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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. Sad - sullen
illusory
brilliance
caustic
morose
2. To inspect - determine - or correct the graduations of an instrument by comparing it to a standard
precursor
calibrate
diffuse
bombast
3. To moderate or soothe
audacious
temper
cower
onerous
4. Shortness or briefness - esp. in time
catalyst
preempt
brevity
esoteric
5. Man-made; artificial; relating to or involving the combination of parts to make a whole
synthetic
provoke
unfettered
intrepid
6. Accustomed to accepting something undesirable
craven
reconciliation
anomaly
inured
7. Winding; twisting; excessively complicated
defer
bolster
tortuous
sanction
8. To flatter or praise excessively
impose
sanction
miser
fawn
9. Stubborn; hardheaded
obstinate
converge
viscous
penury
10. To move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in decision
waver
prodigious
saturate
implode
11. Lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
plod
pervasive
camouflage
spurious
12. The act of reestablishing harmony or friendly interactions
laconic
reconciliation
enumerate
vigor
13. Characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
compliant
meticulous
diffuse
discomfit
14. An expression of approval or praise
banal
temperate
approbation
eccentric
15. Of the world; typical of or concerned w/the ordinary
onerous
implicit
discourse
mundane
16. Docile; obedience; easily led
tractable
inured
mollify
deviation
17. To worsen or intensify
condone
disinterest
aggravate
cynicism
18. Reserved - shy - or unassuming; lacking in self-confidence
diffident
misanthrope
tentative
convention
19. Culled from many sources
preempt
eclectic
dogma
antipathy
20. To aid by making easier
facilitate
iconoclastic
eccentric
temper
21. Thick; sticky
prudent
cynicism
viscous
burgeon
22. Baffled; in a quandry; at a loss for what to say or do
commensurate
nonplused
circumspect
scarce
23. Exonerate; to clear of blame
consternation
inundate
exculpate
taciturn
24. To enjoy in a thorough manner; to relish; to fully appreciate
savor
heretical
diffuse
emulate
25. A mournful poem - esp one lamenting the dead
elegy
diffident
anomalous
tout
26. To approve tacitly by overlooking or excusing; to allow or forgive
condone
deviance
vigor
stanza
27. Not vital or pertinent; irrelevant
illusory
fatuous
validity
extraneous
28. Unimportant; lacking value
recalcitrant
trivial
symmetry
parody
29. Unit used in measuring the intensity of a sound
decibel
sporadic
condemn
arduous
30. Marked by stealth - covert - surreptitious
implicit
camouflage
furtive
burgeon
31. Deviating from the norm
aberrant
penury
corrosion
authoritarian
32. Self-important or pompous writing or speech
fidelity
loquacious
bombast
emulate
33. Steadfast and courageous
adversity
arbitrary
provoke
intrepid
34. Deliberate deceit with the goal of gaining an unlawful advantage
misanthrope
derision
denounce
fraud
35. Extremely talkative
preempt
loquacious
eccentric
volatile
36. Pointlessly talkative; talking too much
inopportune
garrulous
imperturbable
anachronistic
37. Belonging to another time; removed from natural chronological context
innocuous
advocate
erudite
anachronistic
38. A thin - flexible film of tissue that covers or lines an organ
opprobrium
membrane
amalgamate
qualms
39. To combine several elements into a whole
euphemism
amalgamate
unfeigned
facilitate
40. Obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
tranquil
recalcitrant
harangue
florid
41. Trickery or subterfuge
aberrant
probity
candor
chicanery
42. Subject to chance or individual whim; without definite reason
arbitrary
mollify
pedantic
obdurate
43. Clear; easily understood
lucid
facetious
corroborate
synthesis
44. A superficial remark - esp. one offered as meaningful
platitude
enervate
dispersed
banal
45. To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
equivocate
savor
cunning
tout
46. To secretly work together with the intent to commit a wrong or illegal act
conspire
ostracism
impudent
rarefy
47. A means of disguising people or things to make them blend in with their surroundings
membrane
camouflage
opprobrium
burnish
48. Restricted or peculiar to a particular region; indigenous
harangue
succinct
endemic
laconic
49. To replace; to supersede; to appropriate
monotonous
preempt
vexation
endemic
50. Characterized by a preference for complete obedience to authority; domineering
fortuitous
implacable
superfluous
authoritarian