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GRE High Frequency Words Vocab
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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. Not tied down; unrestrained
unfettered
lucid
inured
aberrant
2. Culled from many sources
luminous
eclectic
brevity
authoritarian
3. To appease; to calm by making concessions
anesthetic
loquacious
placate
tortuous
4. To abruptly and violently collapse inward
temper
equivocate
banal
implode
5. To ensconce - conceal - or stow
secrete
tentative
disinterest
presumptuous
6. Scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment
derision
amalgamate
rectify
laud
7. To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
inopportune
ephemeral
assuage
diffident
8. Ill-timed; unsuitable; inappropriate
repudiate
distill
enumerate
inopportune
9. Poverty; destitution
cultivation
propensity
compliant
penury
10. A substance that causes insensibility and removes pain
impudent
treacherous
anesthetic
parody
11. Insincere; lacking in honesty
disingenuous
presumptuous
denounce
bolster
12. Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
advocate
propagate
superfluous
derision
13. Very learned; scholarly
arbitrary
luminous
caustic
erudite
14. Essential for or relating to life; necessary
vital
archaic
platitude
harangue
15. To undeceive to set right
disabuse
pervasive
idiosyncrasy
denounce
16. Restricted or peculiar to a particular region; indigenous
diatribe
enigmatic
vigor
endemic
17. To coax; persuade - often through the use of flattery or smooth talk
perjury
wheedle
anesthetic
proliferate
18. Deceptive; based upon a false belief or impression
antipathy
impudent
illusory
imperturbable
19. Departing from norms or convention
eccentric
precipitate
erudite
platitude
20. Using few words; terse
calibrate
laconic
penury
stanza
21. Improvised; done without preparation
blithe
somber
idiosyncrasy
extemporaneous
22. Contemptibly fainthearted - lacking any courage
preempt
burgeon
craven
loquacious
23. The act of casting out or excluding an individual from a society or group; banishment
pristine
propagate
approbation
ostracism
24. Strong inclination; liking
banal
penchant
rhetoric
adversity
25. Carefree; merry
prodigal
lethargic
blithe
intemperance
26. Extreme brightness; possessing luminosity or genius
brittle
irascible
brilliance
subtle
27. In an initial stage; not fully formed
impose
archaic
inchoate
implicit
28. Concerned and attentive; eager
glib
amalgamate
solicitous
camouflage
29. An intense feeling of dislike or disgust
convoluted
aversion
dispersed
stanza
30. To blame or denounce
condemn
chicanery
exculpate
facilitate
31. Well-spoken; coherent
recluse
fawn
extravagance
articulate
32. Docile; obedience; easily led
enervate
tractable
authoritarian
synthetic
33. Wise and careful; showing good judgment
prudent
burnish
buttress
approbation
34. The act of reestablishing harmony or friendly interactions
savor
reconciliation
correspond
infuse
35. Mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand
enigmatic
exculpate
abscond
florid
36. To make worse or more severe
desiccate
exacerbate
brittle
proliferate
37. Playful humorous
fortuitous
lethargic
facetious
indifferent
38. Stillness; motionless; quality of being at rest
pedantic
cunning
fraud
quiescence
39. Burning or stinging; causing corrosion
obdurate
idiosyncrasy
hierarchy
caustic
40. A collection of lierary works by various authors
cynicism
anthology
secrete
proliferate
41. Self-important or pompous writing or speech
insipid
porous
perennial
bombast
42. Cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions
discretion
derivative
ingenuity
impudent
43. An informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
subtle
connoisseur
fidelity
martial
44. Easily visible; obvious
rhetoric
conspicuous
succinct
eloquent
45. To force out; to discharge
squander
brilliance
propensity
expel
46. To cut back or clip branches or other parts of a plant - esp parts that are dead
pristine
mundane
treacherous
prune
47. To dry out or dehydrate to make dry or dull
wheedle
miser
desiccate
convention
48. Only touching briefly upon the topic at hand; irrelevant
emulate
tangential
camouflage
compliant
49. To blacken; to belittle; to sully defame disparage
denigrate
derision
inured
serenity
50. Intended for or understood by a small - specific group
esoteric
martial
apprise
articulate