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GRE High Frequency Words Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. To inspect - determine - or correct the graduations of an instrument by comparing it to a standard
calibrate
probity
mundane
presumption
2. Strong inclination; liking
compensation
penchant
impose
tentative
3. Spread out or scattered
expel
inquisitive
dispersed
cynicism
4. Doctrine or set of religious principles
presumptuous
unfettered
rhetoric
dogma
5. Discreet; prudent; careful
propensity
aver
circumspect
warranted
6. Reserved - shy - or unassuming; lacking in self-confidence
aggravate
diffident
ostracism
discomfit
7. Seeming true - but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive
provoke
bolster
specious
invigoration
8. To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown
brittle
repudiate
convoluted
camouflage
9. One who avoids social contact and lives in seclusion
wheedle
corrosion
recluse
buttress
10. To approve tacitly by overlooking or excusing; to allow or forgive
banal
equivocate
blithe
condone
11. Outdated; associated with an earlier - perhaps more primitive time
archaic
calibrate
denigrate
propagate
12. Lacking energy; sluggish or sleepy
superfluous
equivocal
rigidity
lethargic
13. Shortness or briefness - esp. in time
luminous
brevity
heretical
magnanimity
14. Pure; uncorrupted; clean
dogma
florid
discrete
pristine
15. To make or become thin - less dense; to refine
malevolent
fawn
rarefy
catalyst
16. Harsh - jarring - discordant sound
ostracism
tractable
craven
cacophony
17. Implied but no directly stated; tacit
implicit
garrulous
validity
belie
18. To trudge; to move slowly and heavily
dogma
perfunctory
facetious
plod
19. Accustomed to accepting something undesirable
deference
veracity
inured
furtive
20. Departure or wandering away from the accepted standard
penury
deviation
burgeon
consternation
21. Complex or complicated
meticulous
convoluted
cacophony
enigmatic
22. Soundness or truthfulness
condemn
slight
temper
validity
23. Unclear; open to more than one potential meaning
ambiguous
arduous
tractable
eccentric
24. To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
equivocate
plasticity
furtive
extend
25. Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
superfluous
tractable
cower
corrosion
26. Charitable and kind in action
beneficent
trivial
prodigal
eulogy
27. Dull; lacking vitality or luminosity
lackluster
extraneous
exacerbate
sporadic
28. To deliver a pompous speech or tirade
recalcitrant
buttress
invigoration
harangue
29. To guarantee or make certain
facetious
implacable
ensure
symmetry
30. A natural inclination or tendency; penchant
dispersed
propensity
emulate
temperate
31. To lengthen or stretch out
stanza
extend
brilliance
stint
32. To worsen or intensify
capricious
serenity
retard
aggravate
33. To remove or separate by cutting off
rectify
repudiate
sever
rarefy
34. Truthfulness; honesty
obstinate
deference
censure
veracity
35. A superficial remark - esp. one offered as meaningful
marginal
conversion
squander
platitude
36. Small; lacking substance in degree - amount - or size
slight
idiosyncrasy
effrontery
archaic
37. Hidden - clandestine
serenity
covert
veneration
enigmatic
38. Payment given for services rendered or for loss
probity
covert
compensation
ensure
39. Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
saturate
facilitate
homogeneous
superfluous
40. Act or process of causing deterioration; a wearing away esp of metals
tact
corrosion
pristine
inquisitive
41. Dispersed or scattered; not centralized
fawn
diffuse
cunning
propensity
42. A generally agreed-upon practice or attitude
eradicate
beneficent
enervate
convention
43. To moderate or soothe
flamboyant
defer
temper
unfettered
44. Unit used in measuring the intensity of a sound
decibel
discordant
pragmatic
eulogy
45. The quality of being energized or filled with liveliness
invigoration
specious
aberrant
frugality
46. To praise highly
frugality
inured
stint
laud
47. Deviation from the normal order - form - or rule
anomaly
epitome
buttress
equivocal
48. Loud and high-pitched; screeching
catalyst
shrill
deference
dissertation
49. Pliability; malleability; flexibility
plasticity
assuage
dispersed
vigor
50. Tranquility; peacefulness
serenity
warranted
rescind
compensation