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GRE High Frequency Words Vocab
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1. Act or process of causing deterioration; a wearing away esp of metals
sanction
connoisseur
condone
corrosion
2. A means of disguising people or things to make them blend in with their surroundings
veracity
epitome
anomalous
camouflage
3. To moderate or soothe
temper
warranted
digress
equivocate
4. Unoriginal; obtained from another source
superficial
capricious
sanction
derivative
5. To publicly praise or promote
tout
subtle
diatribe
ascetic
6. Recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
perennial
catalyst
validity
brilliance
7. Pliability; malleability; flexibility
plasticity
penury
derivative
discretion
8. An intense feeling of dislike or disgust
heretical
aversion
synthetic
impudent
9. Seeming true - but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive
disingenuous
convoluted
furtive
specious
10. Small; lacking substance in degree - amount - or size
candor
eccentric
slight
lucid
11. Made up of elements that are similar in nature or kind; uniform
homogeneous
harangue
eccentric
plasticity
12. Harmless; causing no damage
prodigious
innocuous
impose
eloquent
13. Shortness or briefness - esp. in time
platitude
equivocate
brevity
bolster
14. One who practices rigid self-denial esp in religious devotion
burgeon
ascetic
indifferent
arbitrary
15. Trickery or subterfuge
rigidity
chicanery
advocate
abscond
16. Not definite; uncertain; experimental
prodigal
superfluous
circumspect
tentative
17. To confirm; to provide additional support; verify
cacophony
corroborate
belie
converge
18. To give notice to; to inform
lackluster
plasticity
brilliance
apprise
19. Annoyance or irritation
vexation
harangue
laud
scarce
20. To cause to spread - multiply or reproduce
subjective
rescind
defer
propagate
21. In an initial stage; not fully formed
subjective
pedantic
subtle
inchoate
22. yielding or submissive; amenable
compliant
harangue
trivial
synthetic
23. Belonging to another time; removed from natural chronological context
anachronistic
emulate
malevolent
laconic
24. The parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules
converge
pedantic
temperate
recluse
25. To coax; persuade - often through the use of flattery or smooth talk
wheedle
anesthetic
reconciliation
burnish
26. Dull and without variety; tedious
loquacious
quiescence
audacious
monotonous
27. Baffled; in a quandry; at a loss for what to say or do
vital
capricious
nonplused
veracity
28. Lack of bias or involvement; impartiality; (ed) uninvolved; free from self-interest
disinterest
subtle
fawn
endemic
29. Severe criticism or punishment
perennial
secrete
belie
castigation
30. Deviation from the normal order - form - or rule
distention
anomaly
secrete
temper
31. Hardship
bombast
plasticity
marginal
adversity
32. Not tied down; unrestrained
prodigious
distill
buttress
unfettered
33. Apt to break or crack due to a lack of elasticity; fragile
opprobrium
chicanery
brittle
compensation
34. Discerning and sensitive use of speech; diplomacy
tact
sporadic
taciturn
aggravate
35. Happening by fortunate accident or chance
fortuitous
extend
shrill
slight
36. The purposeful giving of false or misleading testimony while under oath
perjury
fawn
warranted
prone
37. Ostentatious or showy; flashy
divest
obviate
flamboyant
viscous
38. Intended for or understood by a small - specific group
esoteric
mitigate
lackluster
waver
39. A collection of lierary works by various authors
anthology
cacophony
onerous
facetious
40. A speech honoring the dead
eulogy
sporadic
tact
brevity
41. Implied but no directly stated; tacit
stint
rhetoric
implicit
dogmatic
42. To remove or separate by cutting off
opprobrium
dogmatic
sever
assuage
43. To abruptly and violently collapse inward
prudent
implode
anesthetic
calibrate
44. The quality of being evenly balanced
symmetry
admonish
wheedle
implode
45. To approve tacitly by overlooking or excusing; to allow or forgive
condone
enigmatic
martial
brevity
46. To undeceive to set right
vital
desiccate
disabuse
extraneous
47. Extreme brightness; possessing luminosity or genius
burnish
brilliance
tractable
divest
48. Deviating from the norm
aberrant
aver
belie
veracity
49. To grow rapidly or flourish
lackluster
anomaly
burgeon
illusory
50. Possessing education - refinement and taste; polished
cultured
unfettered
savor
malevolent