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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. Depart secretly and hide
obsequious
abscond
admonish
inchoate
2. Serving or intended to compel by force or authority
approbation
sever
coercive
laconic
3. Doctrine or set of religious principles
wheedle
ostracism
temperate
dogma
4. Recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
fatuous
rescind
diffident
perennial
5. Easily visible; obvious
perennial
conspicuous
implicit
loquacious
6. To calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intesity
cultivation
mollify
repudiate
extravagance
7. Thick; sticky
viscous
imperturbable
ingenuity
treacherous
8. The act of preparing or working land in order to grow crops
secrete
emulate
pristine
cultivation
9. Culled from many sources
extend
eclectic
loquacious
ephemeral
10. Of the world; typical of or concerned w/the ordinary
insipid
fawn
mundane
archaic
11. Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
coercive
somber
corroborate
cogent
12. The art or study of effect use of language for communication and persuasion
beneficent
denounce
taciturn
rhetoric
13. Obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
camouflage
recalcitrant
dogmatic
cunning
14. Pure; uncorrupted; clean
obstinate
pristine
perjury
correspond
15. Very learned; scholarly
implode
idiosyncrasy
capricious
erudite
16. A system in which individuals or things are ranked in a particular order
unfettered
admonish
platitude
hierarchy
17. Unclear; open to more than one potential meaning
candor
decibel
perfunctory
ambiguous
18. Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
obsequious
cultivation
tirade
saturate
19. Not talkative; reserved
viscous
taciturn
furtive
luminous
20. To blacken; to belittle; to sully defame disparage
denigrate
irascible
extraneous
deference
21. To remove or strip esp clothing
homogeneous
pragmatic
divest
tranquil
22. Stillness; motionless; quality of being at rest
cynicism
inquisitive
quiescence
innocuous
23. To inspect - determine - or correct the graduations of an instrument by comparing it to a standard
synthesis
effrontery
epitome
calibrate
24. To plunge or drop straight down
conspicuous
craven
correspond
plummet
25. Shortness or briefness - esp. in time
inured
brevity
inchoate
unfettered
26. Unit used in measuring the intensity of a sound
decibel
warranted
stint
tout
27. Belonging to another time; removed from natural chronological context
loquacious
anachronistic
ensure
vital
28. Lacking originality
cower
banal
slight
superfluous
29. To incite anger - resentment or exasperation
platitude
centrifuge
provoke
advocate
30. Shrewdness and craftiness; slyness
veneration
parody
enervate
cunning
31. Aversion; dislike
antipathy
obviate
tranquil
fidelity
32. To deliver a pompous speech or tirade
pragmatic
diffuse
emulate
harangue
33. To state as a fact; to confirm or support
extraneous
fortuitous
equivocal
aver
34. Honesty; frankness; sincerity
admonish
discrete
candor
chicanery
35. The act of returning something to its proper owner - or of compensating the owner for the loss of such an item; reparation
compensation
pertinent
restitution
innocuous
36. An intense feeling of dislike or disgust
mollify
aversion
blithe
inquisitive
37. Contemptibly fainthearted - lacking any courage
craven
denounce
cultivation
bombast
38. Strenuous - taxing
slight
arduous
luminous
cultured
39. Deliberate deceit with the goal of gaining an unlawful advantage
cacophony
fraud
expel
admonish
40. To force out; to discharge
expel
endemic
convention
sporadic
41. Extreme respect and reverence; worship
veneration
camouflage
shrill
disinterest
42. Marked by stealth - covert - surreptitious
stint
synthetic
precipitate
furtive
43. A support or prop - often an external prop used to bolster a wall
tranquil
mundane
buttress
savor
44. To approve tacitly by overlooking or excusing; to allow or forgive
secrete
restitution
blithe
condone
45. The purposeful giving of false or misleading testimony while under oath
invigoration
burnish
perjury
centrifuge
46. Well-spoken; coherent
diatribe
rescind
articulate
succinct
47. Deviation from the normal order - form - or rule
marginal
craven
anomaly
extend
48. A long and formal written thesis or treatise - usually written by a doctoral candidate to meet a degree requirement
dissertation
aberrant
bombast
disinterest
49. Playful humorous
defer
tout
loquacious
facetious
50. Dispersed or scattered; not centralized
adversity
mundane
diffuse
condone