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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. Extreme respect and reverence; worship
veneration
perjury
pervasive
spurious
2. Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
rescind
brilliance
cogent
tractable
3. Complex or complicated
convoluted
subjective
pristine
wheedle
4. Man-made; artificial; relating to or involving the combination of parts to make a whole
synthetic
penchant
discourse
consternation
5. To make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
superfluous
tranquil
mitigate
tranquility
6. Contemptibly fainthearted - lacking any courage
disingenuous
craven
squander
arbitrary
7. Reserved - shy - or unassuming; lacking in self-confidence
diffident
mundane
burgeon
apprise
8. An invigorating substance that excites mental or physical activity
scarce
denigrate
rescind
stimulant
9. An attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness
cynicism
loquacious
succinct
proliferate
10. Pliability; malleability; flexibility
plasticity
dissertation
pertinent
garrulous
11. Hidden - clandestine
plod
tangential
covert
cunning
12. Ill-timed; unsuitable; inappropriate
disinterest
squander
inopportune
eulogy
13. Characterized by a preference for complete obedience to authority; domineering
irascible
corrosion
symmetry
authoritarian
14. A person or thing that causes change
fidelity
catalyst
morose
deviance
15. To make or become thin - less dense; to refine
rarefy
taciturn
chicanery
ostracism
16. Loud and high-pitched; screeching
divest
centrifuge
aggravate
shrill
17. Poverty; destitution
mundane
archaic
penury
equivocate
18. A support or prop - often an external prop used to bolster a wall
buttress
wheedle
taciturn
tacit
19. yield; submit; bow
defer
intemperance
anomalous
rhetoric
20. Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
superfluous
discretion
admonish
derivative
21. Characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
equivocate
meticulous
prudent
equivocal
22. To disguise or conceal
adversity
ensure
dissemble
tranquil
23. To tend toward the same spot or outcome; inclining to join at an intersecting point
converge
tirade
articulate
fraud
24. Deceptive; based upon a false belief or impression
illusory
eradicate
tirade
penchant
25. An expression of approval or praise
blithe
approbation
indifferent
admonish
26. Soundness or truthfulness
denigrate
intransigent
burnish
validity
27. Pointlessly talkative; talking too much
calibrate
garrulous
extemporaneous
discomfit
28. Annoyance or irritation
homogeneous
consternation
vexation
sever
29. Practical rather than idealistic
porous
pragmatic
intransigent
audacious
30. An intense feeling of dislike or disgust
corroborate
expel
exacerbate
aversion
31. Stillness; motionless; quality of being at rest
extravagance
garrulous
quiescence
dispersed
32. Very learned; scholarly
erudite
deviation
enervate
malevolent
33. Flowery; ruddy; ornate
archaic
florid
equivocate
tranquil
34. To remove or strip esp clothing
eradicate
divest
aversion
probity
35. Naturally inclined; tending; likely
conspicuous
prone
corrosion
slight
36. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
prodigal
goad
archaic
rarefy
37. Acting with excessive haste or impulse
esoteric
inquisitive
precipitate
obsequious
38. To ensconce - conceal - or stow
prone
vital
ensure
secrete
39. To remove completely; to annihilate; to pull out by the roots
onerous
euphemism
eradicate
presumption
40. A system in which individuals or things are ranked in a particular order
hierarchy
sporadic
harangue
anomaly
41. Lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
corroborate
deference
shrill
spurious
42. Called for; authorized; justified
warranted
laconic
emulate
euphemism
43. Honesty; frankness; sincerity
decibel
candor
viscous
innocuous
44. Cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions
extravagance
blithe
discretion
condemn
45. Relating to or at an edge or boundary; minimal
obsequious
facetious
marginal
defer
46. Saucy; impertinent
abscond
impudent
advocate
synthetic
47. To moderate or soothe
temper
digress
centrifuge
condemn
48. Winding; twisting; excessively complicated
tortuous
superfluous
sever
capricious
49. The quality or state of being unyielding or stiff
rigidity
sanction
covert
synthesis
50. Authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance
brittle
rarefy
sanction
anomalous