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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. Unit used in measuring the intensity of a sound
idiosyncrasy
implode
condone
decibel
2. Not vital or pertinent; irrelevant
elegy
prodigal
commensurate
extraneous
3. Act or process of causing deterioration; a wearing away esp of metals
centrifuge
corrosion
cogent
fidelity
4. Doctrine or set of religious principles
conversion
divest
dogma
enervate
5. An overabundance; a surplus
pristine
plethora
condone
aggravate
6. Called for; authorized; justified
warranted
shrill
bolster
expel
7. Shrewdness and craftiness; slyness
eradicate
precursor
reconciliation
cunning
8. A speech made to oneself; a monologue
burgeon
malevolent
soliloquy
taciturn
9. Depart secretly and hide
dissemble
corroborate
abscond
apprise
10. Dull and without variety; tedious
extravagance
flamboyant
anomalous
monotonous
11. One who hates all other humans
symmetry
probity
misanthrope
camouflage
12. Only touching briefly upon the topic at hand; irrelevant
indifferent
dispersed
intemperance
tangential
13. To stray from the point; to go off on a tangent
lethargic
digress
diatribe
covert
14. To flatter or praise excessively
fawn
banal
morose
discretion
15. A long and formal written thesis or treatise - usually written by a doctoral candidate to meet a degree requirement
cogent
cultivation
dissertation
warranted
16. Carefree; merry
banal
morose
propitiate
blithe
17. Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
lucid
perjury
obsequious
inured
18. Thriftiness; economy; prudence in financial matters
tangential
frugality
veneration
synthesis
19. To defeat; to put down
temper
discourse
plethora
discomfit
20. An individual who lives poorly in order to hoard money; a person who is stingy
facetious
miser
rescind
furtive
21. Characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
inquisitive
meticulous
blithe
onerous
22. Implied; not explicitly stated
tacit
pedantic
spurious
onerous
23. The act of returning something to its proper owner - or of compensating the owner for the loss of such an item; reparation
aggravate
converge
restitution
intrepid
24. Without taste or flavor; lacking in spirits; bland
aversion
sporadic
insipid
implacable
25. To criticize severely to officially rebuke
derivative
implode
censure
inquisitive
26. Shrink in fear - cringe
cower
deviation
exacerbate
chicanery
27. One who practices rigid self-denial esp in religious devotion
discordant
inured
disabuse
ascetic
28. Peaceful; calm
tranquil
cower
discomfit
synthetic
29. Attacking cherished beliefs; heretical; heterodox
convention
rarefy
iconoclastic
diatribe
30. To force out; to discharge
coercive
expel
implicit
miser
31. Lack of bias or involvement; impartiality; (ed) uninvolved; free from self-interest
rescind
loquacious
equivocal
disinterest
32. A mournful poem - esp one lamenting the dead
recalcitrant
elegy
stimulant
tacit
33. Shortness or briefness - esp. in time
esoteric
precursor
brevity
synthetic
34. Easily angered
irascible
retard
penchant
anomaly
35. Not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
calibrate
dissemble
implacable
subtle
36. To give notice to; to inform
pragmatic
perjury
bent
apprise
37. Thick; sticky
coercive
convention
illusory
viscous
38. One that precedes and indicates or announces another
tractable
precursor
banal
warranted
39. To exist in agreement or conformity; harmonize
specious
flamboyant
correspond
discourse
40. Docile; obedience; easily led
tractable
plethora
eloquent
pervasive
41. Winding; twisting; excessively complicated
digress
tortuous
facetious
laconic
42. Cursory; done without care or interest
cower
conspicuous
lethargic
perfunctory
43. Reserved - shy - or unassuming; lacking in self-confidence
inured
censure
diffident
validity
44. To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
anesthetic
archaic
calibrate
proliferate
45. To blame or denounce
dispersed
derision
discomfit
condemn
46. Saucy; impertinent
desiccate
intemperance
impudent
meticulous
47. To make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
mitigate
pervasive
lucid
archaic
48. Annoyance or irritation
endemic
vexation
decibel
pedantic
49. Spread out or scattered
dispersed
vital
cultured
disingenuous
50. Cleverness or inventiveness
stint
ingenuity
cynicism
obstinate
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