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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. Marked by extreme calm - impassivity - and steadiness






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






3. Accustomed to accepting something undesirable






4. Discerning and sensitive use of speech; diplomacy






5. Stubbornly opinionated






6. To anticipate and make unnecessary






7. Ill-timed; unsuitable; inappropriate






8. Saucy; impertinent






9. Deviating from the norm






10. Relevant; germane






11. To weaken; to reduce in vitality






12. Easily angered






13. An informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert






14. Stubborn; hardheaded






15. Insincere; lacking in honesty






16. The parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules






17. Lacking depth; existing on or near the surface






18. Dull; lacking vitality or luminosity






19. Called for; authorized; justified






20. Very learned; scholarly






21. To make right or fix; correct






22. Implied; not explicitly stated






23. To state as a fact; to confirm or support






24. To exist in agreement or conformity; harmonize






25. To give notice to; to inform






26. To worsen or intensify






27. Poverty; destitution






28. Having or showing often viscious ill-will -spite - hatred






29. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish






30. Marked by stealth - covert - surreptitious






31. To purify or concentrate through a process of vaporization






32. The quality of being energized or filled with liveliness






33. The act of returning something to its proper owner - or of compensating the owner for the loss of such an item; reparation






34. To incite anger - resentment or exasperation






35. To publicly condemn or criticize






36. A harsh denunciation






37. Serving or intended to compel by force or authority






38. A person or thing that causes change






39. Harmless; causing no damage






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






41. To moderate or soothe






42. Lacking originality






43. Full of tiny openings able to absorb fluid or gas; permeable






44. Improvised; done without preparation






45. A group of two or more verses or lines that make up a division in a poem and correspond in rhyme - meter - and length






46. To cause to spread - multiply or reproduce






47. To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify






48. Not obvious; elusive - difficult to discern






49. Matching; corresponding or proportionate in degree - size - or amount






50. Not vital or pertinent; irrelevant