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GRE High Frequency Words Vocab
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1. To inspect - determine - or correct the graduations of an instrument by comparing it to a standard
calibrate
diatribe
effrontery
monotonous
2. Happening by fortunate accident or chance
authoritarian
fortuitous
volatile
proliferate
3. The act of preparing or working land in order to grow crops
anomalous
rarefy
cultivation
solvent
4. Readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive
synthesis
burnish
tentative
volatile
5. A natural inclination or tendency; penchant
plasticity
platitude
enumerate
propensity
6. The quality of being energized or filled with liveliness
temper
invigoration
compensation
compliant
7. To blame or denounce
condemn
expel
rigidity
convention
8. Relevant; germane
synthesis
amalgamate
intransigent
pertinent
9. Easily angered
irascible
sanction
arduous
banal
10. One who hates all other humans
misanthrope
maverick
taciturn
sporadic
11. To give notice to; to inform
derivative
expel
apprise
disabuse
12. Embodiment; quintessence
epitome
validity
condemn
distill
13. To abruptly and violently collapse inward
validity
tranquil
implode
lucid
14. To incite anger - resentment or exasperation
rhetoric
provoke
veracity
propensity
15. Daring and fearless; recklessly bold
audacious
banal
cultivation
porous
16. Cleverness or inventiveness
enumerate
lackluster
ingenuity
discomfit
17. A mournful poem - esp one lamenting the dead
elegy
scarce
extraneous
compensation
18. A long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation
impudent
tractable
fatuous
tirade
19. Marked by stealth - covert - surreptitious
savor
furtive
elegy
eclectic
20. Dismay; startling - distressing fear or shock that results in complete confusion
tout
consternation
burnish
lethargic
21. Wise and careful; showing good judgment
prudent
insipid
vexation
circumspect
22. Characterized by brightness and the emission of light
denigrate
convoluted
luminous
corroborate
23. The act of making an assumption or taking something for granted
presumption
cunning
ostracism
presumptuous
24. A harsh denunciation
censure
superfluous
diatribe
morose
25. Pliability; malleability; flexibility
plasticity
intemperance
conversion
solvent
26. To make or become thin - less dense; to refine
meticulous
corrosion
rarefy
prodigal
27. Lacking originality
banal
viscous
porous
platitude
28. Not tied down; unrestrained
censure
eccentric
unfettered
exacerbate
29. Playful humorous
inundate
superfluous
sanction
facetious
30. To invalidate; to repeal to retract
onerous
rescind
anthology
desiccate
31. To praise highly
antipathy
tacit
laud
implode
32. Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
martial
derivative
apprise
superfluous
33. Deviation from the normal order - form - or rule
anomaly
opprobrium
solicitous
harangue
34. Poverty; destitution
converge
penury
archaic
monotonous
35. Lacking depth; existing on or near the surface
compliant
superficial
pertinent
dispersed
36. Outdated; associated with an earlier - perhaps more primitive time
archaic
specious
loquacious
hierarchy
37. Lack of bias or involvement; impartiality; (ed) uninvolved; free from self-interest
opprobrium
cower
disinterest
enigmatic
38. A person or thing that causes change
tentative
catalyst
florid
scarce
39. To weaken; to reduce in vitality
corroborate
enervate
eccentric
adversity
40. A thin - flexible film of tissue that covers or lines an organ
assuage
cultivation
enumerate
membrane
41. Belonging to another time; removed from natural chronological context
anachronistic
pervasive
sanction
scarce
42. Strong inclination; liking
succinct
castigation
penchant
repudiate
43. A speech honoring the dead
eulogy
decibel
rectify
prodigal
44. Abundant in size - force - or extent; extraordinary
implode
defer
circumspect
prodigious
45. The act of returning something to its proper owner - or of compensating the owner for the loss of such an item; reparation
veneration
deviance
restitution
effrontery
46. Lacking energy; sluggish or sleepy
lethargic
covert
inquisitive
advocate
47. To appease; to calm by making concessions
belie
restitution
plasticity
placate
48. Hidden - clandestine
wheedle
obdurate
placate
covert
49. Self-important or pompous writing or speech
volatile
eccentric
bombast
retard
50. Clear; easily understood
obstinate
tact
lucid
flamboyant
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