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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. Dull; lacking vitality or luminosity
arduous
monotonous
lackluster
abscond
2. Extreme respect and reverence; worship
authoritarian
veneration
inopportune
buttress
3. A mild replacement for a harsher or more offensive term
euphemism
rescind
vital
fatuous
4. Stubborn; hardheaded
discordant
laconic
obstinate
precursor
5. To enjoy in a thorough manner; to relish; to fully appreciate
sporadic
slight
savor
endemic
6. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate
intrepid
dissertation
sever
eloquent
7. To abruptly and violently collapse inward
inopportune
implode
distill
buttress
8. Boldness; impudence; arrogance
decibel
bombast
advocate
effrontery
9. To appease; to calm by making concessions
intemperance
placate
tranquility
archaic
10. Unorthodox; iconoclastic; dissenting from established dogma
provoke
diffuse
heretical
impudent
11. Not objective; based upon internal perceptions rather than upon unprejudiced fact
subjective
prodigious
camouflage
superficial
12. The act of reestablishing harmony or friendly interactions
converge
reconciliation
pristine
treacherous
13. Ill-timed; unsuitable; inappropriate
volatile
inopportune
prone
taciturn
14. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
prodigal
restitution
dissemble
equivocate
15. Reserved - shy - or unassuming; lacking in self-confidence
equivocate
tortuous
perennial
diffident
16. To combine several elements into a whole
amalgamate
bolster
laud
prodigious
17. Not tied down; unrestrained
treacherous
unfettered
propensity
distill
18. Brief and concise
prodigal
succinct
eccentric
antipathy
19. To stray from the point; to go off on a tangent
distill
digress
brittle
meticulous
20. To worsen or intensify
aggravate
stanza
anomaly
denigrate
21. To imitate with the goal of rivaling or surpassing
pristine
emulate
tractable
diatribe
22. Improvised; done without preparation
vexation
succinct
extemporaneous
prone
23. The quality of being evenly balanced
symmetry
ephemeral
superfluous
camouflage
24. To defeat; to put down
eclectic
circumspect
discomfit
placate
25. Charitable and kind in action
discourse
discrete
beneficent
pragmatic
26. Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
repudiate
reconciliation
obsequious
diatribe
27. The quality or state of being unyielding or stiff
rigidity
consternation
desiccate
irascible
28. Lacking energy; sluggish or sleepy
perfunctory
antipathy
lethargic
infuse
29. The quality of being generously noble in the mind and heart - esp in forgiving
superficial
magnanimity
loquacious
solicitous
30. A speech honoring the dead
assuage
tranquil
tirade
eulogy
31. To force out; to discharge
trivial
convoluted
obdurate
expel
32. Serving or intended to compel by force or authority
plod
presumptuous
coercive
disabuse
33. Unclear; open to more than one potential meaning
equivocal
anesthetic
ambiguous
rhetoric
34. Having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice
secrete
indifferent
blithe
condone
35. Not obvious; elusive - difficult to discern
subtle
assuage
prune
amalgamate
36. Not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
extravagance
condemn
implacable
tentative
37. Trickery or subterfuge
anesthetic
chicanery
treacherous
eulogy
38. To give a false impression of'
denigrate
treacherous
subtle
belie
39. Pointlessly talkative; talking too much
fraud
repudiate
garrulous
banal
40. Unyielding; hardhearted
derivative
saturate
obdurate
censure
41. To calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intesity
mollify
subjective
somber
soliloquy
42. To blame or denounce
nonplused
condemn
corrosion
martial
43. To prod or drive forward; to urge on; incite
goad
wheedle
stimulant
luminous
44. To aid by making easier
facilitate
serenity
disingenuous
unfettered
45. To approve tacitly by overlooking or excusing; to allow or forgive
eclectic
ensure
ephemeral
condone
46. Discerning and sensitive use of speech; diplomacy
tact
somber
cacophony
squander
47. Marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial
admonish
glib
propensity
catalyst
48. Shrewdness and craftiness; slyness
provoke
cunning
perennial
placate
49. To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
enigmatic
exacerbate
assuage
tirade
50. Well-spoken; coherent
intrepid
misanthrope
anesthetic
articulate