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GRE High Frequency Words Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Unclear; open to more than one potential meaning
ambiguous
caustic
anthology
anomalous
2. Cursory; done without care or interest
perfunctory
harangue
laud
tentative
3. Possessing education - refinement and taste; polished
harangue
cultured
distention
eclectic
4. Called for; authorized; justified
implicit
warranted
homogeneous
wheedle
5. Small; lacking substance in degree - amount - or size
obdurate
deference
obviate
slight
6. Stubborn; hardheaded
cogent
dissemble
precipitate
obstinate
7. An attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness
convention
inundate
cynicism
repudiate
8. The act or process of transforming to another form - state or product
impose
obdurate
treacherous
conversion
9. Playful humorous
equivocal
tractable
monotonous
facetious
10. Unit used in measuring the intensity of a sound
nonplused
meticulous
decibel
precipitate
11. An inclination or tendency
saturate
bent
archaic
propensity
12. Severe criticism or punishment
malevolent
discordant
slight
castigation
13. To enjoy in a thorough manner; to relish; to fully appreciate
precursor
irascible
plasticity
savor
14. Charitable and kind in action
scarce
beneficent
monotonous
serenity
15. To combine several elements into a whole
cower
anesthetic
perennial
amalgamate
16. To publicly condemn or criticize
rigidity
placate
tortuous
denounce
17. Tranquility; peacefulness
serenity
equivocal
retard
perennial
18. To ensconce - conceal - or stow
secrete
fawn
mollify
facetious
19. To cause to spread - multiply or reproduce
convoluted
inchoate
discordant
propagate
20. A long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation
tirade
anomalous
penchant
warranted
21. The quality of being generously noble in the mind and heart - esp in forgiving
calibrate
magnanimity
ostracism
cogent
22. Man-made; artificial; relating to or involving the combination of parts to make a whole
discourse
eccentric
convention
synthetic
23. Trickery or subterfuge
chicanery
subtle
discretion
tranquility
24. Dull; lacking vitality or luminosity
lackluster
craven
obsequious
secrete
25. Lacking originality; commonplace
cacophony
banal
ephemeral
burgeon
26. Refusing to compromise
imperturbable
eccentric
endemic
intransigent
27. Thick; sticky
solicitous
viscous
lethargic
equivocate
28. Brief and concise
succinct
recalcitrant
buttress
precipitate
29. To flatter or praise excessively
furtive
obstinate
unfettered
fawn
30. Improvised; done without preparation
extemporaneous
tout
iconoclastic
conspicuous
31. To flood or overwhelm
inundate
enumerate
veracity
defer
32. Departure or wandering away from the accepted standard
castigation
corroborate
deviation
antipathy
33. To appease; to calm by making concessions
convention
candor
placate
repudiate
34. To make right or fix; correct
intemperance
unfeigned
wheedle
rectify
35. Cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions
discretion
burnish
intemperance
aggravate
36. Lack of bias or involvement; impartiality; (ed) uninvolved; free from self-interest
eclectic
superficial
anachronistic
disinterest
37. To imbue; to pour in; to introduce; to instill
luminous
decibel
infuse
coercive
38. Marked by stealth - covert - surreptitious
deviation
dogmatic
derivative
furtive
39. To exist in agreement or conformity; harmonize
plasticity
correspond
brittle
aver
40. One who hates all other humans
obstinate
misanthrope
disabuse
brittle
41. To invalidate; to repeal to retract
capricious
lethargic
mollify
rescind
42. A superficial remark - esp. one offered as meaningful
tortuous
symmetry
cunning
platitude
43. Attacking cherished beliefs; heretical; heterodox
unfettered
laud
iconoclastic
florid
44. To defeat; to put down
condone
discomfit
stint
bent
45. An expression of approval or praise
extemporaneous
approbation
superfluous
slight
46. To praise highly
admonish
laud
rarefy
platitude
47. A substance that causes insensibility and removes pain
flamboyant
ambiguous
anesthetic
vigor
48. Scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment
derision
blithe
miser
digress
49. Honesty; frankness; sincerity
superfluous
candor
desiccate
extravagance
50. Adherence to the highest principles; uprightness
luminous
corroborate
probity
tractable