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GRE High Frequency Words Vocab
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english
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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. Deviating from the norm
solvent
cultured
obsequious
aberrant
2. To tend toward the same spot or outcome; inclining to join at an intersecting point
tout
iconoclastic
caustic
converge
3. Relating to or at an edge or boundary; minimal
caustic
synthetic
cunning
marginal
4. Unimportant; lacking value
trivial
platitude
maverick
anthology
5. Seeming true - but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive
correspond
specious
tortuous
diffident
6. Improvised; done without preparation
burgeon
extemporaneous
tentative
epitome
7. Restricted or peculiar to a particular region; indigenous
presumptuous
synthesis
endemic
aggravate
8. Not objective; based upon internal perceptions rather than upon unprejudiced fact
superfluous
subjective
eclectic
effrontery
9. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
caustic
maverick
prodigal
obviate
10. The quality of being generously noble in the mind and heart - esp in forgiving
magnanimity
solicitous
covert
convention
11. Characterized by brightness and the emission of light
insipid
camouflage
luminous
unfeigned
12. A substance that causes insensibility and removes pain
sever
anesthetic
amalgamate
coercive
13. Lavishness; an unnecessary or unrestrained spend esp. of funds
extravagance
enigmatic
superfluous
synthesis
14. To compel or require; to push one'S views or authority upon others
cunning
tirade
impose
catalyst
15. Not tied down; unrestrained
unfettered
discomfit
prudent
enumerate
16. Spread out or scattered
dispersed
ostracism
idiosyncrasy
precursor
17. Having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice
discomfit
indifferent
shrill
fidelity
18. Dismay; startling - distressing fear or shock that results in complete confusion
equivocal
archaic
parody
consternation
19. Pure; uncorrupted; clean
prune
discourse
pristine
authoritarian
20. Deviation from the normal order - form - or rule
anomaly
aversion
inopportune
prodigious
21. Pointlessly talkative; talking too much
sporadic
garrulous
aggravate
censure
22. The purposeful giving of false or misleading testimony while under oath
perjury
dogma
iconoclastic
brevity
23. Severe criticism or punishment
propitiate
expel
intrepid
castigation
24. Not talkative; reserved
effrontery
recluse
taciturn
ephemeral
25. Dark and depressing; mournful
bombast
somber
bolster
catalyst
26. Self-important or pompous writing or speech
marginal
luminous
bombast
inured
27. To move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in decision
waver
veracity
specious
anachronistic
28. Essential for or relating to life; necessary
expel
enigmatic
tortuous
vital
29. A harsh denunciation
ingenuity
camouflage
obstinate
diatribe
30. Full of tiny openings able to absorb fluid or gas; permeable
vexation
porous
vital
pervasive
31. One that precedes and indicates or announces another
obviate
precursor
discordant
catalyst
32. Departure or wandering away from the accepted standard
archaic
brevity
deviation
correspond
33. Possessing education - refinement and taste; polished
cultured
conversion
perjury
prone
34. yield; submit; bow
defer
abscond
tact
fraud
35. Not obvious; elusive - difficult to discern
derivative
prone
subtle
validity
36. To make worse or more severe
exacerbate
obviate
camouflage
tacit
37. Brief and concise
parody
tortuous
meticulous
succinct
38. Not definite; uncertain; experimental
aver
perjury
tentative
mollify
39. To ensconce - conceal - or stow
stanza
nonplused
secrete
veracity
40. Dull; lacking vitality or luminosity
lackluster
misanthrope
unfeigned
quiescence
41. Implied but no directly stated; tacit
consternation
implicit
squander
diatribe
42. A group of two or more verses or lines that make up a division in a poem and correspond in rhyme - meter - and length
vital
stanza
anthology
taciturn
43. To invalidate; to repeal to retract
divest
fatuous
rescind
connoisseur
44. Extreme brightness; possessing luminosity or genius
brilliance
aver
saturate
euphemism
45. Distinct; individual
superfluous
discourse
discrete
penury
46. To restrain; to be sparing or frugal
cultured
diatribe
stint
sporadic
47. To give notice to; to inform
monotonous
apprise
tranquil
anthology
48. To flood or overwhelm
veneration
cynicism
inundate
obsequious
49. A system in which individuals or things are ranked in a particular order
burgeon
waver
hierarchy
platitude
50. Departing from norms or convention
serenity
discordant
eccentric
adversity