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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. Trickery or subterfuge
euphemism
equivocate
corrosion
chicanery
2. One who avoids social contact and lives in seclusion
soliloquy
monotonous
recluse
perfunctory
3. Lavishness; an unnecessary or unrestrained spend esp. of funds
presumption
prodigious
extravagance
extemporaneous
4. Deceptive; based upon a false belief or impression
retard
perennial
illusory
deference
5. One that precedes and indicates or announces another
enervate
precursor
taciturn
inchoate
6. A generally agreed-upon practice or attitude
brilliance
convention
erudite
conversion
7. Baffled; in a quandry; at a loss for what to say or do
eloquent
conspire
pervasive
nonplused
8. A courteous and respectful yielding to the will of another
membrane
admonish
deference
extravagance
9. Distinct; individual
unfeigned
discrete
cultivation
condemn
10. Rare and insufficient
scarce
expel
quiescence
qualms
11. Having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
pervasive
vexation
denounce
enigmatic
12. To deliver a pompous speech or tirade
assuage
mollify
dispersed
harangue
13. To publicly praise or promote
rigidity
tout
lackluster
plethora
14. To state as a fact; to confirm or support
heretical
diffident
aver
capricious
15. Charitable and kind in action
deference
spurious
pristine
beneficent
16. Characterized by a preference for complete obedience to authority; domineering
lucid
disingenuous
authoritarian
anomaly
17. Not objective; based upon internal perceptions rather than upon unprejudiced fact
subjective
correspond
temperate
solvent
18. To undeceive to set right
propagate
bent
disabuse
penury
19. A means of disguising people or things to make them blend in with their surroundings
brittle
convoluted
camouflage
disingenuous
20. A support or prop - often an external prop used to bolster a wall
wheedle
enumerate
rigidity
buttress
21. Cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions
discretion
rectify
abscond
tranquil
22. Peaceful; calm
extraneous
perfunctory
tranquil
opprobrium
23. Of the world; typical of or concerned w/the ordinary
subtle
idiosyncrasy
mundane
anomalous
24. Relating to or at an edge or boundary; minimal
marginal
epitome
bent
facetious
25. To praise highly
laud
coercive
tact
preempt
26. Carefree; merry
disinterest
distill
propensity
blithe
27. Practical rather than idealistic
pragmatic
intrepid
waver
inured
28. To give notice to; to inform
discordant
apprise
anthology
flamboyant
29. The act of preparing or working land in order to grow crops
cultivation
decibel
advocate
equivocal
30. Associated with war and the armed forces
intrepid
martial
eccentric
precipitate
31. To calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intesity
mollify
digress
recluse
approbation
32. Shortness or briefness - esp. in time
elegy
brevity
erudite
enumerate
33. To flatter or praise excessively
exculpate
extravagance
apprise
fawn
34. To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown
propagate
authoritarian
repudiate
conspicuous
35. Marked by stealth - covert - surreptitious
fawn
inchoate
furtive
anachronistic
36. Occurring only occasionally - or in a scattered instances
dissemble
sporadic
extravagance
inured
37. Marked by extreme calm - impassivity - and steadiness
monotonous
mollify
imperturbable
extraneous
38. To make worse or more severe
idiosyncrasy
exacerbate
inquisitive
convoluted
39. The quality of being evenly balanced
denounce
savor
symmetry
tranquil
40. Attacking cherished beliefs; heretical; heterodox
prone
cynicism
iconoclastic
lucid
41. To restrain; to be sparing or frugal
trivial
quiescence
stint
vigor
42. To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
maverick
proliferate
calibrate
fraud
43. Steadfast and courageous
ingenuity
inchoate
intrepid
cogent
44. A system in which individuals or things are ranked in a particular order
hierarchy
marginal
commensurate
martial
45. The quality or state of being unyielding or stiff
rigidity
esoteric
exacerbate
reconciliation
46. Only touching briefly upon the topic at hand; irrelevant
tangential
malevolent
penury
rhetoric
47. To exist in agreement or conformity; harmonize
correspond
denounce
shrill
penchant
48. Lacking energy; sluggish or sleepy
ephemeral
magnanimity
lethargic
craven
49. Contemptibly fainthearted - lacking any courage
vexation
glib
obdurate
craven
50. Easily visible; obvious
prodigious
conspicuous
stimulant
harangue