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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. Peaceful; calm
perfunctory
tranquil
intransigent
ambiguous
2. The act of reestablishing harmony or friendly interactions
sanction
reconciliation
rhetoric
florid
3. Moderate; marked by restraint and lack of extremes
converge
temperate
anthology
anachronistic
4. Distinct; individual
perjury
tranquility
capricious
discrete
5. A mournful poem - esp one lamenting the dead
elegy
emulate
disingenuous
fortuitous
6. Hidden - clandestine
pragmatic
succinct
covert
taciturn
7. Complex or complicated
convoluted
aggravate
implode
aver
8. Easily visible; obvious
condemn
waver
conspicuous
banal
9. Pointlessly talkative; talking too much
conspicuous
garrulous
anomalous
parody
10. Trickery or subterfuge
rescind
chicanery
anomaly
covert
11. Having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
implicit
pervasive
assuage
stanza
12. To confirm; to provide additional support; verify
condemn
brilliance
extraneous
corroborate
13. To exist in agreement or conformity; harmonize
laud
wheedle
flamboyant
correspond
14. Pure; uncorrupted; clean
validity
implode
recluse
pristine
15. The purposeful giving of false or misleading testimony while under oath
perjury
dogmatic
capricious
placate
16. Full of tiny openings able to absorb fluid or gas; permeable
porous
bombast
inundate
tentative
17. The state or act of extending or being swollen out of shape
tangential
superficial
distention
tortuous
18. An independent individual who does not go along with a group or party
banal
corrosion
heretical
maverick
19. Belonging to another time; removed from natural chronological context
prodigious
aberrant
effrontery
anachronistic
20. Disgrace; contempt; scorn
covert
opprobrium
rescind
articulate
21. An attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness
fortuitous
temper
aversion
cynicism
22. Discreet; prudent; careful
monotonous
circumspect
stint
arduous
23. Subject to chance or individual whim; without definite reason
treacherous
arbitrary
implicit
reconciliation
24. To worsen or intensify
anesthetic
quiescence
aggravate
exculpate
25. Dark and depressing; mournful
convoluted
tangential
recluse
somber
26. To trudge; to move slowly and heavily
plod
converge
bolster
innocuous
27. To flatter or praise excessively
distention
fawn
dogmatic
extemporaneous
28. Practical rather than idealistic
veracity
defer
inundate
pragmatic
29. To grow rapidly or flourish
proliferate
erudite
burgeon
extraneous
30. To criticize severely to officially rebuke
proliferate
savor
furtive
censure
31. The quality or state of being unyielding or stiff
rigidity
precursor
deference
corrosion
32. Outdated; associated with an earlier - perhaps more primitive time
commensurate
anomaly
harangue
archaic
33. Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
ostracism
precipitate
superfluous
extravagance
34. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate
goad
beneficent
repudiate
eloquent
35. Calmness; serenity; peacefulness
subjective
tranquility
effrontery
magnanimity
36. Conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound
dispersed
pragmatic
infuse
discordant
37. Lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
spurious
mundane
exculpate
superfluous
38. Matching; corresponding or proportionate in degree - size - or amount
centrifuge
derision
consternation
commensurate
39. Steadfast and courageous
intrepid
authoritarian
intemperance
effrontery
40. To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
propagate
assuage
arduous
penury
41. The act of returning something to its proper owner - or of compensating the owner for the loss of such an item; reparation
restitution
symmetry
disabuse
deviation
42. Without taste or flavor; lacking in spirits; bland
blithe
propitiate
insipid
brilliance
43. Abundant in size - force - or extent; extraordinary
trivial
buttress
temperate
prodigious
44. Acting with excessive haste or impulse
precipitate
craven
invigoration
platitude
45. Strenuous - taxing
arduous
insipid
amalgamate
aberrant
46. To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
compensation
equivocate
probity
dissertation
47. Characterized by a preference for complete obedience to authority; domineering
approbation
archaic
authoritarian
harangue
48. Apt to break or crack due to a lack of elasticity; fragile
esoteric
fraud
brittle
irascible
49. Charitable and kind in action
brilliance
compliant
beneficent
eccentric
50. Troubling burdensome
maverick
onerous
capricious
cacophony