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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. To force out; to discharge
idiosyncrasy
expel
martial
inchoate
2. To move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in decision
reconciliation
admonish
solvent
waver
3. A thin - flexible film of tissue that covers or lines an organ
membrane
squander
idiosyncrasy
synthesis
4. To dry out or dehydrate to make dry or dull
obdurate
aver
consternation
desiccate
5. Acting with excessive haste or impulse
insipid
amalgamate
precipitate
coercive
6. Harsh - jarring - discordant sound
cacophony
penchant
stint
morose
7. Full of tiny openings able to absorb fluid or gas; permeable
veneration
symmetry
discordant
porous
8. Possessing education - refinement and taste; polished
cultured
capricious
pedantic
slight
9. A speech honoring the dead
plod
obdurate
waver
eulogy
10. The quality or state of being unyielding or stiff
anachronistic
heretical
rigidity
deviance
11. Departing from norms or convention
corrosion
elegy
eccentric
condone
12. To stray from the point; to go off on a tangent
digress
goad
covert
inopportune
13. To flatter or praise excessively
fawn
tranquility
onerous
tacit
14. Deviating from the norm
lucid
diffident
aberrant
intemperance
15. The act or process of transforming to another form - state or product
perennial
conversion
cower
desiccate
16. An overabundance; a surplus
spurious
plethora
implacable
prone
17. To provide support or reinforcement
imperturbable
perjury
stint
bolster
18. Having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice
presumptuous
euphemism
indifferent
morose
19. Occurring only occasionally - or in a scattered instances
sporadic
equivocal
rigidity
trivial
20. To give a false impression of'
belie
pristine
flamboyant
nonplused
21. A person or thing that causes change
discourse
inopportune
catalyst
bent
22. Annoyance or irritation
plummet
aversion
vexation
perennial
23. Dull; lacking vitality or luminosity
sanction
recalcitrant
synthesis
lackluster
24. Seeming true - but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive
tact
impose
aberrant
specious
25. Marked by stealth - covert - surreptitious
furtive
equivocal
inopportune
desiccate
26. Ambiguous; doubtful or uncertain
sanction
deviance
equivocal
repudiate
27. An attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness
inured
tacit
cynicism
homogeneous
28. Lacking originality; commonplace
elegy
garrulous
aggravate
banal
29. Not definite; uncertain; experimental
sanction
tentative
apprise
compliant
30. Assuming an unauthorized right or responsibility; overly forward and arrogant
covert
presumptuous
obdurate
provoke
31. To give notice to; to inform
apprise
connoisseur
bombast
esoteric
32. To remove or separate by cutting off
sever
consternation
presumption
discretion
33. In an initial stage; not fully formed
eradicate
inchoate
equivocate
vexation
34. Called for; authorized; justified
condone
warranted
plod
unfettered
35. One that precedes and indicates or announces another
arbitrary
precursor
plasticity
eloquent
36. To blacken; to belittle; to sully defame disparage
brilliance
denigrate
stanza
implicit
37. Not tied down; unrestrained
ascetic
unfettered
compensation
tangential
38. To trudge; to move slowly and heavily
plod
maverick
diffuse
lucid
39. To make right or fix; correct
derivative
rectify
dissertation
presumption
40. Essential for or relating to life; necessary
corroborate
craven
superfluous
vital
41. A superficial remark - esp. one offered as meaningful
intemperance
cynicism
platitude
eulogy
42. Flowery; ruddy; ornate
florid
cogent
succinct
eradicate
43. To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
secrete
equivocate
quiescence
maverick
44. Disgrace; contempt; scorn
opprobrium
stimulant
inundate
ostracism
45. To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
presumptuous
extraneous
precipitate
assuage
46. Trickery or subterfuge
precursor
tacit
chicanery
disingenuous
47. The art or study of effect use of language for communication and persuasion
camouflage
sporadic
diffident
rhetoric
48. Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
anthology
luminous
belie
superfluous
49. Abnormal; deviating from the common or general type
lethargic
anomalous
ensure
viscous
50. Ostentatious or showy; flashy
plummet
flamboyant
castigation
decibel