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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. Charitable and kind in action
fawn
veracity
marginal
beneficent
2. Relating to or at an edge or boundary; minimal
scarce
marginal
tractable
symmetry
3. Steadfast and courageous
discomfit
lucid
intrepid
ephemeral
4. Not objective; based upon internal perceptions rather than upon unprejudiced fact
plethora
correspond
inundate
subjective
5. Lack of bias or involvement; impartiality; (ed) uninvolved; free from self-interest
disinterest
morose
anomaly
divest
6. Characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
meticulous
rectify
distill
centrifuge
7. Unorthodox; iconoclastic; dissenting from established dogma
cultivation
miser
heretical
presumptuous
8. A means of disguising people or things to make them blend in with their surroundings
sever
homogeneous
camouflage
adversity
9. Excessive indulgence of appetite or passion - esp. in regard to alcohol; lack of constraint
intemperance
succinct
conspicuous
onerous
10. To appease; to conciliate
ostracism
obsequious
propitiate
effrontery
11. Associated with war and the armed forces
indifferent
eulogy
martial
specious
12. Insincere; lacking in honesty
disingenuous
caustic
extraneous
exculpate
13. Cleverness or inventiveness
extravagance
diffuse
saturate
ingenuity
14. To remove completely; to annihilate; to pull out by the roots
inquisitive
magnanimity
eradicate
anachronistic
15. To aid by making easier
facilitate
craven
secrete
enumerate
16. Silly inanely foolish
martial
repudiate
fatuous
ingenuity
17. To abruptly and violently collapse inward
cynicism
sanction
implode
diffuse
18. To waste by spending or using irresponsibly
assuage
ambiguous
tirade
squander
19. Obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
perjury
cunning
recalcitrant
mundane
20. Lavishness; an unnecessary or unrestrained spend esp. of funds
iconoclastic
synthesis
extravagance
disinterest
21. State or quality of differing from the accepted norm; abnormality
propitiate
deviance
tout
spurious
22. Practical rather than idealistic
florid
pragmatic
derision
superficial
23. To enjoy in a thorough manner; to relish; to fully appreciate
nonplused
divest
savor
erudite
24. Easily visible; obvious
conspicuous
fawn
intemperance
consternation
25. Ambiguous; doubtful or uncertain
equivocal
prone
conspire
obstinate
26. Dispersed or scattered; not centralized
solvent
tranquility
diffuse
fraud
27. Marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial
solicitous
glib
discretion
probity
28. Without taste or flavor; lacking in spirits; bland
insipid
laconic
slight
candor
29. The act of making an assumption or taking something for granted
viscous
diffident
presumption
prudent
30. An inclination or tendency
stimulant
proliferate
bent
implicit
31. To make or become thin - less dense; to refine
inured
rarefy
compensation
warranted
32. Culled from many sources
specious
secrete
marginal
eclectic
33. To give notice to; to inform
saturate
apprise
equivocal
eloquent
34. Essential for or relating to life; necessary
meticulous
tranquil
vital
anomalous
35. Ill-timed; unsuitable; inappropriate
prone
validity
inopportune
disinterest
36. In an initial stage; not fully formed
inchoate
effrontery
denigrate
invigoration
37. An invigorating substance that excites mental or physical activity
enumerate
mitigate
parody
stimulant
38. To inspect - determine - or correct the graduations of an instrument by comparing it to a standard
retard
lackluster
eulogy
calibrate
39. Improvised; done without preparation
eccentric
innocuous
cultivation
extemporaneous
40. The act of returning something to its proper owner - or of compensating the owner for the loss of such an item; reparation
calibrate
specious
wheedle
restitution
41. To publicly condemn or criticize
rarefy
craven
erudite
denounce
42. Readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive
blithe
volatile
restitution
discrete
43. Marked by extreme calm - impassivity - and steadiness
imperturbable
discordant
sanction
tentative
44. To remove or separate by cutting off
sporadic
sever
subjective
advocate
45. Dull; lacking vitality or luminosity
lackluster
laconic
proliferate
secrete
46. A means of disguising people or things to make them blend in with their surroundings
propensity
ensure
tentative
camouflage
47. Dark and depressing; mournful
somber
presumptuous
euphemism
penury
48. To reprove; to express warning or disapproval
conspire
admonish
diatribe
somber
49. Only touching briefly upon the topic at hand; irrelevant
candor
tangential
tranquil
extraneous
50. Characterized by brightness and the emission of light
commensurate
extraneous
parody
luminous