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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. Serving or intended to compel by force or authority
diffuse
coercive
ingenuity
beneficent
2. Lacking faithfulness or loyalty; traitorous; unstable
divest
treacherous
fawn
goad
3. To compel or require; to push one'S views or authority upon others
validity
impose
maverick
enigmatic
4. A system in which individuals or things are ranked in a particular order
banal
ostracism
hierarchy
magnanimity
5. A quirk particular to a group or individual
compliant
idiosyncrasy
stanza
spurious
6. An expression of approval or praise
bolster
exacerbate
tranquility
approbation
7. Assuming an unauthorized right or responsibility; overly forward and arrogant
aberrant
presumptuous
wheedle
defer
8. To anticipate and make unnecessary
correspond
obviate
recluse
cacophony
9. Hardship
burgeon
equivocal
superfluous
adversity
10. Ambiguous; doubtful or uncertain
covert
enumerate
equivocal
porous
11. Not vital or pertinent; irrelevant
divest
temper
luminous
extraneous
12. Dull and without variety; tedious
arduous
prodigal
monotonous
slight
13. yield; submit; bow
misanthrope
defer
burnish
serenity
14. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
superfluous
aggravate
prodigal
laconic
15. Extremely talkative
loquacious
viscous
vigor
fortuitous
16. To calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intesity
provoke
mollify
camouflage
shrill
17. Subject to chance or individual whim; without definite reason
diatribe
arbitrary
cower
archaic
18. Act or process of causing deterioration; a wearing away esp of metals
banal
corrosion
converge
intemperance
19. To champion or support; to argue in favor of
advocate
elegy
synthetic
stanza
20. Happening by fortunate accident or chance
insipid
convoluted
fortuitous
compensation
21. To invalidate; to repeal to retract
scarce
rescind
quiescence
extend
22. Thick; sticky
rarefy
restitution
viscous
censure
23. Restricted or peculiar to a particular region; indigenous
maverick
indifferent
endemic
censure
24. Not tied down; unrestrained
inopportune
unfettered
enumerate
craven
25. Excessive indulgence of appetite or passion - esp. in regard to alcohol; lack of constraint
ingenuity
luminous
aggravate
intemperance
26. Charitable and kind in action
conspicuous
stint
beneficent
consternation
27. Discreet; prudent; careful
rescind
plasticity
circumspect
anthology
28. Marked by stealth - covert - surreptitious
furtive
obsequious
indifferent
inopportune
29. One who avoids social contact and lives in seclusion
banal
eccentric
erudite
recluse
30. Severe criticism or punishment
castigation
cogent
dissertation
hierarchy
31. Scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment
converge
derision
plasticity
covert
32. A support or prop - often an external prop used to bolster a wall
stanza
buttress
denigrate
inopportune
33. Honesty; frankness; sincerity
subtle
inundate
membrane
candor
34. To blame or denounce
condemn
fraud
misanthrope
commensurate
35. To give a false impression of'
tacit
belie
plummet
implode
36. An informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
authoritarian
pedantic
connoisseur
buttress
37. Essential for or relating to life; necessary
disabuse
vital
ostracism
denounce
38. Belonging to another time; removed from natural chronological context
anachronistic
tentative
probity
onerous
39. Strong inclination; liking
penchant
savor
solvent
corroborate
40. To fill until there is no further capacity for absorbance; to soak
rhetoric
extraneous
saturate
obdurate
41. Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
condone
cogent
cynicism
symmetry
42. Harmless; causing no damage
tout
innocuous
discretion
sanction
43. Without taste or flavor; lacking in spirits; bland
marginal
aberrant
corroborate
insipid
44. Shortness or briefness - esp. in time
fawn
viscous
deviance
brevity
45. Faithfulness; loyalty
fidelity
dissemble
prodigal
ensure
46. Not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
implacable
expel
solvent
obsequious
47. Brief and concise
opprobrium
implicit
succinct
imperturbable
48. State or quality of differing from the accepted norm; abnormality
penury
corrosion
deviance
aver
49. Rare and insufficient
quiescence
scarce
burnish
solvent
50. Doctrine or set of religious principles
repudiate
sever
consternation
dogma