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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. Deviating from the norm
quiescence
aberrant
stint
divest
2. To prod or drive forward; to urge on; incite
antipathy
goad
subtle
commensurate
3. To anticipate and make unnecessary
equivocate
warranted
obviate
restitution
4. An inclination or tendency
inundate
prune
fraud
bent
5. One that precedes and indicates or announces another
cynicism
precursor
rigidity
commensurate
6. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
prodigal
correspond
bombast
distention
7. To give notice to; to inform
apprise
effrontery
inopportune
ingenuity
8. To coax; persuade - often through the use of flattery or smooth talk
arduous
preempt
specious
wheedle
9. A support or prop - often an external prop used to bolster a wall
brevity
buttress
subtle
anomaly
10. Man-made; artificial; relating to or involving the combination of parts to make a whole
prone
synthetic
luminous
penchant
11. A mournful poem - esp one lamenting the dead
tentative
inquisitive
prodigal
elegy
12. The purposeful giving of false or misleading testimony while under oath
denounce
perjury
derision
inundate
13. Obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
recalcitrant
solvent
taciturn
desiccate
14. Docile; obedience; easily led
frugality
platitude
tractable
conversion
15. Spread out or scattered
connoisseur
placate
miser
dispersed
16. A group of two or more verses or lines that make up a division in a poem and correspond in rhyme - meter - and length
connoisseur
adversity
stanza
homogeneous
17. Thick; sticky
corroborate
membrane
anomaly
viscous
18. Depart secretly and hide
archaic
ambiguous
misanthrope
abscond
19. Clear; easily understood
lucid
tranquility
equivocate
amalgamate
20. Unimportant; lacking value
brittle
trivial
provoke
authoritarian
21. Implied but no directly stated; tacit
extend
retard
implicit
malevolent
22. Acting with excessive haste or impulse
sever
beneficent
precursor
precipitate
23. Excessive indulgence of appetite or passion - esp. in regard to alcohol; lack of constraint
intemperance
aberrant
perennial
warranted
24. To remove or separate by cutting off
arbitrary
extend
sever
propitiate
25. To stray from the point; to go off on a tangent
opprobrium
digress
converge
perfunctory
26. Burning or stinging; causing corrosion
authoritarian
caustic
denigrate
proliferate
27. An overabundance; a surplus
validity
plethora
plummet
impudent
28. Strong inclination; liking
elegy
discordant
penchant
euphemism
29. Concerned and attentive; eager
diatribe
parody
solicitous
correspond
30. To polish; to rub to a shine
onerous
homogeneous
assuage
burnish
31. Without taste or flavor; lacking in spirits; bland
mundane
plummet
veracity
insipid
32. To plunge or drop straight down
lethargic
plummet
rescind
perjury
33. Outdated; associated with an earlier - perhaps more primitive time
extraneous
quiescence
loquacious
archaic
34. Exonerate; to clear of blame
compensation
exculpate
cynicism
ascetic
35. Well-spoken; coherent
temper
articulate
derision
cower
36. To provide support or reinforcement
mitigate
brevity
bolster
aversion
37. To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown
repudiate
preempt
taciturn
camouflage
38. To cause to spread - multiply or reproduce
propagate
malevolent
membrane
propensity
39. A collection of lierary works by various authors
irascible
ingenuity
erudite
anthology
40. To guarantee or make certain
morose
ensure
capricious
plasticity
41. The quality of being evenly balanced
symmetry
discomfit
specious
temperate
42. The act or process of transforming to another form - state or product
conversion
euphemism
ephemeral
archaic
43. Deceptive; based upon a false belief or impression
fraud
luminous
defer
illusory
44. Misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
recluse
dissertation
intransigent
qualms
45. Not obvious; elusive - difficult to discern
prodigious
subtle
inured
prone
46. Discreet; prudent; careful
restitution
anachronistic
circumspect
adversity
47. Unclear; open to more than one potential meaning
homogeneous
audacious
ambiguous
capricious
48. One who hates all other humans
waver
misanthrope
presumption
burnish
49. Ostentatious or showy; flashy
solicitous
stint
diffident
flamboyant
50. yield; submit; bow
vital
bent
defer
solvent