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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. Tranquility; peacefulness
approbation
wheedle
serenity
temper
2. Only touching briefly upon the topic at hand; irrelevant
tangential
brittle
compensation
warranted
3. Spread out or scattered
anomaly
dispersed
distill
anomalous
4. Thick; sticky
anesthetic
eccentric
viscous
meticulous
5. To dry out or dehydrate to make dry or dull
desiccate
diatribe
eloquent
monotonous
6. questioning; curious
camouflage
penury
inquisitive
corrosion
7. Brief; fleeting
obstinate
ephemeral
vigor
denounce
8. Discerning and sensitive use of speech; diplomacy
eccentric
tact
secrete
meticulous
9. Assuming an unauthorized right or responsibility; overly forward and arrogant
presumptuous
intrepid
pertinent
sanction
10. Having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
pervasive
stimulant
wheedle
temper
11. Moderate; marked by restraint and lack of extremes
connoisseur
prune
temperate
extend
12. To inspect - determine - or correct the graduations of an instrument by comparing it to a standard
implicit
calibrate
perjury
burnish
13. To secretly work together with the intent to commit a wrong or illegal act
equivocate
articulate
conspire
meticulous
14. Distinct; individual
porous
discrete
antipathy
invigoration
15. Hardship
connoisseur
tirade
adversity
facetious
16. An invigorating substance that excites mental or physical activity
cacophony
diffuse
presumptuous
stimulant
17. To give a false impression of'
conversion
desiccate
belie
tranquil
18. Unyielding; hardhearted
blithe
distill
penchant
obdurate
19. Unimportant; lacking value
cynicism
trivial
impudent
plod
20. Lacking originality
prone
adversity
banal
precipitate
21. Lacking depth; existing on or near the surface
superficial
presumption
extravagance
fortuitous
22. The quality of being evenly balanced
furtive
symmetry
porous
condemn
23. Implied but no directly stated; tacit
spurious
arduous
implicit
morose
24. Not vital or pertinent; irrelevant
extraneous
assuage
bombast
deference
25. Aversion; dislike
invigoration
extravagance
antipathy
warranted
26. Daring and fearless; recklessly bold
prone
audacious
symmetry
camouflage
27. To state as a fact; to confirm or support
banal
ensure
aver
pristine
28. The act of casting out or excluding an individual from a society or group; banishment
divest
camouflage
tranquility
ostracism
29. To list or count off individually
facilitate
enumerate
impose
fraud
30. Disgrace; contempt; scorn
fortuitous
consternation
opprobrium
coercive
31. Unclear; open to more than one potential meaning
marginal
ambiguous
spurious
cogent
32. Playful humorous
brittle
facetious
discomfit
prudent
33. Winding; twisting; excessively complicated
anthology
tortuous
misanthrope
propitiate
34. Concerned and attentive; eager
solicitous
cynicism
aversion
serenity
35. To make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
luminous
mitigate
fatuous
convoluted
36. Clear; easily understood
censure
implode
elegy
lucid
37. A person or thing that causes change
presumption
cynicism
catalyst
rigidity
38. To appease; to conciliate
unfeigned
apprise
propitiate
facetious
39. Recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
perennial
lethargic
monotonous
adversity
40. Pure; uncorrupted; clean
squander
rescind
pristine
tout
41. Extremely talkative
chicanery
loquacious
perfunctory
approbation
42. To replace; to supersede; to appropriate
expel
intransigent
preempt
impudent
43. Loud and high-pitched; screeching
plasticity
specious
shrill
camouflage
44. To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
assuage
vigor
frugality
equivocate
45. Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
eloquent
cogent
stimulant
eradicate
46. Having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice
stint
tangential
indifferent
euphemism
47. To grow rapidly or flourish
burgeon
marginal
mundane
inquisitive
48. To enjoy in a thorough manner; to relish; to fully appreciate
savor
quiescence
prone
secrete
49. Made up of elements that are similar in nature or kind; uniform
fidelity
homogeneous
invigoration
plummet
50. Hidden - clandestine
covert
porous
craven
arbitrary