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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. The act of preparing or working land in order to grow crops
obdurate
cultivation
intemperance
disingenuous
2. Departing from norms or convention
lethargic
chicanery
eccentric
laconic
3. Of the world; typical of or concerned w/the ordinary
denigrate
waver
mundane
pertinent
4. Characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
recluse
derivative
meticulous
inured
5. An attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness
cynicism
nonplused
abscond
propagate
6. Marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial
derision
cogent
cunning
glib
7. A thin - flexible film of tissue that covers or lines an organ
membrane
desiccate
perjury
glib
8. Having or showing often viscious ill-will -spite - hatred
lackluster
malevolent
buttress
florid
9. To appease; to calm by making concessions
monotonous
placate
discretion
assuage
10. To calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intesity
eccentric
stimulant
diffident
mollify
11. The quality of being generously noble in the mind and heart - esp in forgiving
magnanimity
precursor
quiescence
anesthetic
12. Pointlessly talkative; talking too much
garrulous
unfettered
convoluted
disinterest
13. Moderate; marked by restraint and lack of extremes
extend
temperate
discourse
censure
14. Extreme brightness; possessing luminosity or genius
censure
defer
solicitous
brilliance
15. To waste by spending or using irresponsibly
conspire
misanthrope
squander
iconoclastic
16. A natural inclination or tendency; penchant
tangential
vigor
propensity
implicit
17. Accustomed to accepting something undesirable
validity
tractable
stanza
inured
18. Called for; authorized; justified
probity
warranted
dispersed
invigoration
19. Dull; lacking vitality or luminosity
lackluster
inundate
precipitate
deference
20. To blacken; to belittle; to sully defame disparage
antipathy
anthology
archaic
denigrate
21. Lavishness; an unnecessary or unrestrained spend esp. of funds
ostracism
quiescence
extravagance
temperate
22. Intended for or understood by a small - specific group
aberrant
esoteric
rigidity
expel
23. Small; lacking substance in degree - amount - or size
craven
extemporaneous
savor
slight
24. Unclear; open to more than one potential meaning
wheedle
ambiguous
scarce
martial
25. One that precedes and indicates or announces another
brittle
aberrant
circumspect
precursor
26. Lacking faithfulness or loyalty; traitorous; unstable
covert
denigrate
treacherous
subtle
27. Not objective; based upon internal perceptions rather than upon unprejudiced fact
subjective
desiccate
ingenuity
fawn
28. A group of two or more verses or lines that make up a division in a poem and correspond in rhyme - meter - and length
indifferent
distention
stanza
esoteric
29. Dispersed or scattered; not centralized
ingenuity
condemn
camouflage
diffuse
30. An inclination or tendency
superfluous
bent
frugality
lucid
31. Distinct; individual
recluse
cynicism
discrete
vital
32. Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
inured
tortuous
cogent
subjective
33. To stray from the point; to go off on a tangent
florid
digress
tacit
corrosion
34. To appease; to conciliate
propitiate
pragmatic
fortuitous
indifferent
35. Culled from many sources
onerous
eclectic
discordant
cultured
36. To anticipate and make unnecessary
recluse
obviate
ambiguous
banal
37. Marked by stealth - covert - surreptitious
invigoration
advocate
placate
furtive
38. Truthfulness; honesty
veracity
sanction
catalyst
precursor
39. Deviating from the norm
restitution
aberrant
buttress
esoteric
40. Authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance
adversity
sanction
garrulous
admonish
41. Brief and concise
innocuous
succinct
exacerbate
stint
42. Not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
implacable
vital
deviation
pertinent
43. Deviation from the normal order - form - or rule
anomaly
scarce
camouflage
loquacious
44. To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
enumerate
assuage
dispersed
denigrate
45. Unoriginal; obtained from another source
derivative
unfettered
blithe
eloquent
46. The combination of parts to make a whole
perjury
synthesis
inundate
brilliance
47. Exonerate; to clear of blame
bent
exculpate
symmetry
ambiguous
48. To publicly condemn or criticize
discomfit
equivocate
denounce
discordant
49. Deliberate deceit with the goal of gaining an unlawful advantage
candor
sever
fraud
monotonous
50. A substance that causes insensibility and removes pain
anesthetic
dogmatic
somber
superfluous