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GRE High Frequency Words Vocab

Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • 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






2. To give notice to; to inform






3. Harsh - jarring - discordant sound






4. One that precedes and indicates or announces another






5. To exist in agreement or conformity; harmonize






6. To make worse or more severe






7. To praise highly






8. The act of making an assumption or taking something for granted






9. Annoyance or irritation






10. Easily angered






11. To appease; to conciliate






12. Naturally inclined; tending; likely






13. Relevant; germane






14. A support or prop - often an external prop used to bolster a wall






15. To deliver a pompous speech or tirade






16. To blacken; to belittle; to sully defame disparage






17. To slow delay or hamper






18. A speech honoring the dead






19. Associated with war and the armed forces






20. The purposeful giving of false or misleading testimony while under oath






21. Culled from many sources






22. A system in which individuals or things are ranked in a particular order






23. To list or count off individually






24. To state as a fact; to confirm or support






25. Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness






26. Lacking originality






27. To replace; to supersede; to appropriate






28. To stray from the point; to go off on a tangent






29. An independent individual who does not go along with a group or party






30. To approve tacitly by overlooking or excusing; to allow or forgive






31. Using few words; terse






32. Steadfast and courageous






33. Acting with excessive haste or impulse






34. Scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment






35. To remove or separate by cutting off






36. To tend toward the same spot or outcome; inclining to join at an intersecting point






37. Departing from norms or convention






38. Insincere; lacking in honesty






39. The quality of being evenly balanced






40. Act or process of causing deterioration; a wearing away esp of metals






41. Implied but no directly stated; tacit






42. Charitable and kind in action






43. Outdated; associated with an earlier - perhaps more primitive time






44. Soundness or truthfulness






45. Stillness; motionless; quality of being at rest






46. To reprove; to express warning or disapproval






47. To confirm; to provide additional support; verify






48. The art or study of effect use of language for communication and persuasion






49. Without taste or flavor; lacking in spirits; bland






50. Exonerate; to clear of blame