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GRE High Frequency Words Vocab

Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary






2. Practical rather than idealistic






3. A long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation






4. Man-made; artificial; relating to or involving the combination of parts to make a whole






5. Complex or complicated






6. Associated with war and the armed forces






7. Deceptive; based upon a false belief or impression






8. Dispersed or scattered; not centralized






9. A means of disguising people or things to make them blend in with their surroundings






10. A collection of lierary works by various authors






11. Extreme respect and reverence; worship






12. Essential for or relating to life; necessary






13. To undeceive to set right






14. To weaken; to reduce in vitality






15. Departure or wandering away from the accepted standard






16. Dark and depressing; mournful






17. The combination of parts to make a whole






18. Disgrace; contempt; scorn






19. Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing






20. Calmness; serenity; peacefulness






21. Having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice






22. To plunge or drop straight down






23. Shrink in fear - cringe






24. An inclination or tendency






25. One that precedes and indicates or announces another






26. To imbue; to pour in; to introduce; to instill






27. Characterized by a preference for complete obedience to authority; domineering






28. Recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly






29. To blacken; to belittle; to sully defame disparage






30. Stillness; motionless; quality of being at rest






31. Able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance






32. Abnormal; deviating from the common or general type






33. Pointlessly talkative; talking too much






34. To purify or concentrate through a process of vaporization






35. A means of disguising people or things to make them blend in with their surroundings






36. questioning; curious






37. Boldness; impudence; arrogance






38. A machine that spins very swiftly about a central axis - and - using centrifugal force - separates disparate substances






39. Troubling burdensome






40. To calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intesity






41. Excessive indulgence of appetite or passion - esp. in regard to alcohol; lack of constraint






42. To combine several elements into a whole






43. Restricted or peculiar to a particular region; indigenous






44. Dull; lacking vitality or luminosity






45. Seeming true - but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive






46. Stubbornly opinionated






47. Happening by fortunate accident or chance






48. Cursory; done without care or interest






49. Naturally inclined; tending; likely






50. An expression of approval or praise