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GRE High Frequency Words Vocab

Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Departure or wandering away from the accepted standard






2. To guarantee or make certain






3. Characterized by a preference for complete obedience to authority; domineering






4. Dull; lacking vitality or luminosity






5. To make right or fix; correct






6. Authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance






7. Marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial






8. Extreme respect and reverence; worship






9. Genuine; not false or hypocritical






10. The act of returning something to its proper owner - or of compensating the owner for the loss of such an item; reparation






11. Accustomed to accepting something undesirable






12. To tend toward the same spot or outcome; inclining to join at an intersecting point






13. To reprove; to express warning or disapproval






14. A courteous and respectful yielding to the will of another






15. To stray from the point; to go off on a tangent






16. Inclined to change one'S mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable






17. Belonging to another time; removed from natural chronological context






18. A mild replacement for a harsher or more offensive term






19. To invalidate; to repeal to retract






20. A natural inclination or tendency; penchant






21. Lacking energy; sluggish or sleepy






22. Naturally inclined; tending; likely






23. Called for; authorized; justified






24. One that precedes and indicates or announces another






25. To trudge; to move slowly and heavily






26. Lacking originality






27. Well-spoken; coherent






28. To compel or require; to push one'S views or authority upon others






29. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish






30. To disguise or conceal






31. To worsen or intensify






32. Lacking faithfulness or loyalty; traitorous; unstable






33. Lacking depth; existing on or near the surface






34. To remove completely; to annihilate; to pull out by the roots






35. Matching; corresponding or proportionate in degree - size - or amount






36. A speech honoring the dead






37. Insincere; lacking in honesty






38. Silly inanely foolish






39. Deviation from the normal order - form - or rule






40. Disgrace; contempt; scorn






41. Recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly






42. The act or process of transforming to another form - state or product






43. Adherence to the highest principles; uprightness






44. To exist in agreement or conformity; harmonize






45. yield; submit; bow






46. Misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy






47. Intended for or understood by a small - specific group






48. To list or count off individually






49. A means of disguising people or things to make them blend in with their surroundings






50. Scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment