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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. Wise and careful; showing good judgment
implode
prudent
facilitate
exculpate
2. The state or act of extending or being swollen out of shape
distention
imperturbable
laconic
facilitate
3. Ill-timed; unsuitable; inappropriate
anomalous
apprise
inopportune
presumption
4. Serving or intended to compel by force or authority
antipathy
presumption
obsequious
coercive
5. A substance that causes insensibility and removes pain
waver
anesthetic
imperturbable
eclectic
6. Not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
specious
implacable
adversity
dogmatic
7. The act of casting out or excluding an individual from a society or group; banishment
ostracism
sanction
inquisitive
dogma
8. A superficial remark - esp. one offered as meaningful
platitude
caustic
distention
digress
9. To prod or drive forward; to urge on; incite
goad
dogmatic
dissertation
banal
10. Shrewdness and craftiness; slyness
cunning
blithe
unfeigned
lucid
11. Brief and concise
disingenuous
cogent
frugality
succinct
12. Not vital or pertinent; irrelevant
extraneous
inundate
epitome
meticulous
13. The quality of being generously noble in the mind and heart - esp in forgiving
illusory
aggravate
lackluster
magnanimity
14. Lacking energy; sluggish or sleepy
expel
lethargic
bent
tranquil
15. To make right or fix; correct
rectify
audacious
diatribe
banal
16. Assuming an unauthorized right or responsibility; overly forward and arrogant
dispersed
presumptuous
treacherous
brilliance
17. Hardship
homogeneous
dissemble
eclectic
adversity
18. To remove or strip esp clothing
divest
irascible
enervate
implode
19. Happening by fortunate accident or chance
serenity
fatuous
eccentric
fortuitous
20. To force out; to discharge
expel
tangential
aberrant
articulate
21. Characterized by a preference for complete obedience to authority; domineering
harangue
morose
enumerate
authoritarian
22. Intended for or understood by a small - specific group
symmetry
esoteric
lethargic
trivial
23. Outdated; associated with an earlier - perhaps more primitive time
beneficent
distill
archaic
harangue
24. The quality of being energized or filled with liveliness
deviance
invigoration
diffident
digress
25. Relating to or at an edge or boundary; minimal
adversity
marginal
consternation
convention
26. Naturally inclined; tending; likely
prone
anachronistic
unfettered
camouflage
27. Insincere; lacking in honesty
sever
inchoate
disingenuous
obviate
28. Payment given for services rendered or for loss
compensation
aversion
luminous
tact
29. Spread out or scattered
disingenuous
deviance
miser
dispersed
30. Not talkative; reserved
taciturn
brittle
circumspect
pedantic
31. To combine several elements into a whole
inopportune
amalgamate
abscond
facilitate
32. To remove or separate by cutting off
consternation
sever
exacerbate
euphemism
33. Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
deviance
vexation
superfluous
coercive
34. Man-made; artificial; relating to or involving the combination of parts to make a whole
beneficent
facilitate
synthetic
arbitrary
35. A support or prop - often an external prop used to bolster a wall
sever
facilitate
distill
buttress
36. Relevant; germane
goad
pertinent
symmetry
eloquent
37. Dismay; startling - distressing fear or shock that results in complete confusion
effrontery
rectify
consternation
malevolent
38. To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown
blithe
repudiate
enervate
scarce
39. Marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial
bombast
glib
dogmatic
diffuse
40. Having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
garrulous
imperturbable
sever
pervasive
41. Extreme brightness; possessing luminosity or genius
onerous
eradicate
brilliance
inopportune
42. Saucy; impertinent
waver
euphemism
impudent
equivocal
43. Hidden - clandestine
penury
covert
tranquility
plod
44. To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
tentative
qualms
presumptuous
proliferate
45. Cursory; done without care or interest
amalgamate
diffuse
perfunctory
indifferent
46. Troubling burdensome
correspond
censure
rarefy
onerous
47. Moderate; marked by restraint and lack of extremes
synthetic
temperate
intransigent
arduous
48. The purposeful giving of false or misleading testimony while under oath
camouflage
perjury
pristine
rectify
49. Silly inanely foolish
bombast
laconic
fatuous
arbitrary
50. Soundness or truthfulness
validity
fidelity
condemn
disinterest