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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. Readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive
garrulous
volatile
bombast
authoritarian
2. Having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice
burnish
indifferent
pedantic
authoritarian
3. To defeat; to put down
tact
discomfit
tortuous
pertinent
4. Harmless; causing no damage
tangential
homogeneous
belie
innocuous
5. Thriftiness; economy; prudence in financial matters
coercive
effrontery
frugality
aggravate
6. Saucy; impertinent
invigoration
discourse
loquacious
impudent
7. To cause to spread - multiply or reproduce
lackluster
propagate
diffident
desiccate
8. State or quality of differing from the accepted norm; abnormality
conversion
deviance
ingenuity
brittle
9. To give a false impression of'
fawn
caustic
belie
expel
10. To confirm; to provide additional support; verify
recluse
corroborate
florid
tranquil
11. An informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
assuage
superficial
connoisseur
banal
12. Accustomed to accepting something undesirable
inured
tranquility
validity
maverick
13. To anticipate and make unnecessary
articulate
superficial
obviate
corroborate
14. The act of making an assumption or taking something for granted
restitution
presumption
onerous
proliferate
15. To secretly work together with the intent to commit a wrong or illegal act
viscous
irascible
conspire
ascetic
16. Of the world; typical of or concerned w/the ordinary
mundane
facetious
morose
tranquility
17. Excessive indulgence of appetite or passion - esp. in regard to alcohol; lack of constraint
tout
intemperance
recalcitrant
laconic
18. Flowery; ruddy; ornate
florid
restitution
decibel
hierarchy
19. Matching; corresponding or proportionate in degree - size - or amount
rigidity
antipathy
amalgamate
commensurate
20. To imbue; to pour in; to introduce; to instill
quiescence
infuse
garrulous
specious
21. Unimportant; lacking value
martial
bombast
trivial
vigor
22. To slow delay or hamper
abscond
erudite
perjury
retard
23. Insincere; lacking in honesty
disingenuous
converge
extravagance
miser
24. Implied but no directly stated; tacit
meticulous
implicit
ephemeral
indifferent
25. Lacking originality
hierarchy
presumption
serenity
banal
26. Lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
spurious
corrosion
endemic
desiccate
27. To make worse or more severe
exacerbate
calibrate
invigoration
authoritarian
28. To blacken; to belittle; to sully defame disparage
equivocal
craven
denigrate
enervate
29. To imitate with the goal of rivaling or surpassing
emulate
malevolent
candor
beneficent
30. Using few words; terse
anomalous
laconic
nonplused
maverick
31. A means of disguising people or things to make them blend in with their surroundings
camouflage
succinct
savor
cacophony
32. Hardship
somber
enumerate
eulogy
adversity
33. Strenuous - taxing
commensurate
arduous
florid
eccentric
34. Tranquility; peacefulness
dispersed
serenity
corroborate
implicit
35. A long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation
precipitate
implacable
tirade
dissertation
36. Burning or stinging; causing corrosion
dissertation
caustic
tirade
sporadic
37. yield; submit; bow
retard
parody
precursor
defer
38. Obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
obdurate
recalcitrant
succinct
miser
39. To calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intesity
approbation
implode
propitiate
mollify
40. Hidden - clandestine
precipitate
eradicate
spurious
covert
41. To provide support or reinforcement
cultured
bolster
solicitous
onerous
42. A courteous and respectful yielding to the will of another
bent
ambiguous
deference
covert
43. Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
dogmatic
advocate
superfluous
facetious
44. A system in which individuals or things are ranked in a particular order
endemic
pedantic
mitigate
hierarchy
45. The quality of being evenly balanced
symmetry
dispersed
prodigious
infuse
46. Soundness or truthfulness
enigmatic
diatribe
validity
unfeigned
47. Pointlessly talkative; talking too much
compliant
presumptuous
scarce
garrulous
48. Poverty; destitution
converge
corrosion
penury
conversion
49. Not obvious; elusive - difficult to discern
admonish
subtle
synthetic
iconoclastic
50. Discreet; prudent; careful
somber
sever
circumspect
mitigate