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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. Strenuous - taxing
subjective
prone
arduous
eccentric
2. Carefree; merry
saturate
ascetic
opprobrium
blithe
3. To reprove; to express warning or disapproval
admonish
endemic
intemperance
decibel
4. Able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance
mitigate
intemperance
solvent
propensity
5. To disguise or conceal
inopportune
dissemble
cultivation
adversity
6. Unorthodox; iconoclastic; dissenting from established dogma
plethora
heretical
hierarchy
extraneous
7. To lengthen or stretch out
diffuse
discomfit
florid
extend
8. Intended for or understood by a small - specific group
cultured
esoteric
quiescence
imperturbable
9. Marked by stealth - covert - surreptitious
furtive
aberrant
rigidity
mitigate
10. A thin - flexible film of tissue that covers or lines an organ
membrane
convention
unfeigned
emulate
11. The art or study of effect use of language for communication and persuasion
symmetry
rhetoric
unfeigned
malevolent
12. Lack of bias or involvement; impartiality; (ed) uninvolved; free from self-interest
trivial
disinterest
castigation
diffident
13. Only touching briefly upon the topic at hand; irrelevant
tangential
imperturbable
discrete
symmetry
14. Improvised; done without preparation
ephemeral
innocuous
effrontery
extemporaneous
15. To guarantee or make certain
disinterest
plethora
scarce
ensure
16. Matching; corresponding or proportionate in degree - size - or amount
commensurate
prodigious
penchant
fatuous
17. Shortness or briefness - esp. in time
brevity
anomaly
admonish
somber
18. A long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation
tirade
bombast
inquisitive
tranquility
19. Troubling burdensome
onerous
aver
inopportune
lucid
20. Unclear; open to more than one potential meaning
impose
ambiguous
taciturn
fortuitous
21. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
prodigal
emulate
catalyst
aberrant
22. A humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect - esp. in literature and art
parody
volatile
exacerbate
innocuous
23. Deviating from the norm
extend
distill
aberrant
prodigal
24. Naturally inclined; tending; likely
prone
quiescence
prodigious
malevolent
25. To imitate with the goal of rivaling or surpassing
rescind
taciturn
emulate
chicanery
26. A courteous and respectful yielding to the will of another
correspond
deference
emulate
diffident
27. A collection of lierary works by various authors
cunning
facetious
anthology
equivocate
28. The quality of being energized or filled with liveliness
disinterest
invigoration
mollify
bombast
29. Lavishness; an unnecessary or unrestrained spend esp. of funds
luminous
qualms
prodigal
extravagance
30. Complex or complicated
convoluted
invigoration
stint
fraud
31. Acting with excessive haste or impulse
correspond
succinct
precipitate
invigoration
32. One who practices rigid self-denial esp in religious devotion
implicit
lethargic
ascetic
indifferent
33. An attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness
cynicism
imperturbable
infuse
malevolent
34. Belonging to another time; removed from natural chronological context
spurious
chicanery
laud
anachronistic
35. Baffled; in a quandry; at a loss for what to say or do
nonplused
lethargic
tangential
diffident
36. Stubbornly opinionated
idiosyncrasy
camouflage
dogmatic
intemperance
37. Harmless; causing no damage
aggravate
saturate
innocuous
disinterest
38. Winding; twisting; excessively complicated
tortuous
nonplused
subjective
repudiate
39. Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
inopportune
superfluous
quiescence
erudite
40. Saucy; impertinent
perennial
monotonous
inquisitive
impudent
41. Hidden - clandestine
euphemism
extraneous
covert
diffident
42. A mournful poem - esp one lamenting the dead
antipathy
veracity
hierarchy
elegy
43. To publicly condemn or criticize
penchant
censure
disabuse
denounce
44. To restrain; to be sparing or frugal
caustic
stint
wheedle
bent
45. A system in which individuals or things are ranked in a particular order
hierarchy
synthetic
recluse
cogent
46. Not tied down; unrestrained
unfettered
bolster
archaic
facetious
47. Shrink in fear - cringe
exculpate
esoteric
cower
penchant
48. A substance that causes insensibility and removes pain
cunning
perfunctory
anesthetic
euphemism
49. Exonerate; to clear of blame
equivocal
retard
exculpate
sanction
50. To abruptly and violently collapse inward
sever
ostracism
implode
obviate