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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. Embodiment; quintessence
irascible
epitome
plod
deference
2. Steadfast and courageous
discomfit
intrepid
rectify
inchoate
3. Not tied down; unrestrained
brilliance
unfettered
rescind
probity
4. Characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
ensure
lucid
scarce
meticulous
5. Associated with war and the armed forces
furtive
restitution
martial
esoteric
6. Deliberate deceit with the goal of gaining an unlawful advantage
fraud
banal
censure
membrane
7. A long and formal written thesis or treatise - usually written by a doctoral candidate to meet a degree requirement
soliloquy
exacerbate
deviance
dissertation
8. Annoyance or irritation
repudiate
propagate
vexation
implicit
9. Having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice
insipid
indifferent
brevity
cower
10. Reserved - shy - or unassuming; lacking in self-confidence
censure
diffident
obdurate
platitude
11. The quality of being evenly balanced
warranted
solicitous
symmetry
plod
12. To give notice to; to inform
precipitate
pristine
apprise
iconoclastic
13. Deviating from the norm
mitigate
intrepid
aberrant
taciturn
14. Harmless; causing no damage
rhetoric
innocuous
archaic
cogent
15. Marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial
glib
succinct
onerous
archaic
16. Recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
prudent
perennial
obviate
trivial
17. To inspect - determine - or correct the graduations of an instrument by comparing it to a standard
condone
ephemeral
defer
calibrate
18. Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
stint
cogent
slight
arbitrary
19. To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
assuage
spurious
epitome
anthology
20. Exonerate; to clear of blame
antipathy
stint
exculpate
obsequious
21. A harsh denunciation
archaic
diatribe
enigmatic
prune
22. Lacking energy; sluggish or sleepy
bombast
lethargic
saturate
digress
23. To appease; to calm by making concessions
wheedle
placate
cacophony
bolster
24. Spread out or scattered
lucid
dispersed
laconic
presumption
25. Cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions
assuage
ambiguous
tranquility
discretion
26. A substance that causes insensibility and removes pain
aversion
anesthetic
treacherous
veneration
27. To imitate with the goal of rivaling or surpassing
camouflage
emulate
belie
frugality
28. Soundness or truthfulness
solicitous
authoritarian
validity
plasticity
29. To moderate or soothe
misanthrope
aggravate
temper
bolster
30. Trickery or subterfuge
chicanery
treacherous
anomalous
effrontery
31. To worsen or intensify
aggravate
equivocate
iconoclastic
implode
32. Of the world; typical of or concerned w/the ordinary
antipathy
rarefy
admonish
mundane
33. Dull; lacking vitality or luminosity
effrontery
lackluster
fatuous
anomaly
34. An inclination or tendency
conspicuous
antipathy
bent
precursor
35. Lecture or discussion; conversation
discourse
saturate
temperate
trivial
36. Extremely talkative
loquacious
buttress
saturate
denigrate
37. Man-made; artificial; relating to or involving the combination of parts to make a whole
enigmatic
synthetic
plethora
ascetic
38. One that precedes and indicates or announces another
impose
preempt
precursor
veneration
39. An intense feeling of dislike or disgust
aggravate
prune
discomfit
aversion
40. Unyielding; hardhearted
taciturn
obdurate
intransigent
tout
41. Departing from norms or convention
recluse
advocate
eccentric
caustic
42. To fill until there is no further capacity for absorbance; to soak
precursor
enigmatic
lucid
saturate
43. To dry out or dehydrate to make dry or dull
saturate
aggravate
desiccate
ephemeral
44. Accustomed to accepting something undesirable
inured
ascetic
approbation
propitiate
45. To invalidate; to repeal to retract
aggravate
rescind
lackluster
defer
46. One who hates all other humans
dissertation
eulogy
misanthrope
laud
47. To polish; to rub to a shine
arduous
eradicate
exacerbate
burnish
48. Depart secretly and hide
presumptuous
pertinent
abscond
ingenuity
49. The quality of being energized or filled with liveliness
aggravate
stimulant
invigoration
furtive
50. Characterized by a preference for complete obedience to authority; domineering
authoritarian
tentative
prodigal
invigoration