converge
synthetic
37. To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
assuage
convoluted
vigor
fortuitous
38. To prod or drive forward; to urge on; incite
parody
porous
cultured
goad
39. To blacken; to belittle; to sully defame disparage
anomalous
decibel
perjury
denigrate
40. yield; submit; bow
glib
plethora
defer
heretical
41. Having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice
defer
indifferent
warranted
equivocate
42. Loud and high-pitched; screeching
serenity
shrill
authoritarian
treacherous
43. The quality or state of being unyielding or stiff
perfunctory
compensation
misanthrope
rigidity
44. Acting with excessive haste or impulse
precipitate
superfluous
innocuous
placate
45. Lacking originality
meticulous
prodigal
caustic
banal
46. Spread out or scattered
condemn
rhetoric
fatuous
dispersed
47. A collection of lierary works by various authors
anthology
flamboyant
solicitous
discordant
48. Payment given for services rendered or for loss
buttress
compensation
inquisitive
banal
49. Truthfulness; honesty
reconciliation
veracity
placate
anachronistic
50. Burning or stinging; causing corrosion
caustic
ephemeral
antipathy
volatile