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GRE High Frequency Words Vocab
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gre
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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. Charitable and kind in action
pertinent
mollify
exacerbate
beneficent
2. Trickery or subterfuge
superfluous
cunning
chicanery
temperate
3. Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
malevolent
calibrate
pragmatic
cogent
4. To flood or overwhelm
stanza
inundate
luminous
precursor
5. To list or count off individually
capricious
discourse
presumptuous
enumerate
6. Lack of bias or involvement; impartiality; (ed) uninvolved; free from self-interest
warranted
diffuse
squander
disinterest
7. The state or act of extending or being swollen out of shape
maverick
mollify
distention
obdurate
8. Marked by extreme calm - impassivity - and steadiness
imperturbable
garrulous
correspond
cunning
9. To make worse or more severe
plethora
exacerbate
implacable
chicanery
10. Refusing to compromise
disabuse
tortuous
propagate
intransigent
11. Inclined to change one'S mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable
restitution
squander
capricious
blithe
12. A long and formal written thesis or treatise - usually written by a doctoral candidate to meet a degree requirement
brilliance
conspire
validity
dissertation
13. Outdated; associated with an earlier - perhaps more primitive time
articulate
archaic
authoritarian
idiosyncrasy
14. Easily visible; obvious
condemn
fawn
morose
conspicuous
15. Lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
miser
equivocate
superficial
spurious
16. To give a false impression of'
belie
candor
rescind
maverick
17. A speech made to oneself; a monologue
soliloquy
rarefy
validity
volatile
18. Shrink in fear - cringe
cower
trivial
marginal
hierarchy
19. yield; submit; bow
obdurate
bent
defer
inopportune
20. Shortness or briefness - esp. in time
dissertation
brevity
recluse
euphemism
21. Called for; authorized; justified
veneration
warranted
eloquent
unfeigned
22. Subject to chance or individual whim; without definite reason
vigor
condone
arbitrary
lackluster
23. Relevant; germane
pertinent
rescind
disinterest
corroborate
24. The quality of being evenly balanced
ephemeral
slight
idiosyncrasy
symmetry
25. To praise highly
coercive
temper
bolster
laud
26. Characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
aversion
meticulous
extemporaneous
idiosyncrasy
27. To blame or denounce
condemn
propagate
ephemeral
intemperance
28. To provide support or reinforcement
mundane
castigation
perfunctory
bolster
29. The act of returning something to its proper owner - or of compensating the owner for the loss of such an item; reparation
restitution
connoisseur
pristine
fortuitous
30. To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
illusory
equivocal
proliferate
propagate
31. Apt to break or crack due to a lack of elasticity; fragile
subtle
eclectic
brittle
antipathy
32. A substance that causes insensibility and removes pain
anesthetic
euphemism
precursor
extraneous
33. Attacking cherished beliefs; heretical; heterodox
authoritarian
iconoclastic
conversion
magnanimity
34. The act of making an assumption or taking something for granted
pertinent
garrulous
presumption
bent
35. An independent individual who does not go along with a group or party
maverick
sanction
anomaly
treacherous
36. To guarantee or make certain
rhetoric
ensure
saturate
subtle
37. Stillness; motionless; quality of being at rest
condemn
inopportune
obstinate
quiescence
38. yielding or submissive; amenable
implode
diatribe
lucid
compliant
39. A harsh denunciation
superfluous
temperate
warranted
diatribe
40. Severe criticism or punishment
castigation
propagate
indifferent
anomalous
41. Brief; fleeting
lackluster
audacious
ephemeral
obstinate
42. To prod or drive forward; to urge on; incite
succinct
perfunctory
goad
pragmatic
43. Recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
eccentric
perennial
meticulous
diffident
44. Genuine; not false or hypocritical
approbation
ambiguous
rescind
unfeigned
45. To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown
repudiate
superfluous
pedantic
disabuse
46. Dull and without variety; tedious
aver
spurious
monotonous
diffuse
47. To champion or support; to argue in favor of
advocate
cultured
elegy
burnish
48. Harmless; causing no damage
innocuous
morose
correspond
eclectic
49. Truthfulness; honesty
veracity
secrete
calibrate
derivative
50. In an initial stage; not fully formed
trivial
inchoate
somber
assuage