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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. Truthfulness; honesty






2. The act of reestablishing harmony or friendly interactions






3. Lecture or discussion; conversation






4. Discreet; prudent; careful






5. Man-made; artificial; relating to or involving the combination of parts to make a whole






6. Hardship






7. Troubling burdensome






8. Small; lacking substance in degree - amount - or size






9. Playful humorous






10. To slow delay or hamper






11. An expression of approval or praise






12. The act of casting out or excluding an individual from a society or group; banishment






13. Misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy






14. To undeceive to set right






15. The quality of being energized or filled with liveliness






16. Stubborn; hardheaded






17. Without taste or flavor; lacking in spirits; bland






18. Seeming true - but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive






19. Outdated; associated with an earlier - perhaps more primitive time






20. Shortness or briefness - esp. in time






21. Reserved - shy - or unassuming; lacking in self-confidence






22. Extreme respect and reverence; worship






23. To invalidate; to repeal to retract






24. Wise and careful; showing good judgment






25. Baffled; in a quandry; at a loss for what to say or do






26. A means of disguising people or things to make them blend in with their surroundings






27. Docile; obedience; easily led






28. To force out; to discharge






29. Unit used in measuring the intensity of a sound






30. Scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment






31. Lacking faithfulness or loyalty; traitorous; unstable






32. An independent individual who does not go along with a group or party






33. Happening by fortunate accident or chance






34. Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary






35. A natural inclination or tendency; penchant






36. The quality of being generously noble in the mind and heart - esp in forgiving






37. Well-spoken; coherent






38. Distinct; individual






39. Deviating from the norm






40. An individual who lives poorly in order to hoard money; a person who is stingy






41. Deliberate deceit with the goal of gaining an unlawful advantage






42. To exist in agreement or conformity; harmonize






43. Dispersed or scattered; not centralized






44. To list or count off individually






45. Not obvious; elusive - difficult to discern






46. yield; submit; bow






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






48. To ensconce - conceal - or stow






49. Called for; authorized; justified






50. To plunge or drop straight down