SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
GRE High Frequency Words Vocab
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
gre
,
english
,
vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Honesty; frankness; sincerity
candor
magnanimity
perjury
iconoclastic
2. To secretly work together with the intent to commit a wrong or illegal act
banal
implode
conspire
reconciliation
3. Dull; lacking vitality or luminosity
lackluster
aversion
covert
archaic
4. Essential for or relating to life; necessary
fortuitous
saturate
superfluous
vital
5. To replace; to supersede; to appropriate
preempt
distill
savor
maverick
6. To give notice to; to inform
elegy
dispersed
vital
apprise
7. To deliver a pompous speech or tirade
divest
homogeneous
furtive
harangue
8. Hardship
subjective
adversity
harangue
cower
9. To combine several elements into a whole
synthetic
pervasive
amalgamate
succinct
10. A group of two or more verses or lines that make up a division in a poem and correspond in rhyme - meter - and length
blithe
harangue
aver
stanza
11. A harsh denunciation
disabuse
qualms
diatribe
brevity
12. An attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness
commensurate
admonish
quiescence
cynicism
13. A generally agreed-upon practice or attitude
cunning
convention
beneficent
inundate
14. To blame or denounce
condemn
magnanimity
recalcitrant
bolster
15. A collection of lierary works by various authors
anthology
belie
innocuous
lackluster
16. Stubbornly opinionated
succinct
dogmatic
tranquility
correspond
17. Easily visible; obvious
conspicuous
prudent
superfluous
denounce
18. To make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
specious
restitution
stimulant
mitigate
19. One who hates all other humans
discordant
misanthrope
abscond
inured
20. The art or study of effect use of language for communication and persuasion
rhetoric
disinterest
temper
veracity
21. One who practices rigid self-denial esp in religious devotion
enumerate
ascetic
tranquility
stimulant
22. Serving or intended to compel by force or authority
admonish
synthetic
coercive
lethargic
23. Rare and insufficient
caustic
ephemeral
scarce
cynicism
24. Active bodily or mental strength or energy; force
pertinent
emulate
vigor
arduous
25. To grow rapidly or flourish
propitiate
burgeon
fawn
provoke
26. Complex or complicated
convoluted
eccentric
savor
tortuous
27. Adherence to the highest principles; uprightness
parody
probity
marginal
prodigal
28. Calmness; serenity; peacefulness
diffuse
tranquility
equivocal
endemic
29. Departing from norms or convention
laconic
eccentric
idiosyncrasy
convention
30. Harsh - jarring - discordant sound
cacophony
disinterest
centrifuge
somber
31. Insincere; lacking in honesty
propensity
disingenuous
stimulant
perfunctory
32. Cursory; done without care or interest
perfunctory
inundate
laconic
anesthetic
33. An invigorating substance that excites mental or physical activity
obviate
stimulant
shrill
glib
34. Brief; fleeting
tractable
diffuse
ephemeral
commensurate
35. Readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive
brittle
extend
unfettered
volatile
36. To cause to spread - multiply or reproduce
preempt
propagate
reconciliation
vital
37. To confirm; to provide additional support; verify
hierarchy
squander
temperate
corroborate
38. Lacking energy; sluggish or sleepy
eloquent
lethargic
recalcitrant
placate
39. Severe criticism or punishment
marginal
rectify
castigation
implicit
40. Full of tiny openings able to absorb fluid or gas; permeable
anesthetic
platitude
porous
reconciliation
41. Carefree; merry
denigrate
qualms
blithe
discourse
42. Spread out or scattered
flamboyant
dispersed
admonish
camouflage
43. Refusing to compromise
intransigent
equivocal
innocuous
eclectic
44. An informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
facetious
meticulous
impudent
connoisseur
45. To force out; to discharge
indifferent
denounce
squander
expel
46. To imbue; to pour in; to introduce; to instill
infuse
malevolent
centrifuge
spurious
47. Flowery; ruddy; ornate
florid
treacherous
conspicuous
loquacious
48. Implied; not explicitly stated
denigrate
apprise
tacit
condone
49. A system in which individuals or things are ranked in a particular order
intrepid
hierarchy
cultured
furtive
50. A person or thing that causes change
compliant
catalyst
meticulous
inopportune