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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. Characterized by a preference for complete obedience to authority; domineering
calibrate
authoritarian
enumerate
penury
2. A substance that causes insensibility and removes pain
morose
recluse
burnish
anesthetic
3. In an initial stage; not fully formed
inchoate
eulogy
diffident
expel
4. Cleverness or inventiveness
volatile
ingenuity
eloquent
capricious
5. Characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
fidelity
obstinate
prodigious
meticulous
6. Stubborn; hardheaded
prune
vexation
obstinate
restitution
7. To criticize severely to officially rebuke
pristine
advocate
censure
extemporaneous
8. One who practices rigid self-denial esp in religious devotion
ascetic
epitome
enervate
squander
9. Hidden - clandestine
covert
deference
porous
censure
10. The state or act of extending or being swollen out of shape
succinct
pertinent
diffident
distention
11. To coax; persuade - often through the use of flattery or smooth talk
stimulant
prodigal
wheedle
fawn
12. Ill-timed; unsuitable; inappropriate
superfluous
superficial
inopportune
apprise
13. To cause to spread - multiply or reproduce
lackluster
propagate
eradicate
brittle
14. Honesty; frankness; sincerity
defer
obsequious
candor
articulate
15. Well-spoken; coherent
articulate
disabuse
tout
spurious
16. Truthfulness; honesty
enumerate
pragmatic
homogeneous
veracity
17. To dry out or dehydrate to make dry or dull
garrulous
desiccate
pervasive
qualms
18. Distinct; individual
homogeneous
presumptuous
discrete
endemic
19. To undeceive to set right
warranted
taciturn
exacerbate
disabuse
20. To polish; to rub to a shine
taciturn
burnish
squander
expel
21. Departure or wandering away from the accepted standard
tranquility
deviation
disingenuous
prune
22. Carefree; merry
prodigal
blithe
extend
disingenuous
23. Lacking energy; sluggish or sleepy
lethargic
frugality
goad
volatile
24. Misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
recluse
admonish
qualms
epitome
25. Called for; authorized; justified
prune
warranted
diffident
fawn
26. The purposeful giving of false or misleading testimony while under oath
perjury
dispersed
castigation
prodigious
27. Annoyance or irritation
eclectic
vexation
arbitrary
presumption
28. Dispersed or scattered; not centralized
treacherous
shrill
propitiate
diffuse
29. An individual who lives poorly in order to hoard money; a person who is stingy
distention
miser
laconic
adversity
30. Brief; fleeting
convention
ephemeral
distill
obviate
31. Self-important or pompous writing or speech
pertinent
bombast
precipitate
adversity
32. Deceptive; based upon a false belief or impression
aberrant
lucid
prodigal
illusory
33. To confirm; to provide additional support; verify
cunning
tranquility
stimulant
corroborate
34. Thriftiness; economy; prudence in financial matters
fortuitous
frugality
irascible
convoluted
35. To publicly condemn or criticize
denounce
calibrate
commensurate
endemic
36. Outdated; associated with an earlier - perhaps more primitive time
vexation
capricious
calibrate
archaic
37. Having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
consternation
decibel
belie
pervasive
38. An independent individual who does not go along with a group or party
inopportune
maverick
shrill
nonplused
39. Excessive indulgence of appetite or passion - esp. in regard to alcohol; lack of constraint
fawn
cower
intemperance
penchant
40. Unit used in measuring the intensity of a sound
decibel
insipid
desiccate
taciturn
41. Lacking depth; existing on or near the surface
diffuse
inopportune
superficial
castigation
42. A mild replacement for a harsher or more offensive term
denigrate
epitome
euphemism
validity
43. An expression of approval or praise
laud
perennial
reconciliation
approbation
44. Brief and concise
succinct
belie
audacious
savor
45. Happening by fortunate accident or chance
distention
fortuitous
glib
correspond
46. Loud and high-pitched; screeching
shrill
vigor
fatuous
ensure
47. Disgrace; contempt; scorn
eradicate
lackluster
opprobrium
dissemble
48. Accustomed to accepting something undesirable
inured
recluse
volatile
savor
49. To disguise or conceal
dissemble
rarefy
warranted
pragmatic
50. To enjoy in a thorough manner; to relish; to fully appreciate
savor
aggravate
aversion
denigrate