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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. Unimportant; lacking value
trivial
abscond
distention
dogmatic
2. Only touching briefly upon the topic at hand; irrelevant
anachronistic
correspond
loquacious
tangential
3. Complex or complicated
assuage
dissertation
convoluted
sanction
4. To list or count off individually
erudite
enumerate
morose
apprise
5. To disguise or conceal
propensity
deference
dissemble
blithe
6. Hardship
mundane
obstinate
irascible
adversity
7. Deliberate deceit with the goal of gaining an unlawful advantage
propitiate
unfeigned
reconciliation
fraud
8. Moderate; marked by restraint and lack of extremes
temperate
caustic
sever
opprobrium
9. Well-spoken; coherent
lackluster
articulate
treacherous
endemic
10. To grow rapidly or flourish
burgeon
discretion
harangue
euphemism
11. Marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial
unfeigned
dispersed
glib
recalcitrant
12. To coax; persuade - often through the use of flattery or smooth talk
wheedle
warranted
castigation
validity
13. Outdated; associated with an earlier - perhaps more primitive time
exculpate
discordant
discretion
archaic
14. Severe criticism or punishment
extravagance
preempt
ostracism
castigation
15. The act of returning something to its proper owner - or of compensating the owner for the loss of such an item; reparation
harangue
desiccate
miser
restitution
16. One who avoids social contact and lives in seclusion
qualms
somber
recluse
equivocate
17. An inclination or tendency
arduous
iconoclastic
candor
bent
18. Characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
discrete
laud
meticulous
intrepid
19. Doctrine or set of religious principles
vigor
discomfit
propensity
dogma
20. Naturally inclined; tending; likely
prone
precursor
burgeon
savor
21. Lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
spurious
anomalous
trivial
solicitous
22. The quality of being evenly balanced
inquisitive
plasticity
banal
symmetry
23. Accustomed to accepting something undesirable
inured
dogmatic
rigidity
dispersed
24. To approve tacitly by overlooking or excusing; to allow or forgive
prune
disingenuous
condone
sanction
25. A mournful poem - esp one lamenting the dead
elegy
laconic
inured
anesthetic
26. To combine several elements into a whole
discomfit
condemn
membrane
amalgamate
27. To make right or fix; correct
synthetic
rectify
harangue
ingenuity
28. One that precedes and indicates or announces another
diffuse
precursor
mitigate
extend
29. Extreme brightness; possessing luminosity or genius
innocuous
brilliance
condemn
meticulous
30. Authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance
sanction
anesthetic
adversity
pragmatic
31. Dull and without variety; tedious
esoteric
extend
monotonous
condemn
32. Deceptive; based upon a false belief or impression
validity
discourse
illusory
corrosion
33. Ill-timed; unsuitable; inappropriate
approbation
inopportune
pragmatic
banal
34. Genuine; not false or hypocritical
implode
unfeigned
burnish
digress
35. Troubling burdensome
condemn
onerous
buttress
extravagance
36. Not definite; uncertain; experimental
tentative
decibel
rhetoric
tranquil
37. Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
misanthrope
eulogy
superfluous
decibel
38. Not tied down; unrestrained
unfettered
circumspect
validity
fortuitous
39. Ostentatious or showy; flashy
idiosyncrasy
flamboyant
ingenuity
candor
40. Flowery; ruddy; ornate
florid
antipathy
plethora
misanthrope
41. To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown
extend
repudiate
amalgamate
censure
42. To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
plethora
restitution
conversion
equivocate
43. Hidden - clandestine
covert
effrontery
diffuse
fortuitous
44. Using few words; terse
denigrate
laconic
anomalous
miser
45. To publicly condemn or criticize
volatile
garrulous
bolster
denounce
46. Implied but no directly stated; tacit
facetious
inundate
perennial
implicit
47. Full of tiny openings able to absorb fluid or gas; permeable
porous
enigmatic
obviate
lethargic
48. To waste by spending or using irresponsibly
malevolent
sporadic
equivocate
squander
49. Easily visible; obvious
conspicuous
covert
tacit
conversion
50. yield; submit; bow
defer
aver
dissemble
synthesis