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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. Genuine; not false or hypocritical
unfeigned
perfunctory
proliferate
aggravate
2. A natural inclination or tendency; penchant
enumerate
ostracism
propensity
diffuse
3. To plunge or drop straight down
plethora
desiccate
plummet
defer
4. To secretly work together with the intent to commit a wrong or illegal act
membrane
quiescence
chicanery
conspire
5. To cut back or clip branches or other parts of a plant - esp parts that are dead
extraneous
penchant
heretical
prune
6. Extreme brightness; possessing luminosity or genius
brilliance
perfunctory
fidelity
tout
7. Sad - sullen
anesthetic
banal
morose
connoisseur
8. State or quality of differing from the accepted norm; abnormality
dogmatic
pertinent
mundane
deviance
9. Moderate; marked by restraint and lack of extremes
subtle
temperate
disabuse
bombast
10. A substance that causes insensibility and removes pain
obsequious
enigmatic
insipid
anesthetic
11. To inspect - determine - or correct the graduations of an instrument by comparing it to a standard
veneration
expel
corrosion
calibrate
12. Ill-timed; unsuitable; inappropriate
inopportune
correspond
authoritarian
prodigious
13. Intended for or understood by a small - specific group
esoteric
corrosion
rhetoric
indifferent
14. Misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
waver
corrosion
qualms
wheedle
15. To enjoy in a thorough manner; to relish; to fully appreciate
tentative
savor
saturate
recluse
16. A harsh denunciation
diatribe
tortuous
enigmatic
fortuitous
17. To flatter or praise excessively
lethargic
fawn
maverick
superfluous
18. Authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance
assuage
meticulous
sanction
cacophony
19. Poverty; destitution
veracity
conspire
banal
penury
20. Dispersed or scattered; not centralized
abscond
platitude
diffuse
presumptuous
21. yield; submit; bow
impose
defer
dogmatic
propitiate
22. yielding or submissive; amenable
somber
inquisitive
compliant
prodigal
23. To slow delay or hamper
prudent
retard
misanthrope
membrane
24. One who avoids social contact and lives in seclusion
desiccate
diatribe
recluse
subtle
25. To abruptly and violently collapse inward
discourse
opprobrium
catalyst
implode
26. To moderate or soothe
temper
corroborate
enigmatic
mundane
27. To make worse or more severe
brevity
exacerbate
castigation
precipitate
28. Not objective; based upon internal perceptions rather than upon unprejudiced fact
cynicism
subjective
synthesis
decibel
29. To tend toward the same spot or outcome; inclining to join at an intersecting point
flamboyant
converge
anomaly
rarefy
30. An invigorating substance that excites mental or physical activity
stimulant
dogma
plummet
intrepid
31. Cleverness or inventiveness
craven
ingenuity
harangue
covert
32. Inclined to change one'S mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable
capricious
vigor
lethargic
covert
33. To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
proliferate
implicit
rectify
impose
34. Rare and insufficient
mitigate
laconic
symmetry
scarce
35. Extremely talkative
conspire
loquacious
pervasive
soliloquy
36. Annoyance or irritation
vexation
euphemism
garrulous
repudiate
37. The quality of being generously noble in the mind and heart - esp in forgiving
magnanimity
aberrant
tacit
deference
38. Pointlessly talkative; talking too much
trivial
compliant
garrulous
camouflage
39. Lacking faithfulness or loyalty; traitorous; unstable
treacherous
sanction
covert
propagate
40. Not obvious; elusive - difficult to discern
enervate
impose
enumerate
subtle
41. Restricted or peculiar to a particular region; indigenous
tact
arduous
treacherous
endemic
42. Accustomed to accepting something undesirable
caustic
vexation
solicitous
inured
43. A support or prop - often an external prop used to bolster a wall
tortuous
circumspect
distention
buttress
44. To defeat; to put down
discomfit
dogma
pragmatic
porous
45. Soundness or truthfulness
recluse
deference
validity
cultivation
46. To publicly condemn or criticize
stint
penury
mitigate
denounce
47. Lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
subjective
spurious
ingenuity
plasticity
48. Dull and without variety; tedious
monotonous
plethora
aggravate
eloquent
49. To give a false impression of'
belie
recluse
diatribe
eulogy
50. Unoriginal; obtained from another source
aver
derivative
enumerate
precursor