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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. Saucy; impertinent
ostracism
aversion
impudent
discordant
2. Contemptibly fainthearted - lacking any courage
validity
dissemble
craven
cultured
3. The quality of being generously noble in the mind and heart - esp in forgiving
volatile
magnanimity
quiescence
arbitrary
4. Abundant in size - force - or extent; extraordinary
goad
effrontery
pedantic
prodigious
5. Readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive
epitome
garrulous
volatile
placate
6. The quality of being energized or filled with liveliness
invigoration
defer
specious
porous
7. A generally agreed-upon practice or attitude
inundate
convention
restitution
enervate
8. To state as a fact; to confirm or support
maverick
aver
esoteric
conversion
9. Carefree; merry
discrete
cogent
blithe
prone
10. To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
circumspect
equivocal
obviate
assuage
11. Deviation from the normal order - form - or rule
unfeigned
anomaly
lucid
abscond
12. Departure or wandering away from the accepted standard
maverick
disinterest
cacophony
deviation
13. A speech made to oneself; a monologue
inopportune
soliloquy
discrete
emulate
14. To tend toward the same spot or outcome; inclining to join at an intersecting point
digress
converge
goad
mundane
15. Full of tiny openings able to absorb fluid or gas; permeable
perfunctory
viscous
porous
disingenuous
16. A harsh denunciation
deference
diatribe
tirade
misanthrope
17. To abruptly and violently collapse inward
burnish
implode
irascible
precursor
18. A mournful poem - esp one lamenting the dead
mitigate
elegy
equivocal
brilliance
19. Deceptive; based upon a false belief or impression
antipathy
calibrate
unfeigned
illusory
20. A humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect - esp. in literature and art
parody
heretical
precursor
propitiate
21. State or quality of differing from the accepted norm; abnormality
dissemble
secrete
deviance
probity
22. Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
cogent
sanction
facilitate
tact
23. Troubling burdensome
fortuitous
onerous
equivocate
hierarchy
24. To make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
glib
tractable
mitigate
monotonous
25. A collection of lierary works by various authors
enigmatic
harangue
anthology
elegy
26. Thick; sticky
chicanery
viscous
impudent
aggravate
27. Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
epitome
flamboyant
mollify
obsequious
28. Characterized by a preference for complete obedience to authority; domineering
calibrate
authoritarian
synthesis
rarefy
29. Not tied down; unrestrained
unfettered
idiosyncrasy
pervasive
loquacious
30. A speech honoring the dead
monotonous
eulogy
implicit
buttress
31. Loud and high-pitched; screeching
diatribe
scarce
shrill
illusory
32. To force out; to discharge
viscous
symmetry
expel
propagate
33. Payment given for services rendered or for loss
compensation
luminous
quiescence
diffident
34. To worsen or intensify
illusory
enigmatic
aggravate
sever
35. An intense feeling of dislike or disgust
commensurate
aversion
savor
compliant
36. To undeceive to set right
tranquil
recluse
burgeon
disabuse
37. To criticize severely to officially rebuke
insipid
censure
exacerbate
probity
38. A courteous and respectful yielding to the will of another
articulate
deference
plummet
harangue
39. A person or thing that causes change
diffident
subjective
catalyst
plummet
40. Brief and concise
effrontery
articulate
succinct
compensation
41. To move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in decision
abscond
caustic
waver
unfettered
42. Ostentatious or showy; flashy
treacherous
serenity
flamboyant
camouflage
43. Marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial
dissemble
glib
ingenuity
sanction
44. To cut back or clip branches or other parts of a plant - esp parts that are dead
proliferate
burnish
iconoclastic
prune
45. Dull; lacking vitality or luminosity
extemporaneous
trivial
onerous
lackluster
46. To fill until there is no further capacity for absorbance; to soak
magnanimity
garrulous
cogent
saturate
47. Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
disingenuous
superfluous
capricious
conspire
48. To waste by spending or using irresponsibly
restitution
specious
squander
obstinate
49. Flowery; ruddy; ornate
florid
heretical
lethargic
harangue
50. Peaceful; calm
cultured
taciturn
tranquil
extravagance