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GRE High Frequency Words Vocab
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1. Characterized by a preference for complete obedience to authority; domineering
authoritarian
enumerate
aggravate
condone
2. A quirk particular to a group or individual
sporadic
cogent
somber
idiosyncrasy
3. A mild replacement for a harsher or more offensive term
euphemism
secrete
discrete
shrill
4. Shortness or briefness - esp. in time
precursor
brevity
sanction
volatile
5. Strenuous - taxing
probity
derivative
morose
arduous
6. Subject to chance or individual whim; without definite reason
calibrate
arbitrary
hierarchy
iconoclastic
7. Inclined to change one'S mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable
capricious
anomalous
inured
intrepid
8. Improvised; done without preparation
infuse
cynicism
extemporaneous
unfeigned
9. Winding; twisting; excessively complicated
misanthrope
tortuous
obviate
epitome
10. yield; submit; bow
obdurate
tout
tirade
defer
11. To prod or drive forward; to urge on; incite
goad
burgeon
aberrant
florid
12. An independent individual who does not go along with a group or party
calibrate
camouflage
tangential
maverick
13. Brief and concise
qualms
precipitate
disabuse
succinct
14. Implied but no directly stated; tacit
tirade
rectify
obviate
implicit
15. Lacking faithfulness or loyalty; traitorous; unstable
compensation
mitigate
ambiguous
treacherous
16. Saucy; impertinent
impudent
laconic
discordant
endemic
17. Sad - sullen
pedantic
implode
morose
eradicate
18. Not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
equivocate
adversity
inopportune
implacable
19. An inclination or tendency
ensure
castigation
obsequious
bent
20. Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
spurious
penury
obsequious
abscond
21. Strong inclination; liking
subjective
penchant
onerous
mundane
22. An invigorating substance that excites mental or physical activity
adversity
diffuse
anthology
stimulant
23. Unclear; open to more than one potential meaning
harangue
centrifuge
cunning
ambiguous
24. The quality of being evenly balanced
symmetry
extend
defer
savor
25. To champion or support; to argue in favor of
condone
heretical
advocate
qualms
26. Lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
disabuse
spurious
pedantic
calibrate
27. Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
conversion
superfluous
amalgamate
synthesis
28. Brief; fleeting
obdurate
obstinate
ephemeral
pervasive
29. Deliberate deceit with the goal of gaining an unlawful advantage
disingenuous
euphemism
compensation
fraud
30. A generally agreed-upon practice or attitude
convention
eulogy
miser
obviate
31. Naturally inclined; tending; likely
prone
bolster
fawn
equivocal
32. To publicly praise or promote
catalyst
tout
inopportune
assuage
33. Only touching briefly upon the topic at hand; irrelevant
indifferent
tangential
discrete
anesthetic
34. A group of two or more verses or lines that make up a division in a poem and correspond in rhyme - meter - and length
rigidity
decibel
innocuous
stanza
35. Moderate; marked by restraint and lack of extremes
cultured
subtle
temperate
secrete
36. Lecture or discussion; conversation
discourse
fraud
anesthetic
parody
37. Active bodily or mental strength or energy; force
sporadic
solicitous
vigor
tranquility
38. To compel or require; to push one'S views or authority upon others
belie
somber
soliloquy
impose
39. Occurring only occasionally - or in a scattered instances
esoteric
calibrate
tangential
sporadic
40. Abundant in size - force - or extent; extraordinary
extemporaneous
precursor
tentative
prodigious
41. A long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation
castigation
tirade
tact
synthesis
42. To remove or strip esp clothing
veneration
divest
approbation
ascetic
43. Unimportant; lacking value
trivial
propensity
prudent
correspond
44. A thin - flexible film of tissue that covers or lines an organ
indifferent
discourse
membrane
diatribe
45. Pliability; malleability; flexibility
ephemeral
illusory
plasticity
discordant
46. Stillness; motionless; quality of being at rest
tranquil
misanthrope
infuse
quiescence
47. Called for; authorized; justified
deviance
nonplused
warranted
beneficent
48. Severe criticism or punishment
burnish
pervasive
prodigal
castigation
49. A person or thing that causes change
blithe
specious
deviation
catalyst
50. To plunge or drop straight down
propensity
rigidity
discomfit
plummet
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