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GRE High Frequency Words Vocab
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gre
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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
subjective
deviation
laconic
impudent
2. A speech honoring the dead
exacerbate
onerous
eulogy
extend
3. Playful humorous
quiescence
inundate
facetious
specious
4. Stubborn; hardheaded
aberrant
succinct
centrifuge
obstinate
5. Insincere; lacking in honesty
decibel
propagate
disingenuous
archaic
6. Not tied down; unrestrained
precipitate
unfettered
disingenuous
penury
7. A long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation
trivial
pragmatic
tirade
superfluous
8. To imitate with the goal of rivaling or surpassing
expel
admonish
emulate
anachronistic
9. A humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect - esp. in literature and art
parody
authoritarian
unfettered
goad
10. To aid by making easier
deference
mitigate
facilitate
cultured
11. Naturally inclined; tending; likely
lucid
precursor
prone
burnish
12. Essential for or relating to life; necessary
precipitate
superfluous
inopportune
vital
13. To champion or support; to argue in favor of
florid
buttress
coercive
advocate
14. Misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
qualms
harangue
precipitate
catalyst
15. To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
proliferate
membrane
fidelity
temperate
16. Of the world; typical of or concerned w/the ordinary
mundane
obviate
inchoate
subtle
17. Not talkative; reserved
consternation
taciturn
innocuous
tirade
18. Conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound
loquacious
insipid
discordant
temperate
19. Departing from norms or convention
eccentric
deference
tentative
heretical
20. Winding; twisting; excessively complicated
fortuitous
tortuous
buttress
derivative
21. To abruptly and violently collapse inward
squander
fortuitous
implode
treacherous
22. Intended for or understood by a small - specific group
intrepid
aver
esoteric
reconciliation
23. Brief; fleeting
ephemeral
facilitate
centrifuge
endemic
24. Extreme respect and reverence; worship
bent
presumption
veneration
synthesis
25. Extreme brightness; possessing luminosity or genius
brilliance
circumspect
unfettered
denounce
26. To inspect - determine - or correct the graduations of an instrument by comparing it to a standard
dispersed
shrill
parody
calibrate
27. Lack of bias or involvement; impartiality; (ed) uninvolved; free from self-interest
correspond
dogma
disinterest
precipitate
28. Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
innocuous
covert
exacerbate
cogent
29. Strenuous - taxing
penchant
furtive
arduous
compliant
30. Abundant in size - force - or extent; extraordinary
precursor
brevity
disingenuous
prodigious
31. Discreet; prudent; careful
exculpate
centrifuge
condemn
circumspect
32. To list or count off individually
vigor
rectify
stint
enumerate
33. Occurring only occasionally - or in a scattered instances
apprise
innocuous
sporadic
inundate
34. Inclined to change one'S mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable
capricious
flamboyant
indifferent
warranted
35. Ill-timed; unsuitable; inappropriate
stint
impose
inopportune
secrete
36. Poverty; destitution
onerous
craven
implode
penury
37. Associated with war and the armed forces
implacable
articulate
catalyst
martial
38. Sad - sullen
morose
pragmatic
prune
equivocate
39. Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
superfluous
conspire
diffuse
inchoate
40. The act of preparing or working land in order to grow crops
conspire
inopportune
cultivation
savor
41. A support or prop - often an external prop used to bolster a wall
illusory
propitiate
buttress
dissertation
42. Dull and without variety; tedious
monotonous
nonplused
goad
superfluous
43. Embodiment; quintessence
dispersed
treacherous
epitome
discomfit
44. Honesty; frankness; sincerity
conversion
candor
inchoate
exculpate
45. Unclear; open to more than one potential meaning
ambiguous
camouflage
synthetic
converge
46. Lacking originality; commonplace
porous
reconciliation
banal
misanthrope
47. To confirm; to provide additional support; verify
exculpate
pedantic
discordant
corroborate
48. Made up of elements that are similar in nature or kind; uniform
vital
aggravate
abscond
homogeneous
49. Having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice
innocuous
indifferent
dogma
aggravate
50. Contemptibly fainthearted - lacking any courage
arduous
secrete
craven
eccentric