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GRE High Frequency Words Vocab
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gre
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english
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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. Distinct; individual
discrete
vexation
tranquil
cacophony
2. The art or study of effect use of language for communication and persuasion
ingenuity
scarce
effrontery
rhetoric
3. To exist in agreement or conformity; harmonize
fidelity
correspond
intransigent
misanthrope
4. Made up of elements that are similar in nature or kind; uniform
homogeneous
pragmatic
brevity
cunning
5. A means of disguising people or things to make them blend in with their surroundings
camouflage
cower
hierarchy
implacable
6. Harsh - jarring - discordant sound
intrepid
eccentric
cacophony
plod
7. Abnormal; deviating from the common or general type
superfluous
anomalous
distill
plasticity
8. To cut back or clip branches or other parts of a plant - esp parts that are dead
prune
extraneous
mitigate
aggravate
9. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
solicitous
prodigal
glib
censure
10. To appease; to calm by making concessions
unfeigned
placate
esoteric
rhetoric
11. To list or count off individually
enumerate
covert
epitome
insipid
12. To flood or overwhelm
inundate
buttress
tout
compliant
13. To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
proliferate
facilitate
bent
lackluster
14. A superficial remark - esp. one offered as meaningful
onerous
superficial
platitude
laconic
15. Possessing education - refinement and taste; polished
endemic
cultured
catalyst
marginal
16. The act of making an assumption or taking something for granted
anachronistic
presumption
eulogy
amalgamate
17. To champion or support; to argue in favor of
solicitous
extemporaneous
advocate
enervate
18. Moderate; marked by restraint and lack of extremes
denounce
temperate
conspicuous
unfettered
19. To restrain; to be sparing or frugal
quiescence
fatuous
discordant
stint
20. Contemptibly fainthearted - lacking any courage
approbation
repudiate
craven
corrosion
21. To make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
rarefy
vital
prodigious
mitigate
22. Pliability; malleability; flexibility
burnish
plasticity
facetious
derivative
23. To praise highly
mollify
harangue
probity
laud
24. To imitate with the goal of rivaling or surpassing
loquacious
diffuse
emulate
discomfit
25. To combine several elements into a whole
vigor
eclectic
prodigal
amalgamate
26. Payment given for services rendered or for loss
goad
infuse
sporadic
compensation
27. Inclined to change one'S mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable
anomaly
capricious
candor
desiccate
28. A humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect - esp. in literature and art
ensure
centrifuge
parody
inundate
29. Harmless; causing no damage
secrete
anomalous
innocuous
inured
30. To compel or require; to push one'S views or authority upon others
aberrant
ascetic
banal
impose
31. To make worse or more severe
exacerbate
capricious
morose
divest
32. Reserved - shy - or unassuming; lacking in self-confidence
vital
diffident
consternation
intransigent
33. Insincere; lacking in honesty
perjury
misanthrope
disingenuous
diffuse
34. Truthfulness; honesty
prune
veracity
unfettered
extemporaneous
35. A generally agreed-upon practice or attitude
disabuse
audacious
caustic
convention
36. The state or act of extending or being swollen out of shape
banal
fatuous
distention
illusory
37. Excessive indulgence of appetite or passion - esp. in regard to alcohol; lack of constraint
restitution
exculpate
intemperance
condone
38. Boldness; impudence; arrogance
convention
savor
effrontery
plethora
39. Abundant in size - force - or extent; extraordinary
prodigious
illusory
tentative
perjury
40. Aversion; dislike
antipathy
anomalous
discordant
recalcitrant
41. Lavishness; an unnecessary or unrestrained spend esp. of funds
harangue
intransigent
extravagance
veneration
42. To make right or fix; correct
unfettered
rectify
mitigate
craven
43. To prod or drive forward; to urge on; incite
ingenuity
ambiguous
unfeigned
goad
44. Dark and depressing; mournful
perjury
circumspect
frugality
somber
45. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate
eradicate
ensure
eloquent
wheedle
46. Departure or wandering away from the accepted standard
aver
vexation
deviation
reconciliation
47. To blacken; to belittle; to sully defame disparage
denigrate
solvent
authoritarian
denounce
48. Genuine; not false or hypocritical
invigoration
unfeigned
discordant
apprise
49. Not vital or pertinent; irrelevant
discordant
proliferate
aggravate
extraneous
50. Marked by stealth - covert - surreptitious
mitigate
decibel
penury
furtive