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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. To coax; persuade - often through the use of flattery or smooth talk
squander
presumptuous
monotonous
wheedle
2. To state as a fact; to confirm or support
disinterest
aver
compensation
converge
3. Hardship
centrifuge
disinterest
rhetoric
adversity
4. Naturally inclined; tending; likely
onerous
prone
articulate
commensurate
5. Sad - sullen
lackluster
tortuous
recalcitrant
morose
6. A mild replacement for a harsher or more offensive term
conspicuous
vital
euphemism
synthetic
7. Not definite; uncertain; experimental
tentative
monotonous
spurious
impudent
8. To polish; to rub to a shine
homogeneous
burnish
squander
treacherous
9. The parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules
superfluous
pedantic
effrontery
tentative
10. Using few words; terse
laconic
inundate
misanthrope
meticulous
11. Reserved - shy - or unassuming; lacking in self-confidence
viscous
deviation
fawn
diffident
12. The quality of being energized or filled with liveliness
plasticity
invigoration
beneficent
dogma
13. Concerned and attentive; eager
denigrate
solicitous
censure
eloquent
14. Faithfulness; loyalty
fidelity
facetious
distill
dissemble
15. To move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in decision
waver
fatuous
tortuous
disinterest
16. Without taste or flavor; lacking in spirits; bland
insipid
reconciliation
lethargic
lucid
17. A machine that spins very swiftly about a central axis - and - using centrifugal force - separates disparate substances
mitigate
discourse
camouflage
centrifuge
18. Accustomed to accepting something undesirable
brilliance
cogent
distention
inured
19. Essential for or relating to life; necessary
vital
centrifuge
extemporaneous
extraneous
20. Doctrine or set of religious principles
implode
anomaly
dogma
enigmatic
21. Full of tiny openings able to absorb fluid or gas; permeable
spurious
convoluted
ascetic
porous
22. Lacking originality; commonplace
propitiate
obsequious
condemn
banal
23. Implied but no directly stated; tacit
belie
temper
penury
implicit
24. Relating to or at an edge or boundary; minimal
eccentric
marginal
indifferent
extemporaneous
25. Happening by fortunate accident or chance
burnish
obviate
probity
fortuitous
26. To purify or concentrate through a process of vaporization
aggravate
circumspect
distill
luminous
27. Strong inclination; liking
elegy
penchant
irascible
anthology
28. Genuine; not false or hypocritical
platitude
anesthetic
vexation
unfeigned
29. Subject to chance or individual whim; without definite reason
arbitrary
cacophony
preempt
mitigate
30. Trickery or subterfuge
superfluous
chicanery
impudent
facilitate
31. Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
obsequious
approbation
archaic
mollify
32. Moderate; marked by restraint and lack of extremes
presumption
temperate
repudiate
recluse
33. To combine several elements into a whole
conspire
amalgamate
sanction
goad
34. Easily angered
bent
irascible
malevolent
expel
35. Contemptibly fainthearted - lacking any courage
ostracism
craven
euphemism
vital
36. Pure; uncorrupted; clean
pristine
ingenuity
garrulous
amalgamate
37. Dull and without variety; tedious
validity
monotonous
craven
membrane
38. To slow delay or hamper
rarefy
sanction
retard
tirade
39. Intended for or understood by a small - specific group
esoteric
desiccate
monotonous
extend
40. To worsen or intensify
fidelity
aver
aggravate
arbitrary
41. An individual who lives poorly in order to hoard money; a person who is stingy
dogmatic
discordant
plasticity
miser
42. Boldness; impudence; arrogance
effrontery
misanthrope
prune
subjective
43. Not vital or pertinent; irrelevant
pedantic
rhetoric
vigor
extraneous
44. Shrewdness and craftiness; slyness
cunning
wheedle
chicanery
glib
45. Belonging to another time; removed from natural chronological context
ensure
catalyst
anachronistic
vital
46. To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
euphemism
savor
proliferate
connoisseur
47. To remove completely; to annihilate; to pull out by the roots
arduous
eradicate
divest
pertinent
48. Able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance
solvent
dogma
eulogy
flamboyant
49. A group of two or more verses or lines that make up a division in a poem and correspond in rhyme - meter - and length
precipitate
corroborate
conspicuous
stanza
50. To force out; to discharge
expel
ambiguous
burnish
ephemeral