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GRE High Frequency Words Vocab
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gre
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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. yield; submit; bow
perennial
defer
convoluted
tangential
2. Daring and fearless; recklessly bold
diffuse
enigmatic
preempt
audacious
3. Discreet; prudent; careful
circumspect
veracity
mollify
diffident
4. Full of tiny openings able to absorb fluid or gas; permeable
diatribe
implacable
perfunctory
porous
5. Dull; lacking vitality or luminosity
lackluster
bent
cultured
prodigal
6. Exonerate; to clear of blame
exculpate
decibel
provoke
shrill
7. The parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules
cower
pedantic
perfunctory
treacherous
8. Departure or wandering away from the accepted standard
deviation
impudent
cower
slight
9. An independent individual who does not go along with a group or party
tranquil
shrill
implode
maverick
10. Well-spoken; coherent
tirade
articulate
diffuse
inchoate
11. Baffled; in a quandry; at a loss for what to say or do
nonplused
fawn
archaic
conspire
12. Shrink in fear - cringe
intemperance
condone
cower
digress
13. To exist in agreement or conformity; harmonize
irascible
tranquil
plasticity
correspond
14. Recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
perennial
bent
euphemism
diffuse
15. An inclination or tendency
bent
rarefy
parody
vexation
16. Ostentatious or showy; flashy
flamboyant
unfettered
discomfit
temper
17. To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
prodigious
equivocate
temper
sever
18. To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
assuage
diatribe
equivocate
discourse
19. Only touching briefly upon the topic at hand; irrelevant
dissertation
tangential
ambiguous
brevity
20. Adherence to the highest principles; uprightness
aberrant
secrete
discrete
probity
21. To aid by making easier
glib
parody
facilitate
heretical
22. Not vital or pertinent; irrelevant
unfettered
banal
tortuous
extraneous
23. Having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
lackluster
pervasive
castigation
stint
24. To enjoy in a thorough manner; to relish; to fully appreciate
eulogy
savor
porous
intransigent
25. Harmless; causing no damage
anachronistic
dissemble
innocuous
disingenuous
26. Possessing education - refinement and taste; polished
intrepid
restitution
cultured
vital
27. The act or process of transforming to another form - state or product
impudent
mundane
conversion
capricious
28. To prod or drive forward; to urge on; incite
proliferate
goad
propensity
lackluster
29. Small; lacking substance in degree - amount - or size
conspicuous
slight
sever
rigidity
30. Deviation from the normal order - form - or rule
anomaly
facilitate
enervate
buttress
31. Wise and careful; showing good judgment
intransigent
temperate
prudent
sever
32. Poverty; destitution
presumption
compensation
scarce
penury
33. Faithfulness; loyalty
infuse
fidelity
veneration
calibrate
34. To imbue; to pour in; to introduce; to instill
infuse
anesthetic
irascible
cunning
35. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate
eloquent
discretion
harangue
catalyst
36. Depart secretly and hide
propitiate
divest
abscond
adversity
37. The act of making an assumption or taking something for granted
presumption
presumptuous
pedantic
obsequious
38. questioning; curious
laconic
inquisitive
tortuous
trivial
39. To champion or support; to argue in favor of
ingenuity
spurious
advocate
pervasive
40. Discerning and sensitive use of speech; diplomacy
decibel
anachronistic
tact
ostracism
41. Genuine; not false or hypocritical
connoisseur
ingenuity
convention
unfeigned
42. Relevant; germane
pertinent
monotonous
cower
banal
43. Unimportant; lacking value
succinct
morose
trivial
coercive
44. Complex or complicated
convoluted
hierarchy
deviance
mollify
45. Characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
meticulous
synthesis
furtive
cower
46. The quality of being evenly balanced
pervasive
cultivation
symmetry
expel
47. To polish; to rub to a shine
irascible
deference
burnish
onerous
48. Saucy; impertinent
impudent
deviance
fawn
bombast
49. An overabundance; a surplus
plethora
sporadic
endemic
impose
50. Thriftiness; economy; prudence in financial matters
frugality
connoisseur
stimulant
indifferent