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GRE High Frequency Words Vocab
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1. Relating to or at an edge or boundary; minimal
magnanimity
marginal
adversity
scarce
2. Happening by fortunate accident or chance
enervate
propitiate
fortuitous
divest
3. Improvised; done without preparation
aggravate
extemporaneous
dogma
eclectic
4. The parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules
superfluous
qualms
pedantic
anthology
5. Unoriginal; obtained from another source
derivative
mundane
plasticity
eradicate
6. An invigorating substance that excites mental or physical activity
stimulant
pristine
castigation
lackluster
7. Discreet; prudent; careful
circumspect
assuage
centrifuge
commensurate
8. Full of tiny openings able to absorb fluid or gas; permeable
porous
treacherous
mollify
fortuitous
9. To slow delay or hamper
authoritarian
retard
tranquil
cultivation
10. Saucy; impertinent
mollify
dispersed
preempt
impudent
11. Winding; twisting; excessively complicated
cultured
tortuous
aver
volatile
12. To appease; to conciliate
decibel
propitiate
obstinate
conspicuous
13. To make right or fix; correct
presumptuous
ingenuity
temper
rectify
14. To combine several elements into a whole
iconoclastic
treacherous
reconciliation
amalgamate
15. To fill until there is no further capacity for absorbance; to soak
saturate
monotonous
presumptuous
conspicuous
16. Spread out or scattered
quiescence
luminous
equivocal
dispersed
17. Departing from norms or convention
eccentric
extemporaneous
wheedle
derivative
18. One who hates all other humans
extravagance
misanthrope
denigrate
diffuse
19. Not tied down; unrestrained
perennial
qualms
unfettered
bent
20. Easily angered
irascible
infuse
castigation
tranquility
21. Serving or intended to compel by force or authority
flamboyant
authoritarian
coercive
miser
22. Disgrace; contempt; scorn
obstinate
impudent
rescind
opprobrium
23. To make or become thin - less dense; to refine
furtive
rarefy
conspire
prone
24. To tend toward the same spot or outcome; inclining to join at an intersecting point
converge
meticulous
subjective
impudent
25. To anticipate and make unnecessary
pertinent
magnanimity
obviate
retard
26. A humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect - esp. in literature and art
parody
goad
effrontery
bent
27. Seeming true - but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive
candor
diffident
superfluous
specious
28. Strong inclination; liking
aversion
penchant
convention
dogma
29. Self-important or pompous writing or speech
erudite
ostracism
bombast
cynicism
30. To calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intesity
mollify
brilliance
effrontery
brittle
31. A speech honoring the dead
eradicate
brittle
craven
eulogy
32. To invalidate; to repeal to retract
rescind
implicit
florid
tacit
33. Loud and high-pitched; screeching
ambiguous
shrill
approbation
frugality
34. An attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness
tranquility
proliferate
cynicism
brittle
35. To incite anger - resentment or exasperation
approbation
provoke
florid
consternation
36. To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
loquacious
qualms
chicanery
proliferate
37. Unclear; open to more than one potential meaning
cunning
elegy
presumption
ambiguous
38. Obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
perjury
recalcitrant
advocate
plod
39. Extreme respect and reverence; worship
veneration
soliloquy
plod
opprobrium
40. Lecture or discussion; conversation
wheedle
malevolent
diffident
discourse
41. An individual who lives poorly in order to hoard money; a person who is stingy
advocate
miser
rescind
laud
42. Moderate; marked by restraint and lack of extremes
temperate
circumspect
plummet
convoluted
43. To praise highly
amalgamate
parody
laud
aversion
44. Payment given for services rendered or for loss
compensation
pertinent
exacerbate
homogeneous
45. Implied but no directly stated; tacit
approbation
implicit
stimulant
symmetry
46. Departure or wandering away from the accepted standard
presumption
deviation
slight
camouflage
47. To undeceive to set right
diffident
disabuse
derision
plod
48. A thin - flexible film of tissue that covers or lines an organ
membrane
symmetry
discourse
hierarchy
49. Intended for or understood by a small - specific group
porous
enervate
obviate
esoteric
50. To deliver a pompous speech or tirade
synthesis
diffuse
harangue
esoteric