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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 make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
derision
temper
mitigate
superfluous
2. To slow delay or hamper
cacophony
censure
coercive
retard
3. To publicly praise or promote
tout
cultivation
discomfit
symmetry
4. Dispersed or scattered; not centralized
decibel
diffuse
iconoclastic
misanthrope
5. Pliability; malleability; flexibility
chicanery
sporadic
approbation
plasticity
6. Pure; uncorrupted; clean
inundate
intrepid
pristine
retard
7. Annoyance or irritation
malevolent
brilliance
preempt
vexation
8. Discerning and sensitive use of speech; diplomacy
fraud
tact
goad
ingenuity
9. questioning; curious
inquisitive
synthesis
inchoate
conversion
10. An informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
obviate
denounce
connoisseur
esoteric
11. Harmless; causing no damage
camouflage
presumption
innocuous
savor
12. To prod or drive forward; to urge on; incite
presumptuous
endemic
implacable
goad
13. A thin - flexible film of tissue that covers or lines an organ
onerous
membrane
synthesis
magnanimity
14. Without taste or flavor; lacking in spirits; bland
ostracism
corroborate
restitution
insipid
15. Intended for or understood by a small - specific group
burgeon
camouflage
rigidity
esoteric
16. To move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in decision
beneficent
approbation
waver
preempt
17. A speech made to oneself; a monologue
discourse
soliloquy
decibel
superficial
18. Active bodily or mental strength or energy; force
malevolent
membrane
pristine
vigor
19. A support or prop - often an external prop used to bolster a wall
expel
equivocal
buttress
denigrate
20. To plunge or drop straight down
plummet
tact
disinterest
florid
21. Not talkative; reserved
recalcitrant
savor
audacious
taciturn
22. To make right or fix; correct
rectify
sporadic
prodigal
spurious
23. Burning or stinging; causing corrosion
caustic
cunning
deviation
somber
24. Lacking depth; existing on or near the surface
validity
eulogy
superficial
florid
25. Outdated; associated with an earlier - perhaps more primitive time
anachronistic
cultured
rhetoric
archaic
26. Only touching briefly upon the topic at hand; irrelevant
discomfit
tangential
maverick
dogma
27. Genuine; not false or hypocritical
serenity
irascible
pertinent
unfeigned
28. The quality of being generously noble in the mind and heart - esp in forgiving
capricious
magnanimity
stint
eccentric
29. To approve tacitly by overlooking or excusing; to allow or forgive
advocate
condone
mitigate
censure
30. The parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules
repudiate
presumption
authoritarian
pedantic
31. Not tied down; unrestrained
candor
authoritarian
unfettered
plasticity
32. To inspect - determine - or correct the graduations of an instrument by comparing it to a standard
tranquil
slight
calibrate
scarce
33. A harsh denunciation
solicitous
diatribe
restitution
harangue
34. To calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intesity
veneration
imperturbable
parody
mollify
35. An expression of approval or praise
articulate
fortuitous
approbation
erudite
36. Lacking faithfulness or loyalty; traitorous; unstable
discretion
propagate
subjective
treacherous
37. Scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment
antipathy
anachronistic
articulate
derision
38. Discreet; prudent; careful
circumspect
implicit
inopportune
malevolent
39. Accustomed to accepting something undesirable
quiescence
implacable
enervate
inured
40. To grow rapidly or flourish
buttress
diffident
burgeon
loquacious
41. The art or study of effect use of language for communication and persuasion
rhetoric
garrulous
savor
conspire
42. To aid by making easier
tortuous
facilitate
proliferate
symmetry
43. Lacking originality; commonplace
cogent
exacerbate
glib
banal
44. Steadfast and courageous
ingenuity
plummet
intrepid
fraud
45. Severe criticism or punishment
castigation
morose
secrete
condemn
46. Concerned and attentive; eager
solicitous
furtive
tentative
perennial
47. To remove or separate by cutting off
validity
sever
centrifuge
blithe
48. The state or act of extending or being swollen out of shape
exacerbate
defer
distention
aggravate
49. Happening by fortunate accident or chance
fortuitous
perennial
diffident
opprobrium
50. Baffled; in a quandry; at a loss for what to say or do
invigoration
rhetoric
nonplused
idiosyncrasy