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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. Lacking energy; sluggish or sleepy
fortuitous
veneration
lethargic
tirade
2. Annoyance or irritation
vexation
unfeigned
cynicism
extravagance
3. A group of two or more verses or lines that make up a division in a poem and correspond in rhyme - meter - and length
diffident
stanza
pragmatic
vigor
4. To imbue; to pour in; to introduce; to instill
infuse
presumption
ostracism
digress
5. Ill-timed; unsuitable; inappropriate
inopportune
blithe
banal
equivocal
6. Implied; not explicitly stated
rectify
propitiate
tacit
malevolent
7. To flatter or praise excessively
vexation
obdurate
discretion
fawn
8. The quality or state of being unyielding or stiff
cogent
audacious
rigidity
connoisseur
9. Docile; obedience; easily led
conspicuous
goad
tractable
inchoate
10. To waste by spending or using irresponsibly
prune
disabuse
squander
anthology
11. State or quality of differing from the accepted norm; abnormality
unfeigned
deviance
deference
distention
12. Refusing to compromise
fortuitous
intransigent
obsequious
compensation
13. Excessive indulgence of appetite or passion - esp. in regard to alcohol; lack of constraint
authoritarian
scarce
prodigious
intemperance
14. Stubbornly opinionated
dogmatic
ingenuity
unfeigned
glib
15. Boldness; impudence; arrogance
lethargic
effrontery
correspond
rarefy
16. Unimportant; lacking value
dissertation
digress
epitome
trivial
17. To make right or fix; correct
abscond
euphemism
exacerbate
rectify
18. A courteous and respectful yielding to the will of another
prodigal
nonplused
deference
flamboyant
19. Thick; sticky
homogeneous
cogent
viscous
impudent
20. The quality of being generously noble in the mind and heart - esp in forgiving
veneration
magnanimity
solvent
restitution
21. Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
prodigious
cogent
placate
treacherous
22. Aversion; dislike
proliferate
infuse
heretical
antipathy
23. The quality of being evenly balanced
symmetry
viscous
tact
obstinate
24. Seeming true - but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive
subjective
desiccate
idiosyncrasy
specious
25. Not tied down; unrestrained
brittle
extemporaneous
irascible
unfettered
26. Wise and careful; showing good judgment
rhetoric
distill
extraneous
prudent
27. To coax; persuade - often through the use of flattery or smooth talk
succinct
derivative
wheedle
antipathy
28. To publicly condemn or criticize
discourse
denounce
plethora
aversion
29. Departure or wandering away from the accepted standard
provoke
deviation
fawn
craven
30. A generally agreed-upon practice or attitude
rhetoric
fortuitous
convention
ensure
31. Lacking originality
banal
intransigent
bombast
squander
32. Ostentatious or showy; flashy
flamboyant
brilliance
sporadic
tirade
33. Having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
belie
pervasive
discomfit
parody
34. Deviation from the normal order - form - or rule
plethora
anomaly
recalcitrant
ensure
35. Relating to or at an edge or boundary; minimal
prodigious
marginal
superficial
stimulant
36. To abruptly and violently collapse inward
camouflage
dissertation
implode
mollify
37. Happening by fortunate accident or chance
fortuitous
inopportune
coercive
superfluous
38. Using few words; terse
laconic
miser
articulate
arduous
39. Abundant in size - force - or extent; extraordinary
tranquil
synthesis
divest
prodigious
40. Restricted or peculiar to a particular region; indigenous
vexation
endemic
fawn
tout
41. Dark and depressing; mournful
tangential
insipid
somber
meticulous
42. To worsen or intensify
furtive
aggravate
frugality
exculpate
43. To imitate with the goal of rivaling or surpassing
cower
extravagance
emulate
prodigal
44. To give notice to; to inform
penchant
miser
quiescence
apprise
45. To lengthen or stretch out
inured
extend
condemn
circumspect
46. Not vital or pertinent; irrelevant
pedantic
expel
lethargic
extraneous
47. Practical rather than idealistic
vigor
pragmatic
membrane
divest
48. Having or showing often viscious ill-will -spite - hatred
plasticity
glib
secrete
malevolent
49. Hardship
adversity
expel
meticulous
diffident
50. Acting with excessive haste or impulse
unfettered
precipitate
eradicate
derivative