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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. Small; lacking substance in degree - amount - or size
prune
slight
pervasive
veracity
2. Loud and high-pitched; screeching
penchant
amalgamate
waver
shrill
3. Deviating from the norm
bent
aberrant
blithe
saturate
4. Marked by extreme calm - impassivity - and steadiness
unfeigned
imperturbable
dispersed
consternation
5. To publicly praise or promote
temperate
eclectic
lethargic
tout
6. Stubbornly opinionated
luminous
eccentric
heretical
dogmatic
7. Not tied down; unrestrained
rectify
unfettered
rarefy
maverick
8. Shrink in fear - cringe
inopportune
scarce
assuage
cower
9. A natural inclination or tendency; penchant
propensity
facetious
archaic
advocate
10. To compel or require; to push one'S views or authority upon others
impose
tacit
iconoclastic
sanction
11. Excessive indulgence of appetite or passion - esp. in regard to alcohol; lack of constraint
temper
treacherous
preempt
intemperance
12. To invalidate; to repeal to retract
archaic
tractable
rescind
bolster
13. To abruptly and violently collapse inward
implode
secrete
recluse
proliferate
14. Calmness; serenity; peacefulness
recluse
tranquility
effrontery
solicitous
15. Well-spoken; coherent
articulate
presumptuous
bombast
glib
16. To calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intesity
tortuous
dissertation
prodigious
mollify
17. To move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in decision
ostracism
solicitous
waver
equivocal
18. Distinct; individual
distill
derision
conspire
discrete
19. To weaken; to reduce in vitality
enervate
goad
intrepid
anomalous
20. Rare and insufficient
scarce
obsequious
recluse
bombast
21. To flatter or praise excessively
florid
bombast
fawn
unfettered
22. To imbue; to pour in; to introduce; to instill
exculpate
infuse
misanthrope
presumptuous
23. Scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment
trivial
tranquil
dissertation
derision
24. To remove or strip esp clothing
heretical
divest
symmetry
goad
25. Using few words; terse
cunning
diffident
laconic
temperate
26. Peaceful; calm
tranquil
burnish
centrifuge
tacit
27. Lacking originality; commonplace
banal
opprobrium
dissertation
anomalous
28. To anticipate and make unnecessary
antipathy
obviate
enervate
commensurate
29. Troubling burdensome
fidelity
convoluted
onerous
arduous
30. Severe criticism or punishment
castigation
glib
conversion
effrontery
31. A long and formal written thesis or treatise - usually written by a doctoral candidate to meet a degree requirement
coercive
ambiguous
dissertation
opprobrium
32. Not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
impudent
implacable
derision
banal
33. To plunge or drop straight down
plummet
harangue
eulogy
inopportune
34. Restricted or peculiar to a particular region; indigenous
endemic
fawn
serenity
misanthrope
35. To grow rapidly or flourish
ensure
burgeon
misanthrope
tortuous
36. Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
distention
marginal
apprise
cogent
37. Conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound
morose
malevolent
brittle
discordant
38. To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
equivocate
tirade
scarce
nonplused
39. Apt to break or crack due to a lack of elasticity; fragile
fidelity
infuse
implicit
brittle
40. Brief; fleeting
ephemeral
morose
rigidity
proliferate
41. An individual who lives poorly in order to hoard money; a person who is stingy
solvent
stanza
miser
eulogy
42. To confirm; to provide additional support; verify
plummet
fidelity
corroborate
lackluster
43. Tranquility; peacefulness
fatuous
serenity
laconic
reconciliation
44. Outdated; associated with an earlier - perhaps more primitive time
cultivation
archaic
fraud
banal
45. To give a false impression of'
invigoration
eradicate
belie
conversion
46. Deliberate deceit with the goal of gaining an unlawful advantage
aggravate
effrontery
fraud
desiccate
47. Only touching briefly upon the topic at hand; irrelevant
tangential
indifferent
placate
superfluous
48. Wise and careful; showing good judgment
rigidity
pervasive
prudent
parody
49. An attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness
soliloquy
epitome
cynicism
endemic
50. To exist in agreement or conformity; harmonize
inchoate
dogmatic
denounce
correspond