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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. Having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice
extemporaneous
soliloquy
indifferent
obsequious
2. Faithfulness; loyalty
burgeon
obviate
saturate
fidelity
3. To exist in agreement or conformity; harmonize
indifferent
disingenuous
recluse
correspond
4. The combination of parts to make a whole
opprobrium
treacherous
apprise
synthesis
5. Serving or intended to compel by force or authority
covert
enigmatic
inundate
coercive
6. Active bodily or mental strength or energy; force
mitigate
squander
secrete
vigor
7. To appease; to conciliate
blithe
inured
squander
propitiate
8. To polish; to rub to a shine
scarce
inured
burnish
infuse
9. Not talkative; reserved
intrepid
cunning
taciturn
loquacious
10. Obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
chicanery
iconoclastic
recalcitrant
monotonous
11. Spread out or scattered
dispersed
restitution
solicitous
pragmatic
12. The act of reestablishing harmony or friendly interactions
sever
tact
reconciliation
dissertation
13. Act or process of causing deterioration; a wearing away esp of metals
corrosion
perjury
penchant
derision
14. A mild replacement for a harsher or more offensive term
euphemism
synthetic
anesthetic
rarefy
15. yielding or submissive; amenable
compliant
frugality
imperturbable
superfluous
16. A courteous and respectful yielding to the will of another
iconoclastic
deference
inchoate
innocuous
17. To combine several elements into a whole
euphemism
lackluster
amalgamate
discomfit
18. To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
synthesis
obstinate
discrete
assuage
19. Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
admonish
superfluous
illusory
connoisseur
20. A speech made to oneself; a monologue
homogeneous
martial
soliloquy
cunning
21. Assuming an unauthorized right or responsibility; overly forward and arrogant
connoisseur
presumptuous
propagate
coercive
22. To waste by spending or using irresponsibly
squander
propitiate
prodigious
pristine
23. Depart secretly and hide
abscond
anomaly
trivial
plod
24. Scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment
derision
erudite
mundane
probity
25. To prod or drive forward; to urge on; incite
goad
maverick
illusory
monotonous
26. To give a false impression of'
penchant
belie
deviation
taciturn
27. Annoyance or irritation
recluse
vexation
loquacious
laud
28. To weaken; to reduce in vitality
onerous
coercive
enervate
indifferent
29. Not obvious; elusive - difficult to discern
stimulant
subtle
indifferent
discordant
30. To tend toward the same spot or outcome; inclining to join at an intersecting point
apprise
converge
proliferate
antipathy
31. Marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial
rarefy
anomaly
consternation
glib
32. To inspect - determine - or correct the graduations of an instrument by comparing it to a standard
repudiate
calibrate
marginal
discordant
33. Associated with war and the armed forces
anthology
martial
dogmatic
belie
34. Dull and without variety; tedious
garrulous
monotonous
impudent
harangue
35. Dull; lacking vitality or luminosity
implicit
somber
discomfit
lackluster
36. An independent individual who does not go along with a group or party
maverick
penury
wheedle
perennial
37. To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
succinct
divest
proliferate
equivocate
38. Attacking cherished beliefs; heretical; heterodox
stimulant
malevolent
iconoclastic
preempt
39. Harmless; causing no damage
ingenuity
scarce
shrill
innocuous
40. Calmness; serenity; peacefulness
tranquility
repudiate
consternation
penury
41. To incite anger - resentment or exasperation
burnish
tranquil
provoke
veracity
42. To champion or support; to argue in favor of
advocate
approbation
esoteric
misanthrope
43. Cleverness or inventiveness
ingenuity
heretical
censure
camouflage
44. Truthfulness; honesty
inundate
veracity
centrifuge
precipitate
45. Doctrine or set of religious principles
elegy
dogma
commensurate
tortuous
46. To provide support or reinforcement
flamboyant
shrill
bolster
subtle
47. To worsen or intensify
arduous
discomfit
diatribe
aggravate
48. Implied but no directly stated; tacit
implicit
enigmatic
cower
repudiate
49. Adherence to the highest principles; uprightness
probity
repudiate
irascible
anomaly
50. Soundness or truthfulness
validity
mundane
anthology
malevolent