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GRE High Frequency Words Vocab
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1. To inspect - determine - or correct the graduations of an instrument by comparing it to a standard
abscond
distention
anachronistic
calibrate
2. To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown
vexation
superfluous
precursor
repudiate
3. Belonging to another time; removed from natural chronological context
craven
anachronistic
somber
vital
4. Having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
pervasive
rigidity
censure
trivial
5. Not vital or pertinent; irrelevant
capricious
tentative
veneration
extraneous
6. Characterized by a preference for complete obedience to authority; domineering
retard
superficial
authoritarian
plethora
7. Characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
meticulous
porous
recluse
dissertation
8. To make right or fix; correct
bolster
irascible
rectify
equivocate
9. A substance that causes insensibility and removes pain
derivative
approbation
anesthetic
compliant
10. Not objective; based upon internal perceptions rather than upon unprejudiced fact
intemperance
impudent
eulogy
subjective
11. The purposeful giving of false or misleading testimony while under oath
vital
perjury
subtle
garrulous
12. To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
exacerbate
buttress
proliferate
eclectic
13. To defeat; to put down
extraneous
calibrate
discomfit
qualms
14. To criticize severely to officially rebuke
censure
compliant
condone
desiccate
15. To lengthen or stretch out
extend
dogma
frugality
precursor
16. Outdated; associated with an earlier - perhaps more primitive time
nonplused
catalyst
tractable
archaic
17. To appease; to conciliate
warranted
lackluster
lethargic
propitiate
18. Trickery or subterfuge
enervate
chicanery
obstinate
iconoclastic
19. Lacking originality; commonplace
reconciliation
dissertation
sanction
banal
20. Sad - sullen
morose
emulate
synthesis
temper
21. Discreet; prudent; careful
compliant
glib
circumspect
antipathy
22. Daring and fearless; recklessly bold
ostracism
audacious
proliferate
ensure
23. Misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
fraud
meticulous
qualms
waver
24. Soundness or truthfulness
validity
aver
ambiguous
vital
25. Dull and without variety; tedious
cynicism
propensity
monotonous
burgeon
26. To make worse or more severe
membrane
onerous
exacerbate
banal
27. Lavishness; an unnecessary or unrestrained spend esp. of funds
mundane
extravagance
compliant
plethora
28. Doctrine or set of religious principles
anthology
dogma
presumptuous
denounce
29. Unyielding; hardhearted
ensure
deference
fawn
obdurate
30. Extreme respect and reverence; worship
dissertation
veneration
distention
impudent
31. The combination of parts to make a whole
cunning
candor
pertinent
synthesis
32. To guarantee or make certain
abscond
bolster
ensure
imperturbable
33. An expression of approval or praise
validity
implacable
approbation
diffuse
34. Brief; fleeting
vexation
approbation
probity
ephemeral
35. Complex or complicated
convoluted
prodigious
articulate
calibrate
36. Apt to break or crack due to a lack of elasticity; fragile
veracity
subjective
inopportune
brittle
37. To praise highly
laud
marginal
membrane
eclectic
38. A support or prop - often an external prop used to bolster a wall
garrulous
banal
secrete
buttress
39. Deliberate deceit with the goal of gaining an unlawful advantage
frugality
fraud
vexation
subjective
40. Unoriginal; obtained from another source
rectify
derision
enigmatic
derivative
41. Loud and high-pitched; screeching
correspond
blithe
shrill
belie
42. Not definite; uncertain; experimental
centrifuge
tentative
penury
opprobrium
43. Unclear; open to more than one potential meaning
anomaly
endemic
ambiguous
facetious
44. Serving or intended to compel by force or authority
sporadic
volatile
coercive
effrontery
45. A long and formal written thesis or treatise - usually written by a doctoral candidate to meet a degree requirement
disabuse
eulogy
bolster
dissertation
46. To confirm; to provide additional support; verify
perfunctory
esoteric
deviation
corroborate
47. Small; lacking substance in degree - amount - or size
enervate
slight
endemic
stimulant
48. Without taste or flavor; lacking in spirits; bland
quiescence
diffuse
insipid
viscous
49. Easily angered
corroborate
misanthrope
homogeneous
irascible
50. The act of reestablishing harmony or friendly interactions
elegy
spurious
plod
reconciliation