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GRE High Frequency Words Vocab
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gre
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english
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vocabulary
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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. Without taste or flavor; lacking in spirits; bland
vexation
insipid
chicanery
connoisseur
2. Matching; corresponding or proportionate in degree - size - or amount
sanction
commensurate
epitome
opprobrium
3. In an initial stage; not fully formed
inchoate
morose
centrifuge
assuage
4. To provide support or reinforcement
sever
platitude
garrulous
bolster
5. Cursory; done without care or interest
dissertation
extravagance
perfunctory
pervasive
6. Unimportant; lacking value
waver
trivial
florid
brevity
7. Daring and fearless; recklessly bold
condone
audacious
stanza
unfeigned
8. To blacken; to belittle; to sully defame disparage
imperturbable
denigrate
pervasive
sporadic
9. Loud and high-pitched; screeching
discretion
misanthrope
shrill
decibel
10. To abruptly and violently collapse inward
implode
endemic
compliant
enigmatic
11. To moderate or soothe
temper
volatile
facetious
veneration
12. yield; submit; bow
slight
vigor
defer
penury
13. Lacking originality; commonplace
facetious
dissertation
opprobrium
banal
14. Stubborn; hardheaded
candor
endemic
condone
obstinate
15. A means of disguising people or things to make them blend in with their surroundings
cultured
connoisseur
inchoate
camouflage
16. To prod or drive forward; to urge on; incite
propagate
castigation
audacious
goad
17. To move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in decision
equivocate
bombast
waver
insipid
18. Improvised; done without preparation
extemporaneous
vexation
aver
porous
19. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate
advocate
eloquent
penury
enumerate
20. Dull and without variety; tedious
corroborate
plod
monotonous
irascible
21. Embodiment; quintessence
anthology
homogeneous
epitome
obstinate
22. To combine several elements into a whole
plethora
amalgamate
enigmatic
garrulous
23. Steadfast and courageous
garrulous
deference
intrepid
illusory
24. Having or showing often viscious ill-will -spite - hatred
malevolent
probity
extend
plummet
25. Boldness; impudence; arrogance
effrontery
compliant
bent
tout
26. Recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
perfunctory
recluse
perennial
disinterest
27. Carefree; merry
discomfit
precipitate
chicanery
blithe
28. Lack of bias or involvement; impartiality; (ed) uninvolved; free from self-interest
retard
disinterest
serenity
plasticity
29. Not obvious; elusive - difficult to discern
subtle
subjective
brilliance
membrane
30. Accustomed to accepting something undesirable
obsequious
inured
infuse
presumptuous
31. To flatter or praise excessively
repudiate
serenity
desiccate
fawn
32. An expression of approval or praise
inquisitive
banal
approbation
pristine
33. Departing from norms or convention
eccentric
authoritarian
laconic
waver
34. To compel or require; to push one'S views or authority upon others
furtive
brittle
bolster
impose
35. The quality or state of being unyielding or stiff
rigidity
insipid
connoisseur
furtive
36. To champion or support; to argue in favor of
obstinate
flamboyant
quiescence
advocate
37. Payment given for services rendered or for loss
corrosion
compensation
luminous
meticulous
38. Docile; obedience; easily led
catalyst
advocate
tractable
cacophony
39. Wise and careful; showing good judgment
vexation
prudent
enigmatic
lucid
40. To stray from the point; to go off on a tangent
hierarchy
digress
perennial
conspicuous
41. Extremely talkative
propensity
loquacious
membrane
homogeneous
42. Shortness or briefness - esp. in time
loquacious
solicitous
brevity
heretical
43. To anticipate and make unnecessary
precursor
admonish
miser
obviate
44. Winding; twisting; excessively complicated
veracity
corroborate
slight
tortuous
45. A superficial remark - esp. one offered as meaningful
platitude
discretion
temperate
sanction
46. Depart secretly and hide
abscond
amalgamate
deference
eradicate
47. Small; lacking substance in degree - amount - or size
propensity
slight
bolster
deviance
48. Hidden - clandestine
vital
censure
covert
derision
49. The combination of parts to make a whole
synthesis
volatile
condone
tortuous
50. To exist in agreement or conformity; harmonize
florid
viscous
ambiguous
correspond