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GRE High Frequency Words Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
obstinate
prune
cower
proliferate
2. Belonging to another time; removed from natural chronological context
vigor
extemporaneous
pervasive
anachronistic
3. Not talkative; reserved
connoisseur
taciturn
symmetry
endemic
4. Characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
meticulous
mollify
retard
recalcitrant
5. Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
condone
cogent
dogmatic
obdurate
6. A quirk particular to a group or individual
idiosyncrasy
monotonous
centrifuge
plasticity
7. yield; submit; bow
provoke
preempt
dogmatic
defer
8. Trickery or subterfuge
tranquility
veneration
marginal
chicanery
9. Tranquility; peacefulness
propitiate
anomalous
aver
serenity
10. Playful humorous
admonish
anachronistic
tractable
facetious
11. Outdated; associated with an earlier - perhaps more primitive time
flamboyant
pertinent
aversion
archaic
12. Restricted or peculiar to a particular region; indigenous
endemic
rigidity
facetious
perennial
13. Ill-timed; unsuitable; inappropriate
arbitrary
ascetic
inopportune
soliloquy
14. To coax; persuade - often through the use of flattery or smooth talk
authoritarian
wheedle
temper
brevity
15. A natural inclination or tendency; penchant
propensity
spurious
iconoclastic
equivocate
16. Departing from norms or convention
pragmatic
converge
ostracism
eccentric
17. Misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
qualms
buttress
tranquility
condemn
18. Disgrace; contempt; scorn
morose
opprobrium
craven
quiescence
19. A collection of lierary works by various authors
ostracism
ascetic
apprise
anthology
20. Scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment
derision
lackluster
monotonous
miser
21. Lacking energy; sluggish or sleepy
fortuitous
lethargic
temperate
plummet
22. One who hates all other humans
misanthrope
stimulant
qualms
plummet
23. To cut back or clip branches or other parts of a plant - esp parts that are dead
decibel
florid
soliloquy
prune
24. The combination of parts to make a whole
convoluted
synthesis
diffuse
iconoclastic
25. One that precedes and indicates or announces another
precursor
enervate
magnanimity
banal
26. Having or showing often viscious ill-will -spite - hatred
malevolent
enumerate
serenity
ambiguous
27. Concerned and attentive; eager
facilitate
secrete
solicitous
plethora
28. Thick; sticky
viscous
admonish
spurious
vigor
29. Complex or complicated
convoluted
vital
euphemism
enigmatic
30. Loud and high-pitched; screeching
presumption
anomaly
shrill
serenity
31. To appease; to conciliate
temperate
propitiate
eradicate
recluse
32. Troubling burdensome
indifferent
succinct
onerous
plod
33. To trudge; to move slowly and heavily
brevity
plod
plasticity
volatile
34. Stillness; motionless; quality of being at rest
furtive
insipid
quiescence
goad
35. Payment given for services rendered or for loss
consternation
compensation
magnanimity
extravagance
36. To imbue; to pour in; to introduce; to instill
disingenuous
infuse
ambiguous
succinct
37. To remove completely; to annihilate; to pull out by the roots
tranquil
perjury
conversion
eradicate
38. Deliberate deceit with the goal of gaining an unlawful advantage
propensity
fraud
somber
precipitate
39. Not vital or pertinent; irrelevant
disabuse
apprise
extraneous
extemporaneous
40. The act of preparing or working land in order to grow crops
cogent
succinct
cultivation
mundane
41. Silly inanely foolish
somber
marginal
effrontery
fatuous
42. Stubbornly opinionated
validity
inchoate
dogmatic
fraud
43. Doctrine or set of religious principles
dogma
homogeneous
luminous
intemperance
44. Not definite; uncertain; experimental
circumspect
eradicate
dispersed
tentative
45. Moderate; marked by restraint and lack of extremes
erudite
temperate
camouflage
calibrate
46. Hardship
stimulant
synthesis
illusory
adversity
47. To make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
castigation
mitigate
parody
banal
48. Insincere; lacking in honesty
discretion
disingenuous
brevity
authoritarian
49. Baffled; in a quandry; at a loss for what to say or do
maverick
obviate
nonplused
penury
50. The act of casting out or excluding an individual from a society or group; banishment
ostracism
obviate
succinct
arbitrary