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GRE High Frequency Words Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A machine that spins very swiftly about a central axis - and - using centrifugal force - separates disparate substances
camouflage
aggravate
provoke
centrifuge
2. Lavishness; an unnecessary or unrestrained spend esp. of funds
cogent
extravagance
prodigal
superfluous
3. Lecture or discussion; conversation
effrontery
scarce
discourse
condemn
4. questioning; curious
inquisitive
advocate
enumerate
garrulous
5. Using few words; terse
anomaly
buttress
cultured
laconic
6. To compel or require; to push one'S views or authority upon others
corroborate
impose
solicitous
dogmatic
7. Lacking faithfulness or loyalty; traitorous; unstable
derivative
intrepid
corroborate
treacherous
8. Implied but no directly stated; tacit
anomaly
implicit
rescind
vexation
9. Recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
equivocal
disingenuous
perennial
volatile
10. An expression of approval or praise
censure
irascible
approbation
diatribe
11. To tend toward the same spot or outcome; inclining to join at an intersecting point
arduous
converge
compensation
castigation
12. Hidden - clandestine
martial
covert
obdurate
burgeon
13. To praise highly
derivative
cultivation
laud
brevity
14. To reprove; to express warning or disapproval
admonish
banal
distention
abscond
15. Steadfast and courageous
propagate
rescind
intrepid
malevolent
16. Naturally inclined; tending; likely
prone
disabuse
monotonous
banal
17. To worsen or intensify
cultivation
aggravate
camouflage
furtive
18. To publicly condemn or criticize
irascible
obviate
denounce
aberrant
19. Outdated; associated with an earlier - perhaps more primitive time
adversity
lucid
loquacious
archaic
20. State or quality of differing from the accepted norm; abnormality
intemperance
deviance
eloquent
propitiate
21. Without taste or flavor; lacking in spirits; bland
reconciliation
insipid
eloquent
cower
22. Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
iconoclastic
superfluous
tangential
eloquent
23. The combination of parts to make a whole
eloquent
synthesis
endemic
volatile
24. To appease; to calm by making concessions
onerous
deference
capricious
placate
25. Self-important or pompous writing or speech
eloquent
saturate
tortuous
bombast
26. Shrewdness and craftiness; slyness
cunning
commensurate
pristine
tangential
27. Cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions
discretion
cultivation
synthesis
tact
28. To weaken; to reduce in vitality
savor
enervate
discordant
ostracism
29. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate
eradicate
sever
enumerate
eloquent
30. To fill until there is no further capacity for absorbance; to soak
tact
saturate
taciturn
inquisitive
31. To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
infuse
corrosion
tortuous
assuage
32. To imitate with the goal of rivaling or surpassing
aversion
mitigate
coercive
emulate
33. Aversion; dislike
porous
tortuous
condemn
antipathy
34. To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
equivocate
recalcitrant
brittle
dogmatic
35. The act or process of transforming to another form - state or product
admonish
enigmatic
conversion
taciturn
36. Extremely talkative
loquacious
audacious
unfeigned
impudent
37. Troubling burdensome
expel
onerous
derision
facilitate
38. Marked by stealth - covert - surreptitious
ensure
furtive
eulogy
arduous
39. Genuine; not false or hypocritical
unfeigned
shrill
cunning
conversion
40. An independent individual who does not go along with a group or party
ingenuity
onerous
maverick
fraud
41. A harsh denunciation
pragmatic
disingenuous
diatribe
banal
42. Loud and high-pitched; screeching
proliferate
imperturbable
shrill
taciturn
43. Dull; lacking vitality or luminosity
lackluster
morose
perennial
adversity
44. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
ingenuity
prodigal
implode
innocuous
45. Boldness; impudence; arrogance
effrontery
chicanery
stint
lackluster
46. Dispersed or scattered; not centralized
denigrate
diffuse
iconoclastic
disingenuous
47. Acting with excessive haste or impulse
cogent
presumption
elegy
precipitate
48. To champion or support; to argue in favor of
circumspect
advocate
candor
flamboyant
49. One who hates all other humans
derivative
membrane
misanthrope
diatribe
50. Lack of bias or involvement; impartiality; (ed) uninvolved; free from self-interest
anomaly
intrepid
malevolent
disinterest