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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. Carefree; merry
opprobrium
soliloquy
blithe
archaic
2. To make right or fix; correct
facilitate
harangue
rectify
caustic
3. Hardship
adversity
dissemble
ephemeral
euphemism
4. Abnormal; deviating from the common or general type
anomalous
blithe
insipid
rectify
5. To weaken; to reduce in vitality
distill
veracity
enervate
meticulous
6. An overabundance; a surplus
distill
plethora
loquacious
wheedle
7. Calmness; serenity; peacefulness
veracity
synthesis
tranquility
rectify
8. To reprove; to express warning or disapproval
ascetic
admonish
eclectic
propagate
9. To list or count off individually
bombast
extend
antipathy
enumerate
10. To ensconce - conceal - or stow
monotonous
corroborate
secrete
treacherous
11. Assuming an unauthorized right or responsibility; overly forward and arrogant
tranquil
denounce
rhetoric
presumptuous
12. To combine several elements into a whole
amalgamate
tacit
meticulous
derision
13. Recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
perennial
monotonous
eradicate
diatribe
14. Genuine; not false or hypocritical
unfeigned
tractable
authoritarian
eulogy
15. To plunge or drop straight down
parody
cultured
brittle
plummet
16. Embodiment; quintessence
spurious
recalcitrant
prudent
epitome
17. Characterized by brightness and the emission of light
martial
heretical
stanza
luminous
18. Lacking depth; existing on or near the surface
superficial
inchoate
extemporaneous
stimulant
19. An invigorating substance that excites mental or physical activity
solvent
stimulant
adversity
inchoate
20. Readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive
aversion
impose
volatile
rhetoric
21. To force out; to discharge
epitome
plasticity
expel
convoluted
22. Outdated; associated with an earlier - perhaps more primitive time
quiescence
archaic
recluse
exculpate
23. The act of returning something to its proper owner - or of compensating the owner for the loss of such an item; reparation
equivocate
circumspect
denigrate
restitution
24. Able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance
warranted
blithe
burgeon
solvent
25. To give notice to; to inform
irascible
luminous
synthetic
apprise
26. Act or process of causing deterioration; a wearing away esp of metals
corroborate
esoteric
soliloquy
corrosion
27. To compel or require; to push one'S views or authority upon others
buttress
impose
solicitous
converge
28. To secretly work together with the intent to commit a wrong or illegal act
conspire
epitome
derision
imperturbable
29. Exonerate; to clear of blame
obdurate
exculpate
discretion
vital
30. A natural inclination or tendency; penchant
magnanimity
vital
propensity
corroborate
31. Stubborn; hardheaded
fraud
penchant
obstinate
harangue
32. Brief and concise
martial
aversion
succinct
superfluous
33. Lacking originality
insipid
irascible
conversion
banal
34. Insincere; lacking in honesty
approbation
tout
disingenuous
diatribe
35. Distinct; individual
vexation
conversion
discrete
waver
36. Scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment
capricious
derision
deference
censure
37. Stillness; motionless; quality of being at rest
ostracism
quiescence
corrosion
solvent
38. In an initial stage; not fully formed
pragmatic
inchoate
inundate
ensure
39. To disguise or conceal
dogmatic
tangential
obstinate
dissemble
40. The quality or state of being unyielding or stiff
rigidity
superfluous
cower
flamboyant
41. The act or process of transforming to another form - state or product
catalyst
extravagance
eradicate
conversion
42. Harmless; causing no damage
innocuous
prodigious
cynicism
facetious
43. Ambiguous; doubtful or uncertain
cunning
equivocal
invigoration
camouflage
44. A group of two or more verses or lines that make up a division in a poem and correspond in rhyme - meter - and length
stanza
correspond
presumptuous
synthetic
45. Dispersed or scattered; not centralized
diffuse
placate
inquisitive
marginal
46. To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
assuage
censure
cynicism
beneficent
47. The quality of being evenly balanced
symmetry
ingenuity
abscond
rigidity
48. Moderate; marked by restraint and lack of extremes
temperate
idiosyncrasy
plethora
advocate
49. Troubling burdensome
sanction
plethora
onerous
extend
50. Extremely talkative
adversity
disingenuous
blithe
loquacious