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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. Dull and without variety; tedious
monotonous
centrifuge
synthesis
facetious
2. Stubborn; hardheaded
somber
brevity
deference
obstinate
3. Unorthodox; iconoclastic; dissenting from established dogma
heretical
waver
mitigate
correspond
4. A long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation
iconoclastic
adversity
tranquil
tirade
5. A superficial remark - esp. one offered as meaningful
platitude
condemn
probity
saturate
6. Occurring only occasionally - or in a scattered instances
intransigent
fidelity
compliant
sporadic
7. Characterized by brightness and the emission of light
luminous
discourse
extravagance
recalcitrant
8. Improvised; done without preparation
perfunctory
extemporaneous
mollify
assuage
9. A person or thing that causes change
catalyst
repudiate
aberrant
blithe
10. To trudge; to move slowly and heavily
brevity
amalgamate
plod
conversion
11. An intense feeling of dislike or disgust
succinct
aversion
audacious
compliant
12. Ostentatious or showy; flashy
flamboyant
solicitous
tranquility
scarce
13. Very learned; scholarly
martial
inured
erudite
convoluted
14. To move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in decision
laud
miser
waver
extravagance
15. The act of returning something to its proper owner - or of compensating the owner for the loss of such an item; reparation
dissemble
cacophony
restitution
cower
16. To cut back or clip branches or other parts of a plant - esp parts that are dead
tangential
cynicism
prune
frugality
17. A group of two or more verses or lines that make up a division in a poem and correspond in rhyme - meter - and length
stanza
disinterest
articulate
adversity
18. A long and formal written thesis or treatise - usually written by a doctoral candidate to meet a degree requirement
maverick
provoke
exacerbate
dissertation
19. Using few words; terse
laconic
approbation
saturate
extend
20. Recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
elegy
articulate
hierarchy
perennial
21. Docile; obedience; easily led
tractable
correspond
endemic
precipitate
22. To provide support or reinforcement
bolster
antipathy
tirade
decibel
23. To invalidate; to repeal to retract
camouflage
corroborate
rescind
admonish
24. To fill until there is no further capacity for absorbance; to soak
recluse
elegy
centrifuge
saturate
25. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate
inquisitive
eloquent
condemn
deviance
26. To calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intesity
malevolent
mollify
recluse
taciturn
27. Genuine; not false or hypocritical
impudent
synthesis
cunning
unfeigned
28. Complex or complicated
ambiguous
convoluted
coercive
admonish
29. The quality of being energized or filled with liveliness
intrepid
invigoration
onerous
tout
30. Excessive indulgence of appetite or passion - esp. in regard to alcohol; lack of constraint
intemperance
archaic
pertinent
distention
31. Acting with excessive haste or impulse
expel
conversion
apprise
precipitate
32. Truthfulness; honesty
waver
innocuous
preempt
veracity
33. Intended for or understood by a small - specific group
esoteric
meticulous
desiccate
perjury
34. Matching; corresponding or proportionate in degree - size - or amount
vital
validity
brevity
commensurate
35. To make worse or more severe
exacerbate
prodigious
ascetic
obviate
36. A substance that causes insensibility and removes pain
anesthetic
dogma
malevolent
temper
37. Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
cogent
subtle
superfluous
catalyst
38. Carefree; merry
impose
blithe
obdurate
ingenuity
39. Playful humorous
propagate
aggravate
disabuse
facetious
40. A collection of lierary works by various authors
buttress
conspire
hierarchy
anthology
41. Trickery or subterfuge
proliferate
chicanery
idiosyncrasy
erudite
42. Harmless; causing no damage
esoteric
morose
innocuous
squander
43. Abnormal; deviating from the common or general type
anomalous
marginal
cultured
deviance
44. To guarantee or make certain
bolster
ensure
recluse
arduous
45. Serving or intended to compel by force or authority
aggravate
emulate
coercive
dogma
46. A natural inclination or tendency; penchant
cacophony
ensure
propensity
candor
47. A courteous and respectful yielding to the will of another
buttress
iconoclastic
chicanery
deference
48. Lacking depth; existing on or near the surface
cogent
inchoate
eloquent
superficial
49. Well-spoken; coherent
flamboyant
articulate
scarce
onerous
50. Aversion; dislike
antipathy
luminous
laud
anomaly