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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. Sad - sullen
plethora
penchant
morose
articulate
2. To invalidate; to repeal to retract
dogmatic
rescind
innocuous
glib
3. To make or become thin - less dense; to refine
rarefy
martial
centrifuge
sanction
4. To make right or fix; correct
tout
implacable
rectify
ephemeral
5. Pointlessly talkative; talking too much
enumerate
vexation
recluse
garrulous
6. To cut back or clip branches or other parts of a plant - esp parts that are dead
prune
ingenuity
provoke
lackluster
7. To defeat; to put down
exculpate
discomfit
lucid
dissemble
8. Rare and insufficient
disingenuous
brevity
extend
scarce
9. To slow delay or hamper
deviation
serenity
arduous
retard
10. Inclined to change one'S mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable
denigrate
apprise
solvent
capricious
11. Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
obsequious
extraneous
distention
specious
12. Dispersed or scattered; not centralized
deviation
conspicuous
divest
diffuse
13. Stillness; motionless; quality of being at rest
ostracism
quiescence
ingenuity
extravagance
14. Small; lacking substance in degree - amount - or size
extraneous
temper
recluse
slight
15. A means of disguising people or things to make them blend in with their surroundings
discrete
imperturbable
veracity
camouflage
16. Having or showing often viscious ill-will -spite - hatred
taciturn
slight
malevolent
extemporaneous
17. To fill until there is no further capacity for absorbance; to soak
illusory
morose
saturate
sporadic
18. To calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intesity
fawn
mollify
banal
craven
19. A collection of lierary works by various authors
prodigious
eloquent
fortuitous
anthology
20. Marked by extreme calm - impassivity - and steadiness
imperturbable
extraneous
martial
perjury
21. To guarantee or make certain
superfluous
disingenuous
ensure
brittle
22. Lacking originality
iconoclastic
banal
perjury
deviance
23. To deliver a pompous speech or tirade
harangue
solvent
subtle
discordant
24. Unit used in measuring the intensity of a sound
audacious
cower
decibel
pedantic
25. Flowery; ruddy; ornate
florid
propitiate
inquisitive
articulate
26. An independent individual who does not go along with a group or party
diffident
precipitate
maverick
tortuous
27. The act of preparing or working land in order to grow crops
recluse
cultivation
eulogy
anthology
28. Lacking faithfulness or loyalty; traitorous; unstable
pristine
exacerbate
treacherous
effrontery
29. Brief and concise
succinct
eradicate
plod
nonplused
30. The combination of parts to make a whole
extemporaneous
eloquent
sever
synthesis
31. Discreet; prudent; careful
mundane
disinterest
porous
circumspect
32. Not objective; based upon internal perceptions rather than upon unprejudiced fact
elegy
ephemeral
subjective
equivocate
33. Boldness; impudence; arrogance
tacit
implacable
effrontery
discourse
34. To imitate with the goal of rivaling or surpassing
apprise
laconic
abscond
emulate
35. A substance that causes insensibility and removes pain
conversion
anesthetic
cower
aversion
36. Contemptibly fainthearted - lacking any courage
pristine
condone
craven
banal
37. To coax; persuade - often through the use of flattery or smooth talk
plasticity
wheedle
squander
slight
38. Departing from norms or convention
desiccate
eccentric
amalgamate
implacable
39. To remove or separate by cutting off
sever
bolster
belie
reconciliation
40. To inspect - determine - or correct the graduations of an instrument by comparing it to a standard
calibrate
equivocal
discomfit
vigor
41. Relevant; germane
conspicuous
pertinent
esoteric
flamboyant
42. Pure; uncorrupted; clean
pristine
plummet
vital
burnish
43. To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
desiccate
derision
proliferate
florid
44. The parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules
pedantic
fidelity
lackluster
wheedle
45. Aversion; dislike
plummet
defer
tacit
antipathy
46. Lacking energy; sluggish or sleepy
facetious
corrosion
emulate
lethargic
47. Dull; lacking vitality or luminosity
lackluster
aver
presumption
circumspect
48. The art or study of effect use of language for communication and persuasion
condemn
rhetoric
equivocate
tout
49. Poverty; destitution
recluse
penury
enumerate
garrulous
50. Trickery or subterfuge
chicanery
extemporaneous
effrontery
bent