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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. A natural inclination or tendency; penchant
propensity
perfunctory
luminous
insipid
2. Having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice
malevolent
indifferent
expel
rhetoric
3. Called for; authorized; justified
deviance
calibrate
warranted
slight
4. Possessing education - refinement and taste; polished
cultured
somber
obsequious
cynicism
5. To approve tacitly by overlooking or excusing; to allow or forgive
rigidity
condone
propagate
loquacious
6. To publicly praise or promote
eloquent
commensurate
pertinent
tout
7. Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
discrete
malevolent
obsequious
discordant
8. To force out; to discharge
expel
castigation
caustic
veracity
9. The quality of being generously noble in the mind and heart - esp in forgiving
dogma
prodigal
magnanimity
blithe
10. The act of making an assumption or taking something for granted
brevity
misanthrope
presumption
bolster
11. To tend toward the same spot or outcome; inclining to join at an intersecting point
capricious
brevity
converge
rescind
12. Ambiguous; doubtful or uncertain
equivocal
arduous
unfettered
porous
13. Having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
distill
facetious
pervasive
desiccate
14. A courteous and respectful yielding to the will of another
camouflage
deference
condone
anesthetic
15. A mild replacement for a harsher or more offensive term
tact
euphemism
parody
derivative
16. Excessive indulgence of appetite or passion - esp. in regard to alcohol; lack of constraint
fatuous
intemperance
meticulous
discrete
17. The act of returning something to its proper owner - or of compensating the owner for the loss of such an item; reparation
caustic
restitution
proliferate
beneficent
18. Thick; sticky
caustic
marginal
viscous
propagate
19. A support or prop - often an external prop used to bolster a wall
rigidity
plummet
flamboyant
buttress
20. Practical rather than idealistic
placate
cacophony
pragmatic
temper
21. The act of preparing or working land in order to grow crops
laconic
cultivation
imperturbable
superfluous
22. To moderate or soothe
cacophony
lackluster
temper
ascetic
23. One who practices rigid self-denial esp in religious devotion
presumption
derision
ascetic
ingenuity
24. Stillness; motionless; quality of being at rest
decibel
provoke
ascetic
quiescence
25. The art or study of effect use of language for communication and persuasion
stimulant
belie
veneration
rhetoric
26. To imitate with the goal of rivaling or surpassing
opprobrium
emulate
tact
penury
27. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate
nonplused
perfunctory
eloquent
derision
28. Using few words; terse
apprise
discourse
epitome
laconic
29. Depart secretly and hide
abscond
treacherous
diffident
conversion
30. Loud and high-pitched; screeching
onerous
correspond
inchoate
shrill
31. To worsen or intensify
maverick
aggravate
recluse
parody
32. Very learned; scholarly
diatribe
erudite
prodigious
perfunctory
33. A speech honoring the dead
eulogy
inundate
luminous
condone
34. Dull; lacking vitality or luminosity
lackluster
blithe
bombast
validity
35. To abruptly and violently collapse inward
dissemble
tractable
harangue
implode
36. The quality of being energized or filled with liveliness
extemporaneous
invigoration
heretical
defer
37. An expression of approval or praise
approbation
plod
tranquil
cynicism
38. To remove or separate by cutting off
eloquent
sever
unfettered
cynicism
39. Deceptive; based upon a false belief or impression
prodigious
tangential
illusory
unfettered
40. Daring and fearless; recklessly bold
audacious
vital
condone
lackluster
41. Marked by extreme calm - impassivity - and steadiness
arbitrary
glib
camouflage
imperturbable
42. Departing from norms or convention
treacherous
derivative
eccentric
veracity
43. yield; submit; bow
malevolent
covert
platitude
defer
44. An intense feeling of dislike or disgust
converge
scarce
anesthetic
aversion
45. yielding or submissive; amenable
tranquil
blithe
compliant
eccentric
46. To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
condone
convention
assuage
equivocate
47. One who avoids social contact and lives in seclusion
deference
recluse
approbation
inquisitive
48. An individual who lives poorly in order to hoard money; a person who is stingy
miser
converge
plethora
impose
49. Marked by stealth - covert - surreptitious
goad
extemporaneous
furtive
iconoclastic
50. Lacking energy; sluggish or sleepy
recluse
lethargic
anomalous
idiosyncrasy