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GRE High Frequency Words Vocab
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english
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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. Saucy; impertinent
impudent
anomalous
veneration
taciturn
2. Trickery or subterfuge
sanction
chicanery
cower
deviation
3. Lacking depth; existing on or near the surface
centrifuge
superficial
convoluted
illusory
4. Easily visible; obvious
elegy
conspicuous
garrulous
veracity
5. Ambiguous; doubtful or uncertain
opprobrium
onerous
luminous
equivocal
6. Improvised; done without preparation
onerous
euphemism
presumption
extemporaneous
7. The act of preparing or working land in order to grow crops
tranquility
aggravate
volatile
cultivation
8. Strong inclination; liking
penchant
facetious
extemporaneous
caustic
9. yielding or submissive; amenable
compliant
lackluster
misanthrope
condone
10. Abundant in size - force - or extent; extraordinary
circumspect
pedantic
prodigious
preempt
11. Burning or stinging; causing corrosion
presumption
caustic
corrosion
extravagance
12. Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
cogent
hierarchy
eccentric
enigmatic
13. To tend toward the same spot or outcome; inclining to join at an intersecting point
porous
miser
converge
superfluous
14. To polish; to rub to a shine
plethora
diffident
burnish
obdurate
15. To imbue; to pour in; to introduce; to instill
glib
aver
exacerbate
infuse
16. Unyielding; hardhearted
obdurate
warranted
extemporaneous
discrete
17. To appease; to conciliate
harangue
heretical
propitiate
perjury
18. A support or prop - often an external prop used to bolster a wall
conspicuous
squander
buttress
admonish
19. Honesty; frankness; sincerity
candor
illusory
diffident
probity
20. The act of making an assumption or taking something for granted
intrepid
circumspect
impose
presumption
21. Hardship
adversity
conspicuous
frugality
idiosyncrasy
22. Baffled; in a quandry; at a loss for what to say or do
nonplused
validity
mollify
somber
23. Readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive
volatile
fidelity
conspire
burnish
24. Not definite; uncertain; experimental
tentative
belie
digress
disingenuous
25. Calmness; serenity; peacefulness
waver
tranquility
eclectic
glib
26. A substance that causes insensibility and removes pain
obsequious
anesthetic
enigmatic
intrepid
27. Happening by fortunate accident or chance
craven
rectify
eulogy
fortuitous
28. Harmless; causing no damage
harangue
enervate
innocuous
invigoration
29. A person or thing that causes change
catalyst
magnanimity
treacherous
approbation
30. Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
obsequious
unfeigned
discretion
implode
31. To reprove; to express warning or disapproval
aggravate
epitome
admonish
pragmatic
32. Distinct; individual
discrete
censure
veneration
eccentric
33. Severe criticism or punishment
castigation
superfluous
aggravate
illusory
34. Serving or intended to compel by force or authority
vigor
coercive
denigrate
eloquent
35. Lecture or discussion; conversation
emulate
discourse
anesthetic
equivocate
36. A humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect - esp. in literature and art
diffuse
archaic
penchant
parody
37. To inspect - determine - or correct the graduations of an instrument by comparing it to a standard
facetious
rhetoric
defer
calibrate
38. Intended for or understood by a small - specific group
tirade
esoteric
discretion
synthetic
39. The quality of being evenly balanced
symmetry
prudent
infuse
stimulant
40. Wise and careful; showing good judgment
prudent
placate
prune
banal
41. An overabundance; a surplus
enervate
buttress
burgeon
plethora
42. Authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance
sanction
euphemism
craven
emulate
43. The state or act of extending or being swollen out of shape
abscond
eradicate
facilitate
distention
44. Mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand
cultured
propensity
symmetry
enigmatic
45. Not obvious; elusive - difficult to discern
somber
cunning
burnish
subtle
46. To slow delay or hamper
propitiate
corroborate
belie
retard
47. Boldness; impudence; arrogance
prodigal
effrontery
intransigent
validity
48. Small; lacking substance in degree - amount - or size
prudent
eradicate
belie
slight
49. Tranquility; peacefulness
quiescence
illusory
serenity
denigrate
50. Shrewdness and craftiness; slyness
vexation
cunning
glib
dogmatic