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GRE High Frequency Words Vocab
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gre
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1. Lecture or discussion; conversation
discourse
slight
prodigious
flamboyant
2. Pure; uncorrupted; clean
facetious
pristine
anesthetic
aversion
3. Deliberate deceit with the goal of gaining an unlawful advantage
fatuous
capricious
abscond
fraud
4. Extreme brightness; possessing luminosity or genius
obdurate
brilliance
discrete
temperate
5. Lacking energy; sluggish or sleepy
lethargic
erudite
luminous
perfunctory
6. A speech honoring the dead
stint
rectify
eulogy
precipitate
7. Boldness; impudence; arrogance
synthetic
effrontery
provoke
tentative
8. Unorthodox; iconoclastic; dissenting from established dogma
disabuse
sporadic
heretical
fatuous
9. To force out; to discharge
unfeigned
tentative
discretion
expel
10. Authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance
synthesis
obstinate
sanction
bent
11. Marked by extreme calm - impassivity - and steadiness
imperturbable
impose
solicitous
enigmatic
12. To move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in decision
pedantic
catalyst
waver
bolster
13. To coax; persuade - often through the use of flattery or smooth talk
wheedle
reconciliation
enumerate
lackluster
14. To slow delay or hamper
retard
deviation
impudent
subjective
15. Docile; obedience; easily led
consternation
conversion
tractable
lackluster
16. To dry out or dehydrate to make dry or dull
desiccate
eloquent
onerous
recluse
17. Essential for or relating to life; necessary
derivative
esoteric
cultivation
vital
18. To remove or separate by cutting off
distention
sever
arduous
diffident
19. Annoyance or irritation
restitution
anthology
vexation
corroborate
20. An informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
connoisseur
dogmatic
ascetic
indifferent
21. A thin - flexible film of tissue that covers or lines an organ
tout
obviate
authoritarian
membrane
22. An overabundance; a surplus
stanza
enigmatic
defer
plethora
23. Abundant in size - force - or extent; extraordinary
prodigious
recalcitrant
pristine
nonplused
24. Discreet; prudent; careful
conspicuous
circumspect
bent
beneficent
25. Doctrine or set of religious principles
exacerbate
chicanery
dogma
fidelity
26. Only touching briefly upon the topic at hand; irrelevant
placate
diffident
camouflage
tangential
27. Hardship
covert
anachronistic
brilliance
adversity
28. Misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
plasticity
discretion
qualms
superfluous
29. To enjoy in a thorough manner; to relish; to fully appreciate
synthetic
eccentric
cynicism
savor
30. Happening by fortunate accident or chance
exacerbate
symmetry
fortuitous
maverick
31. Implied but no directly stated; tacit
prudent
burgeon
dogmatic
implicit
32. Having or showing often viscious ill-will -spite - hatred
magnanimity
malevolent
impose
prudent
33. Pliability; malleability; flexibility
plasticity
pragmatic
veracity
indifferent
34. Obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
defer
caustic
tirade
recalcitrant
35. To cut back or clip branches or other parts of a plant - esp parts that are dead
morose
bent
glib
prune
36. Tranquility; peacefulness
mollify
serenity
obsequious
candor
37. To give notice to; to inform
waver
eccentric
apprise
anthology
38. Very learned; scholarly
veneration
tranquil
erudite
mundane
39. To confirm; to provide additional support; verify
cynicism
distill
corroborate
specious
40. A speech made to oneself; a monologue
presumptuous
extend
soliloquy
waver
41. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate
tranquil
eloquent
mundane
garrulous
42. To grow rapidly or flourish
secrete
rescind
mitigate
burgeon
43. Using few words; terse
anthology
converge
laconic
caustic
44. To calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intesity
ambiguous
disabuse
qualms
mollify
45. To invalidate; to repeal to retract
correspond
rescind
approbation
unfettered
46. The quality or state of being unyielding or stiff
rigidity
arbitrary
prodigal
stanza
47. Thriftiness; economy; prudence in financial matters
proliferate
frugality
synthesis
malevolent
48. Having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice
euphemism
perennial
indifferent
obdurate
49. Stubborn; hardheaded
inundate
plod
obstinate
ephemeral
50. Subject to chance or individual whim; without definite reason
desiccate
beneficent
anesthetic
arbitrary