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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. To give a false impression of'
epitome
belie
brilliance
propagate
2. Winding; twisting; excessively complicated
divest
calibrate
obdurate
tortuous
3. To enjoy in a thorough manner; to relish; to fully appreciate
equivocal
pragmatic
savor
ascetic
4. Unclear; open to more than one potential meaning
viscous
expel
stint
ambiguous
5. Dull; lacking vitality or luminosity
serenity
capricious
intransigent
lackluster
6. To compel or require; to push one'S views or authority upon others
impose
indifferent
beneficent
dispersed
7. Happening by fortunate accident or chance
advocate
fortuitous
equivocate
secrete
8. Dull and without variety; tedious
cower
ingenuity
conspicuous
monotonous
9. Tranquility; peacefulness
waver
serenity
laud
ingenuity
10. yielding or submissive; amenable
loquacious
compliant
placate
pedantic
11. Ostentatious or showy; flashy
waver
porous
flamboyant
intemperance
12. Ill-timed; unsuitable; inappropriate
synthetic
inopportune
distention
exacerbate
13. Having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice
indifferent
fatuous
rigidity
rectify
14. Unorthodox; iconoclastic; dissenting from established dogma
obdurate
heretical
subjective
mundane
15. The quality of being generously noble in the mind and heart - esp in forgiving
lethargic
cunning
magnanimity
deviance
16. Excessive indulgence of appetite or passion - esp. in regard to alcohol; lack of constraint
vexation
validity
intemperance
compliant
17. To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
assuage
pragmatic
converge
synthesis
18. An attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness
pervasive
tranquility
martial
cynicism
19. Cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions
dogma
corrosion
discretion
cultivation
20. To fill until there is no further capacity for absorbance; to soak
diffuse
saturate
anesthetic
diatribe
21. A mild replacement for a harsher or more offensive term
exculpate
euphemism
synthetic
implode
22. A generally agreed-upon practice or attitude
inopportune
convention
equivocate
tentative
23. To praise highly
fraud
bolster
treacherous
laud
24. Recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
heretical
candor
perennial
authoritarian
25. Matching; corresponding or proportionate in degree - size - or amount
loquacious
plasticity
commensurate
presumptuous
26. Marked by stealth - covert - surreptitious
banal
vital
furtive
mitigate
27. To champion or support; to argue in favor of
retard
cogent
advocate
centrifuge
28. Assuming an unauthorized right or responsibility; overly forward and arrogant
precipitate
flamboyant
reconciliation
presumptuous
29. Truthfulness; honesty
denigrate
unfettered
facetious
veracity
30. Man-made; artificial; relating to or involving the combination of parts to make a whole
parody
plod
synthetic
fidelity
31. Unyielding; hardhearted
obdurate
plethora
esoteric
converge
32. Able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance
capricious
brittle
solvent
luminous
33. A courteous and respectful yielding to the will of another
aggravate
deference
stanza
diatribe
34. An expression of approval or praise
trivial
prune
lackluster
approbation
35. Extreme respect and reverence; worship
veneration
precursor
anesthetic
spurious
36. Implied; not explicitly stated
corrosion
tacit
subtle
advocate
37. Easily visible; obvious
wheedle
equivocal
discomfit
conspicuous
38. Using few words; terse
exculpate
anomalous
chicanery
laconic
39. Relevant; germane
tractable
rigidity
covert
pertinent
40. A person or thing that causes change
equivocal
catalyst
plummet
cacophony
41. Deceptive; based upon a false belief or impression
retard
candor
disingenuous
illusory
42. Not obvious; elusive - difficult to discern
cogent
tirade
subtle
inchoate
43. Improvised; done without preparation
subjective
extemporaneous
facilitate
pervasive
44. Practical rather than idealistic
castigation
pragmatic
rectify
cower
45. The act of casting out or excluding an individual from a society or group; banishment
ostracism
mollify
secrete
expel
46. The combination of parts to make a whole
synthesis
fawn
waver
infuse
47. To disguise or conceal
imperturbable
dissemble
aversion
approbation
48. The quality or state of being unyielding or stiff
rigidity
heretical
loquacious
inchoate
49. Belonging to another time; removed from natural chronological context
superficial
extemporaneous
anachronistic
facilitate
50. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
arduous
prodigal
solvent
obsequious