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GRE High Frequency Words Vocab
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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. Using few words; terse
bombast
implicit
intrepid
laconic
2. A machine that spins very swiftly about a central axis - and - using centrifugal force - separates disparate substances
centrifuge
recalcitrant
penury
censure
3. Concerned and attentive; eager
succinct
calibrate
extemporaneous
solicitous
4. A mournful poem - esp one lamenting the dead
elegy
implode
defer
magnanimity
5. Sad - sullen
tortuous
morose
rhetoric
cynicism
6. Hidden - clandestine
anomaly
covert
taciturn
recluse
7. Troubling burdensome
onerous
divest
precipitate
superfluous
8. Happening by fortunate accident or chance
fortuitous
ephemeral
prodigious
approbation
9. An attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness
inchoate
hierarchy
solicitous
cynicism
10. To remove or strip esp clothing
precipitate
probity
divest
euphemism
11. Self-important or pompous writing or speech
bombast
hierarchy
cynicism
treacherous
12. Occurring only occasionally - or in a scattered instances
spurious
vital
sporadic
dispersed
13. Winding; twisting; excessively complicated
ephemeral
tortuous
propagate
articulate
14. Stubborn; hardheaded
treacherous
connoisseur
goad
obstinate
15. To remove or separate by cutting off
bombast
decibel
fawn
sever
16. yield; submit; bow
endemic
corroborate
inchoate
defer
17. Readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive
volatile
irascible
subjective
flamboyant
18. A mild replacement for a harsher or more offensive term
perjury
rigidity
euphemism
mundane
19. Docile; obedience; easily led
tangential
tranquility
malevolent
tractable
20. Deviation from the normal order - form - or rule
savor
brevity
anomaly
banal
21. Distinct; individual
discrete
propitiate
iconoclastic
invigoration
22. Trickery or subterfuge
goad
solvent
chicanery
implode
23. Annoyance or irritation
vexation
propagate
monotonous
maverick
24. The act of making an assumption or taking something for granted
presumption
deviation
extraneous
superfluous
25. To undeceive to set right
exacerbate
disabuse
enigmatic
homogeneous
26. A substance that causes insensibility and removes pain
anesthetic
derision
malevolent
obstinate
27. An independent individual who does not go along with a group or party
subjective
maverick
brevity
cultivation
28. Insincere; lacking in honesty
trivial
derivative
disingenuous
idiosyncrasy
29. Ambiguous; doubtful or uncertain
solicitous
equivocal
rarefy
scarce
30. To stray from the point; to go off on a tangent
enigmatic
dispersed
digress
admonish
31. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate
laud
anomaly
eloquent
repudiate
32. To prod or drive forward; to urge on; incite
goad
idiosyncrasy
deviance
innocuous
33. Able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance
vigor
propensity
maverick
solvent
34. Shrink in fear - cringe
equivocate
aberrant
cower
obdurate
35. Wise and careful; showing good judgment
prudent
articulate
fraud
warranted
36. Cleverness or inventiveness
ingenuity
frugality
recluse
tentative
37. Not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
anesthetic
bent
dissertation
implacable
38. An intense feeling of dislike or disgust
aversion
recluse
intransigent
inopportune
39. Loud and high-pitched; screeching
prodigal
cacophony
shrill
conversion
40. Having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice
vital
indifferent
spurious
capricious
41. Payment given for services rendered or for loss
tacit
compensation
vigor
proliferate
42. Flowery; ruddy; ornate
unfeigned
florid
defer
propitiate
43. Outdated; associated with an earlier - perhaps more primitive time
archaic
epitome
recalcitrant
banal
44. Not obvious; elusive - difficult to discern
commensurate
enervate
subtle
arbitrary
45. A means of disguising people or things to make them blend in with their surroundings
validity
camouflage
perfunctory
anomalous
46. To grow rapidly or flourish
precursor
tentative
solvent
burgeon
47. Shortness or briefness - esp. in time
eradicate
irascible
brevity
miser
48. To make or become thin - less dense; to refine
pertinent
rarefy
sanction
penury
49. Burning or stinging; causing corrosion
compliant
monotonous
subjective
caustic
50. Playful humorous
retard
conversion
placate
facetious