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GRE High Frequency Words Vocab
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gre
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english
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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. Essential for or relating to life; necessary
cultured
conversion
vital
blithe
2. Abnormal; deviating from the common or general type
frugality
anomalous
banal
enervate
3. An independent individual who does not go along with a group or party
maverick
converge
conspicuous
decibel
4. Marked by extreme calm - impassivity - and steadiness
imperturbable
tranquil
probity
sanction
5. A machine that spins very swiftly about a central axis - and - using centrifugal force - separates disparate substances
diffident
penury
veracity
centrifuge
6. Excessive indulgence of appetite or passion - esp. in regard to alcohol; lack of constraint
stanza
dogmatic
solvent
intemperance
7. Extreme respect and reverence; worship
veneration
irascible
trivial
mitigate
8. To appease; to calm by making concessions
placate
abscond
symmetry
glib
9. Easily angered
irascible
perjury
tractable
euphemism
10. To blame or denounce
exacerbate
condemn
camouflage
plummet
11. Brief; fleeting
brittle
brilliance
ephemeral
retard
12. Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
treacherous
cogent
distention
connoisseur
13. A support or prop - often an external prop used to bolster a wall
presumptuous
garrulous
buttress
perjury
14. To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown
spurious
repudiate
opprobrium
garrulous
15. Playful humorous
tact
laud
eccentric
facetious
16. Unoriginal; obtained from another source
discourse
plummet
perennial
derivative
17. Not obvious; elusive - difficult to discern
subtle
prodigal
beneficent
conspicuous
18. Authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance
opprobrium
temperate
sanction
superficial
19. Extremely talkative
loquacious
solicitous
misanthrope
harangue
20. To moderate or soothe
temper
chicanery
maverick
tirade
21. To aid by making easier
facilitate
recalcitrant
superficial
diffuse
22. Hidden - clandestine
covert
pertinent
homogeneous
implode
23. A mild replacement for a harsher or more offensive term
presumption
desiccate
euphemism
secrete
24. To undeceive to set right
beneficent
vital
disabuse
eloquent
25. Extreme brightness; possessing luminosity or genius
pertinent
obviate
conspicuous
brilliance
26. Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
superfluous
ascetic
equivocate
digress
27. To provide support or reinforcement
volatile
heretical
bolster
prone
28. Lacking energy; sluggish or sleepy
taciturn
lethargic
brilliance
recluse
29. Baffled; in a quandry; at a loss for what to say or do
sporadic
exacerbate
nonplused
conspire
30. Dispersed or scattered; not centralized
lackluster
prodigal
diffuse
recalcitrant
31. To waste by spending or using irresponsibly
squander
eradicate
calibrate
morose
32. The quality of being energized or filled with liveliness
disabuse
invigoration
sever
conspire
33. Able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance
solvent
synthesis
reconciliation
extend
34. Ostentatious or showy; flashy
furtive
temper
flamboyant
impose
35. Poverty; destitution
aberrant
laud
penury
marginal
36. A generally agreed-upon practice or attitude
arduous
convention
solvent
symmetry
37. Marked by stealth - covert - surreptitious
ambiguous
recluse
furtive
conspire
38. To slow delay or hamper
circumspect
retard
erudite
flamboyant
39. Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
burnish
warranted
superfluous
discourse
40. To lengthen or stretch out
extend
platitude
invigoration
defer
41. Mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand
stimulant
enigmatic
mundane
covert
42. An overabundance; a surplus
reconciliation
effrontery
elegy
plethora
43. Without taste or flavor; lacking in spirits; bland
symmetry
propensity
insipid
eradicate
44. Easily visible; obvious
conspicuous
catalyst
vital
admonish
45. Not definite; uncertain; experimental
validity
qualms
idiosyncrasy
tentative
46. An attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness
cynicism
rectify
temper
brevity
47. Serving or intended to compel by force or authority
diffuse
bent
coercive
superfluous
48. Self-important or pompous writing or speech
inquisitive
bombast
diatribe
homogeneous
49. Happening by fortunate accident or chance
pristine
fortuitous
intemperance
commensurate
50. Belonging to another time; removed from natural chronological context
cultured
connoisseur
deference
anachronistic