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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. Unorthodox; iconoclastic; dissenting from established dogma
admonish
inchoate
heretical
anomaly
2. Deceptive; based upon a false belief or impression
solicitous
obviate
illusory
monotonous
3. The act or process of transforming to another form - state or product
catalyst
ensure
conversion
buttress
4. Daring and fearless; recklessly bold
audacious
glib
opprobrium
bombast
5. Lavishness; an unnecessary or unrestrained spend esp. of funds
sever
pedantic
hierarchy
extravagance
6. A person or thing that causes change
catalyst
authoritarian
plasticity
camouflage
7. Loud and high-pitched; screeching
enumerate
buttress
shrill
garrulous
8. Concerned and attentive; eager
tacit
censure
solicitous
apprise
9. Brief and concise
succinct
intrepid
corroborate
temper
10. A mournful poem - esp one lamenting the dead
superfluous
solvent
elegy
laconic
11. To move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in decision
insipid
fawn
conspire
waver
12. To give notice to; to inform
idiosyncrasy
apprise
abscond
mollify
13. To compel or require; to push one'S views or authority upon others
impose
deference
plethora
ephemeral
14. Inclined to change one'S mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable
saturate
garrulous
taciturn
capricious
15. In an initial stage; not fully formed
anomaly
impose
inchoate
prone
16. To worsen or intensify
superfluous
idiosyncrasy
serenity
aggravate
17. The quality of being generously noble in the mind and heart - esp in forgiving
maverick
nonplused
magnanimity
intransigent
18. Deliberate deceit with the goal of gaining an unlawful advantage
fraud
implicit
unfeigned
harangue
19. To champion or support; to argue in favor of
cogent
temper
florid
advocate
20. Seeming true - but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive
intrepid
specious
deviance
facilitate
21. A substance that causes insensibility and removes pain
audacious
compliant
glib
anesthetic
22. To guarantee or make certain
superfluous
chicanery
ensure
circumspect
23. To ensconce - conceal - or stow
ambiguous
secrete
anomaly
convoluted
24. An attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness
temper
cynicism
obviate
banal
25. Abundant in size - force - or extent; extraordinary
derision
arduous
prodigious
specious
26. Possessing education - refinement and taste; polished
cogent
cultured
ambiguous
distention
27. To flood or overwhelm
convention
vexation
pragmatic
inundate
28. Genuine; not false or hypocritical
recalcitrant
corroborate
unfeigned
derision
29. Abnormal; deviating from the common or general type
superfluous
anomalous
magnanimity
pertinent
30. Authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance
centrifuge
sanction
opprobrium
lucid
31. Obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
articulate
bent
dissertation
recalcitrant
32. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate
discrete
unfettered
waver
eloquent
33. Readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive
volatile
precipitate
brittle
aggravate
34. Lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
spurious
symmetry
extravagance
dissertation
35. Hidden - clandestine
morose
covert
dispersed
burgeon
36. Peaceful; calm
placate
propagate
tranquil
distill
37. Deviation from the normal order - form - or rule
lackluster
tortuous
anomaly
subtle
38. Boldness; impudence; arrogance
fawn
effrontery
treacherous
anthology
39. Calmness; serenity; peacefulness
tranquility
qualms
dissertation
squander
40. Sad - sullen
miser
extemporaneous
squander
morose
41. Marked by extreme calm - impassivity - and steadiness
imperturbable
fidelity
loquacious
plod
42. To dry out or dehydrate to make dry or dull
camouflage
correspond
eclectic
desiccate
43. To polish; to rub to a shine
burnish
tangential
cower
disingenuous
44. One who practices rigid self-denial esp in religious devotion
provoke
ascetic
consternation
derivative
45. To slow delay or hamper
covert
retard
candor
garrulous
46. To undeceive to set right
prudent
disabuse
taciturn
specious
47. Small; lacking substance in degree - amount - or size
fawn
obviate
propagate
slight
48. Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
temperate
conspicuous
ambiguous
superfluous
49. Not obvious; elusive - difficult to discern
abscond
equivocate
platitude
subtle
50. To coax; persuade - often through the use of flattery or smooth talk
furtive
wheedle
blithe
obstinate