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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. Not objective; based upon internal perceptions rather than upon unprejudiced fact
recluse
shrill
subjective
desiccate
2. Deceptive; based upon a false belief or impression
homogeneous
illusory
banal
imperturbable
3. Dull; lacking vitality or luminosity
consternation
lackluster
brilliance
capricious
4. Baffled; in a quandry; at a loss for what to say or do
laud
extraneous
nonplused
indifferent
5. Saucy; impertinent
vigor
impudent
mollify
porous
6. Troubling burdensome
prodigious
onerous
elegy
catalyst
7. The act of reestablishing harmony or friendly interactions
propagate
bolster
reconciliation
eloquent
8. A means of disguising people or things to make them blend in with their surroundings
savor
belie
camouflage
temperate
9. The act of returning something to its proper owner - or of compensating the owner for the loss of such an item; reparation
obviate
superfluous
heretical
restitution
10. Serving or intended to compel by force or authority
bent
veracity
coercive
inquisitive
11. Act or process of causing deterioration; a wearing away esp of metals
fawn
propitiate
perennial
corrosion
12. Dispersed or scattered; not centralized
compensation
diffuse
pristine
restitution
13. Only touching briefly upon the topic at hand; irrelevant
discrete
anomaly
tangential
tout
14. To lengthen or stretch out
admonish
goad
fidelity
extend
15. To give notice to; to inform
banal
obsequious
apprise
impose
16. Spread out or scattered
laud
buttress
abscond
dispersed
17. To make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
mitigate
symmetry
commensurate
prudent
18. Able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance
intransigent
solvent
convention
presumption
19. Small; lacking substance in degree - amount - or size
lethargic
slight
glib
circumspect
20. Unoriginal; obtained from another source
prodigious
implicit
derivative
imperturbable
21. To tend toward the same spot or outcome; inclining to join at an intersecting point
proliferate
imperturbable
squander
converge
22. To fill until there is no further capacity for absorbance; to soak
wheedle
unfeigned
propitiate
saturate
23. Severe criticism or punishment
tortuous
pristine
castigation
cunning
24. Calmness; serenity; peacefulness
centrifuge
veneration
tranquility
implicit
25. Deviating from the norm
loquacious
fraud
hierarchy
aberrant
26. The purposeful giving of false or misleading testimony while under oath
correspond
equivocate
perjury
ephemeral
27. Possessing education - refinement and taste; polished
cultured
implode
provoke
laud
28. Seeming true - but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive
specious
vital
pervasive
penchant
29. A support or prop - often an external prop used to bolster a wall
enumerate
buttress
aberrant
derivative
30. To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
assuage
infuse
stimulant
connoisseur
31. A group of two or more verses or lines that make up a division in a poem and correspond in rhyme - meter - and length
archaic
inquisitive
stanza
ascetic
32. The quality of being energized or filled with liveliness
invigoration
ensure
imperturbable
calibrate
33. To disguise or conceal
opprobrium
dissemble
lucid
tacit
34. To calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intesity
esoteric
mollify
discrete
martial
35. Matching; corresponding or proportionate in degree - size - or amount
synthetic
dissertation
unfeigned
commensurate
36. Cursory; done without care or interest
distention
perfunctory
aberrant
erudite
37. To combine several elements into a whole
euphemism
amalgamate
presumptuous
lethargic
38. Using few words; terse
quiescence
laconic
temperate
perfunctory
39. To force out; to discharge
mollify
penury
expel
audacious
40. Cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions
discretion
inopportune
symmetry
obviate
41. Of the world; typical of or concerned w/the ordinary
monotonous
superficial
catalyst
mundane
42. Apt to break or crack due to a lack of elasticity; fragile
brittle
connoisseur
blithe
deviation
43. Strong inclination; liking
discourse
penchant
platitude
elegy
44. The combination of parts to make a whole
brilliance
synthesis
brevity
propagate
45. Exonerate; to clear of blame
invigoration
exculpate
extraneous
calibrate
46. Harsh - jarring - discordant sound
repudiate
bolster
cacophony
subjective
47. Not definite; uncertain; experimental
tentative
flamboyant
bolster
advocate
48. Stubbornly opinionated
capricious
banal
dogmatic
ephemeral
49. The state or act of extending or being swollen out of shape
cunning
distention
equivocate
compliant
50. Peaceful; calm
tranquil
treacherous
tact
perjury