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GRE High Frequency Words Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. To publicly condemn or criticize
frugality
eulogy
denounce
aberrant
2. A generally agreed-upon practice or attitude
brittle
convention
porous
frugality
3. Full of tiny openings able to absorb fluid or gas; permeable
disinterest
malevolent
propitiate
porous
4. To trudge; to move slowly and heavily
plod
shrill
qualms
derivative
5. yielding or submissive; amenable
somber
compliant
cacophony
admonish
6. Not tied down; unrestrained
squander
unfettered
rarefy
ascetic
7. The act of making an assumption or taking something for granted
diffident
presumption
burgeon
waver
8. A humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect - esp. in literature and art
parody
cultivation
mitigate
mollify
9. Only touching briefly upon the topic at hand; irrelevant
condone
implicit
tangential
squander
10. Harsh - jarring - discordant sound
banal
prone
dispersed
cacophony
11. Insincere; lacking in honesty
precipitate
superfluous
buttress
disingenuous
12. Ostentatious or showy; flashy
flamboyant
precipitate
esoteric
fatuous
13. Pointlessly talkative; talking too much
superfluous
bombast
inundate
garrulous
14. Relating to or at an edge or boundary; minimal
arbitrary
assuage
martial
marginal
15. To make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
mitigate
garrulous
taciturn
implicit
16. To criticize severely to officially rebuke
censure
diatribe
marginal
conspicuous
17. To ensconce - conceal - or stow
secrete
bent
ensure
succinct
18. Not objective; based upon internal perceptions rather than upon unprejudiced fact
retard
subjective
defer
brevity
19. To make right or fix; correct
cynicism
rectify
corroborate
deviation
20. Practical rather than idealistic
conspicuous
ensure
superficial
pragmatic
21. Wise and careful; showing good judgment
propensity
obsequious
prudent
unfettered
22. To provide support or reinforcement
advocate
bolster
miser
imperturbable
23. Annoyance or irritation
succinct
ephemeral
vexation
exacerbate
24. In an initial stage; not fully formed
laud
tirade
aggravate
inchoate
25. To stray from the point; to go off on a tangent
digress
brevity
extravagance
nonplused
26. Able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance
discomfit
solvent
fawn
wheedle
27. To inspect - determine - or correct the graduations of an instrument by comparing it to a standard
convention
calibrate
recluse
euphemism
28. Departing from norms or convention
brevity
eccentric
denounce
pedantic
29. The state or act of extending or being swollen out of shape
saturate
provoke
propagate
distention
30. To move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in decision
aggravate
tact
eulogy
waver
31. Having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice
qualms
esoteric
indifferent
enumerate
32. Concerned and attentive; eager
disinterest
anesthetic
extend
solicitous
33. Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
quiescence
membrane
pervasive
superfluous
34. To reprove; to express warning or disapproval
insipid
cynicism
admonish
audacious
35. Extreme respect and reverence; worship
tranquility
stanza
recalcitrant
veneration
36. To deliver a pompous speech or tirade
prodigious
laud
harangue
exculpate
37. Characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
probity
invigoration
rectify
meticulous
38. Unorthodox; iconoclastic; dissenting from established dogma
heretical
shrill
propensity
camouflage
39. To make or become thin - less dense; to refine
bent
banal
disinterest
rarefy
40. Active bodily or mental strength or energy; force
restitution
belie
banal
vigor
41. Reserved - shy - or unassuming; lacking in self-confidence
condone
diffident
repudiate
correspond
42. Lacking faithfulness or loyalty; traitorous; unstable
treacherous
facetious
unfeigned
pedantic
43. Lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
superfluous
precipitate
spurious
harangue
44. Culled from many sources
eclectic
coercive
spurious
parody
45. A speech honoring the dead
idiosyncrasy
eulogy
arbitrary
repudiate
46. The act of casting out or excluding an individual from a society or group; banishment
converge
temper
ostracism
morose
47. Dismay; startling - distressing fear or shock that results in complete confusion
recalcitrant
eulogy
magnanimity
consternation
48. Readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive
wheedle
volatile
tangential
onerous
49. Distinct; individual
enumerate
converge
discrete
veneration
50. To state as a fact; to confirm or support
vigor
extend
brittle
aver