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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. The state or act of extending or being swollen out of shape
centrifuge
eradicate
distention
epitome
2. An individual who lives poorly in order to hoard money; a person who is stingy
precursor
miser
implicit
tout
3. The art or study of effect use of language for communication and persuasion
craven
idiosyncrasy
rhetoric
impudent
4. The act of making an assumption or taking something for granted
presumption
diffident
implode
ephemeral
5. Conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound
discordant
anthology
intemperance
obdurate
6. To ensconce - conceal - or stow
compensation
secrete
epitome
eclectic
7. Naturally inclined; tending; likely
implode
tentative
veneration
prone
8. Trickery or subterfuge
bolster
perennial
presumptuous
chicanery
9. Without taste or flavor; lacking in spirits; bland
insipid
infuse
harangue
reconciliation
10. A means of disguising people or things to make them blend in with their surroundings
savor
tout
sporadic
camouflage
11. Abundant in size - force - or extent; extraordinary
prodigious
desiccate
obsequious
rarefy
12. Implied; not explicitly stated
tacit
pristine
solicitous
subjective
13. Sad - sullen
exculpate
morose
corroborate
illusory
14. To guarantee or make certain
glib
ensure
superfluous
hierarchy
15. Truthfulness; honesty
veracity
chicanery
discordant
fawn
16. An inclination or tendency
anomaly
opprobrium
wheedle
bent
17. Unit used in measuring the intensity of a sound
decibel
tacit
exculpate
lackluster
18. The act of casting out or excluding an individual from a society or group; banishment
veracity
warranted
ostracism
correspond
19. To defeat; to put down
dogma
discomfit
pertinent
plasticity
20. Lack of bias or involvement; impartiality; (ed) uninvolved; free from self-interest
disinterest
admonish
inundate
connoisseur
21. To make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
mitigate
vexation
implacable
fraud
22. The quality or state of being unyielding or stiff
solvent
consternation
rigidity
defer
23. To enjoy in a thorough manner; to relish; to fully appreciate
advocate
correspond
savor
discretion
24. Having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
savor
coercive
pervasive
vital
25. Not objective; based upon internal perceptions rather than upon unprejudiced fact
extend
eulogy
membrane
subjective
26. The act of preparing or working land in order to grow crops
treacherous
implode
assuage
cultivation
27. Charitable and kind in action
temper
secrete
innocuous
beneficent
28. Faithfulness; loyalty
inured
solvent
fidelity
quiescence
29. To champion or support; to argue in favor of
vexation
stanza
advocate
ensure
30. Shrewdness and craftiness; slyness
catalyst
epitome
cunning
rectify
31. To remove or strip esp clothing
covert
consternation
divest
convention
32. Unimportant; lacking value
burgeon
goad
trivial
unfeigned
33. Shortness or briefness - esp. in time
camouflage
brevity
anomalous
specious
34. Ill-timed; unsuitable; inappropriate
perfunctory
facetious
inopportune
heretical
35. To calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intesity
mollify
garrulous
pedantic
flamboyant
36. To worsen or intensify
opprobrium
veneration
aggravate
condemn
37. To publicly praise or promote
penury
miser
tout
conversion
38. One who hates all other humans
converge
misanthrope
lucid
distention
39. Subject to chance or individual whim; without definite reason
soliloquy
arbitrary
homogeneous
plod
40. The purposeful giving of false or misleading testimony while under oath
luminous
perjury
pragmatic
furtive
41. Readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive
volatile
consternation
euphemism
dogma
42. To moderate or soothe
circumspect
temper
impudent
extend
43. Payment given for services rendered or for loss
brilliance
squander
cower
compensation
44. Intended for or understood by a small - specific group
anthology
laud
esoteric
penchant
45. The quality of being energized or filled with liveliness
invigoration
succinct
vital
compliant
46. Authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance
parody
sanction
aversion
impudent
47. To coax; persuade - often through the use of flattery or smooth talk
centrifuge
preempt
loquacious
wheedle
48. Using few words; terse
infuse
brevity
laconic
taciturn
49. Extreme respect and reverence; worship
catalyst
censure
advocate
veneration
50. To criticize severely to officially rebuke
craven
censure
admonish
dogma