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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. Pure; uncorrupted; clean
amalgamate
pristine
hierarchy
tranquility
2. Stubborn; hardheaded
exculpate
esoteric
obstinate
lucid
3. Not definite; uncertain; experimental
solvent
tentative
garrulous
discourse
4. Accustomed to accepting something undesirable
inured
insipid
secrete
solicitous
5. A natural inclination or tendency; penchant
propensity
disinterest
wheedle
subtle
6. To remove or strip esp clothing
divest
propitiate
hierarchy
volatile
7. To flatter or praise excessively
fawn
perfunctory
inchoate
membrane
8. Not objective; based upon internal perceptions rather than upon unprejudiced fact
squander
subjective
perfunctory
cynicism
9. Very learned; scholarly
vigor
tirade
erudite
arduous
10. Only touching briefly upon the topic at hand; irrelevant
dogma
tangential
tranquil
convention
11. Rare and insufficient
fortuitous
desiccate
scarce
impose
12. To publicly condemn or criticize
porous
denounce
abscond
erudite
13. To criticize severely to officially rebuke
covert
discretion
censure
savor
14. Unimportant; lacking value
cunning
infuse
tacit
trivial
15. The act of making an assumption or taking something for granted
presumption
prudent
tact
exacerbate
16. Lacking originality; commonplace
tranquil
taciturn
banal
anesthetic
17. Disgrace; contempt; scorn
anachronistic
opprobrium
condemn
tentative
18. To exist in agreement or conformity; harmonize
eulogy
corrosion
blithe
correspond
19. Cleverness or inventiveness
buttress
ingenuity
stimulant
castigation
20. Lacking faithfulness or loyalty; traitorous; unstable
treacherous
shrill
eclectic
fraud
21. Spread out or scattered
enigmatic
opprobrium
magnanimity
dispersed
22. To appease; to calm by making concessions
presumption
harangue
cynicism
placate
23. An attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness
cower
vital
synthetic
cynicism
24. To lengthen or stretch out
extend
onerous
presumptuous
treacherous
25. Adherence to the highest principles; uprightness
lethargic
membrane
probity
luminous
26. Dismay; startling - distressing fear or shock that results in complete confusion
equivocal
consternation
anomalous
veracity
27. To aid by making easier
facilitate
laconic
solvent
facetious
28. To purify or concentrate through a process of vaporization
restitution
obdurate
distill
magnanimity
29. Pliability; malleability; flexibility
plasticity
propensity
eclectic
correspond
30. Mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand
enigmatic
martial
enervate
reconciliation
31. To force out; to discharge
corroborate
parody
expel
martial
32. Peaceful; calm
condemn
mollify
castigation
tranquil
33. Embodiment; quintessence
epitome
magnanimity
digress
imperturbable
34. To anticipate and make unnecessary
obviate
conspicuous
subtle
iconoclastic
35. To remove or separate by cutting off
banal
expel
sever
parody
36. Inclined to change one'S mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable
blithe
preempt
capricious
condemn
37. Without taste or flavor; lacking in spirits; bland
prune
monotonous
insipid
slight
38. Called for; authorized; justified
warranted
condone
presumption
rhetoric
39. Pointlessly talkative; talking too much
perfunctory
soliloquy
garrulous
conspire
40. Silly inanely foolish
secrete
fatuous
abscond
tentative
41. Unit used in measuring the intensity of a sound
dogmatic
decibel
endemic
authoritarian
42. Deviation from the normal order - form - or rule
beneficent
qualms
volatile
anomaly
43. Abnormal; deviating from the common or general type
propensity
anomalous
arbitrary
illusory
44. Wise and careful; showing good judgment
dispersed
intrepid
prudent
aberrant
45. Active bodily or mental strength or energy; force
inured
propagate
vigor
brittle
46. Genuine; not false or hypocritical
unfeigned
serenity
banal
ambiguous
47. Saucy; impertinent
impudent
obsequious
hierarchy
eloquent
48. The quality of being evenly balanced
membrane
frugality
plasticity
symmetry
49. Attacking cherished beliefs; heretical; heterodox
iconoclastic
obviate
meticulous
tirade
50. Authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance
sanction
unfeigned
decibel
dispersed