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GRE High Frequency Words Vocab
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1. yield; submit; bow
eclectic
precursor
elegy
defer
2. Lacking depth; existing on or near the surface
superficial
monotonous
dispersed
eccentric
3. Acting with excessive haste or impulse
anthology
distill
precipitate
propitiate
4. Burning or stinging; causing corrosion
disabuse
censure
mundane
caustic
5. Having or showing often viscious ill-will -spite - hatred
fawn
malevolent
approbation
burgeon
6. Disgrace; contempt; scorn
presumption
opprobrium
soliloquy
recalcitrant
7. Stubborn; hardheaded
obstinate
frugality
aver
illusory
8. Lack of bias or involvement; impartiality; (ed) uninvolved; free from self-interest
specious
admonish
laconic
disinterest
9. To purify or concentrate through a process of vaporization
distill
perfunctory
esoteric
disingenuous
10. To stray from the point; to go off on a tangent
digress
diffident
conspicuous
placate
11. Calmness; serenity; peacefulness
banal
fraud
symmetry
tranquility
12. Seeming true - but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive
propagate
laconic
cunning
specious
13. To invalidate; to repeal to retract
condone
rescind
symmetry
prone
14. Lacking energy; sluggish or sleepy
euphemism
cynicism
lethargic
savor
15. Unclear; open to more than one potential meaning
imperturbable
convention
defer
ambiguous
16. Hidden - clandestine
covert
savor
parody
cultivation
17. Doctrine or set of religious principles
serenity
compensation
miser
dogma
18. Tranquility; peacefulness
brittle
shrill
serenity
defer
19. Playful humorous
facetious
furtive
irascible
synthetic
20. Happening by fortunate accident or chance
restitution
plummet
stint
fortuitous
21. Discerning and sensitive use of speech; diplomacy
eulogy
eloquent
enigmatic
tact
22. To make right or fix; correct
rectify
implode
coercive
authoritarian
23. A harsh denunciation
brevity
spurious
ostracism
diatribe
24. Reserved - shy - or unassuming; lacking in self-confidence
aberrant
diffident
lackluster
buttress
25. Saucy; impertinent
diffuse
warranted
tentative
impudent
26. Culled from many sources
eclectic
cogent
frugality
implicit
27. Refusing to compromise
beneficent
intransigent
extend
calibrate
28. Dull; lacking vitality or luminosity
subjective
intrepid
lackluster
squander
29. To grow rapidly or flourish
burgeon
converge
censure
stimulant
30. Lacking faithfulness or loyalty; traitorous; unstable
bombast
plod
treacherous
exculpate
31. Not tied down; unrestrained
infuse
unfettered
heretical
compliant
32. To force out; to discharge
superfluous
expel
synthetic
stanza
33. An individual who lives poorly in order to hoard money; a person who is stingy
provoke
miser
approbation
burgeon
34. Essential for or relating to life; necessary
converge
arduous
scarce
vital
35. An inclination or tendency
implode
bent
extraneous
ambiguous
36. To remove or strip esp clothing
divest
flamboyant
assuage
plethora
37. To praise highly
deference
banal
laud
craven
38. To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
assuage
eloquent
deviation
arduous
39. Clear; easily understood
arduous
lucid
recluse
propagate
40. The quality of being evenly balanced
corroborate
lucid
symmetry
amalgamate
41. One who avoids social contact and lives in seclusion
recluse
bombast
pedantic
inundate
42. To publicly praise or promote
digress
tout
fatuous
abscond
43. To abruptly and violently collapse inward
plethora
implode
banal
chicanery
44. Rare and insufficient
qualms
candor
anthology
scarce
45. To confirm; to provide additional support; verify
circumspect
corroborate
hierarchy
propitiate
46. The quality of being energized or filled with liveliness
invigoration
tentative
enervate
ambiguous
47. To ensconce - conceal - or stow
secrete
ensure
trivial
laud
48. To coax; persuade - often through the use of flattery or smooth talk
unfeigned
spurious
extraneous
wheedle
49. The quality of being generously noble in the mind and heart - esp in forgiving
facilitate
audacious
magnanimity
emulate
50. To trudge; to move slowly and heavily
extravagance
solvent
plod
cunning