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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. Characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
spurious
caustic
meticulous
obsequious
2. To inspect - determine - or correct the graduations of an instrument by comparing it to a standard
stanza
calibrate
perfunctory
denounce
3. Contemptibly fainthearted - lacking any courage
aver
deviation
infuse
craven
4. To flood or overwhelm
inundate
ambiguous
veneration
specious
5. Unit used in measuring the intensity of a sound
burnish
decibel
insipid
buttress
6. Implied but no directly stated; tacit
tortuous
implicit
plasticity
prone
7. Lavishness; an unnecessary or unrestrained spend esp. of funds
disingenuous
extravagance
malevolent
membrane
8. Carefree; merry
blithe
covert
digress
cogent
9. Improvised; done without preparation
extemporaneous
disabuse
inopportune
mollify
10. A courteous and respectful yielding to the will of another
capricious
treacherous
deference
platitude
11. Peaceful; calm
epitome
tranquil
irascible
sporadic
12. Of the world; typical of or concerned w/the ordinary
sporadic
disingenuous
florid
mundane
13. Marked by extreme calm - impassivity - and steadiness
savor
fatuous
epitome
imperturbable
14. To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
infuse
burnish
audacious
proliferate
15. To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
assuage
conspicuous
succinct
trivial
16. The act of making an assumption or taking something for granted
presumption
conspicuous
chicanery
enigmatic
17. Characterized by brightness and the emission of light
luminous
dogmatic
vigor
recalcitrant
18. To blame or denounce
prone
emulate
condemn
abscond
19. Not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
dogmatic
propagate
denounce
implacable
20. To make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
tranquility
mitigate
platitude
censure
21. To tend toward the same spot or outcome; inclining to join at an intersecting point
converge
derision
camouflage
candor
22. Shrink in fear - cringe
perjury
cower
scarce
presumptuous
23. Not obvious; elusive - difficult to discern
subtle
laconic
adversity
wheedle
24. One who avoids social contact and lives in seclusion
maverick
corrosion
recluse
endemic
25. To champion or support; to argue in favor of
parody
advocate
banal
homogeneous
26. To appease; to calm by making concessions
placate
eulogy
diffident
inopportune
27. Tranquility; peacefulness
extemporaneous
serenity
quiescence
camouflage
28. The quality of being energized or filled with liveliness
invigoration
effrontery
camouflage
aver
29. To abruptly and violently collapse inward
implode
synthetic
probity
burgeon
30. To weaken; to reduce in vitality
soliloquy
anomalous
enervate
converge
31. To defeat; to put down
cower
brilliance
discomfit
erudite
32. yielding or submissive; amenable
dissertation
compliant
discomfit
burgeon
33. Easily visible; obvious
prodigal
erudite
conspicuous
implode
34. Reserved - shy - or unassuming; lacking in self-confidence
equivocal
luminous
cower
diffident
35. A person or thing that causes change
solicitous
eccentric
sporadic
catalyst
36. Implied; not explicitly stated
tout
rarefy
tacit
intrepid
37. To remove completely; to annihilate; to pull out by the roots
tranquility
circumspect
anesthetic
eradicate
38. A harsh denunciation
diatribe
illusory
luminous
flamboyant
39. Full of tiny openings able to absorb fluid or gas; permeable
camouflage
porous
equivocate
precursor
40. To make or become thin - less dense; to refine
rarefy
conversion
restitution
intransigent
41. Calmness; serenity; peacefulness
insipid
tranquility
corrosion
tranquil
42. Dispersed or scattered; not centralized
facilitate
adversity
diffuse
implode
43. Dark and depressing; mournful
eradicate
elegy
somber
brittle
44. The parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules
anachronistic
condone
wheedle
pedantic
45. Authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance
waver
conversion
monotonous
sanction
46. Hidden - clandestine
covert
buttress
cower
prone
47. Inclined to change one'S mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable
bombast
capricious
wheedle
temper
48. In an initial stage; not fully formed
inchoate
eccentric
propensity
unfeigned
49. An inclination or tendency
obviate
perfunctory
bent
slight
50. Insincere; lacking in honesty
dissertation
diffuse
disingenuous
capricious