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GRE High Frequency Words Vocab
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1. Pure; uncorrupted; clean
perfunctory
nonplused
perjury
pristine
2. A mild replacement for a harsher or more offensive term
apprise
burgeon
loquacious
euphemism
3. To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
eccentric
penchant
assuage
archaic
4. To state as a fact; to confirm or support
tractable
disabuse
aver
tact
5. Payment given for services rendered or for loss
compensation
banal
savor
advocate
6. Matching; corresponding or proportionate in degree - size - or amount
obdurate
commensurate
blithe
rigidity
7. Happening by fortunate accident or chance
desiccate
exacerbate
fortuitous
caustic
8. Silly inanely foolish
intemperance
fatuous
buttress
tirade
9. Spread out or scattered
beneficent
dispersed
extraneous
retard
10. To compel or require; to push one'S views or authority upon others
banal
stimulant
tacit
impose
11. An overabundance; a surplus
pertinent
heretical
plethora
ingenuity
12. Thriftiness; economy; prudence in financial matters
effrontery
frugality
preempt
derivative
13. Not talkative; reserved
prone
squander
succinct
taciturn
14. Shortness or briefness - esp. in time
lackluster
ensure
brevity
bombast
15. Man-made; artificial; relating to or involving the combination of parts to make a whole
validity
synthetic
superfluous
effrontery
16. The quality of being generously noble in the mind and heart - esp in forgiving
iconoclastic
disingenuous
decibel
magnanimity
17. Adherence to the highest principles; uprightness
consternation
tact
mitigate
probity
18. Mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand
fraud
enigmatic
inopportune
antipathy
19. Inclined to change one'S mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable
capricious
discourse
defer
enervate
20. Genuine; not false or hypocritical
derision
penury
unfeigned
epitome
21. The state or act of extending or being swollen out of shape
distention
validity
glib
corrosion
22. Restricted or peculiar to a particular region; indigenous
endemic
eulogy
treacherous
illusory
23. To polish; to rub to a shine
prodigal
burnish
diatribe
adversity
24. Culled from many sources
assuage
slight
eclectic
authoritarian
25. To remove completely; to annihilate; to pull out by the roots
insipid
ephemeral
parody
eradicate
26. Authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance
sanction
derivative
symmetry
blithe
27. Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
preempt
unfeigned
obsequious
fraud
28. An expression of approval or praise
approbation
hierarchy
prune
fortuitous
29. Active bodily or mental strength or energy; force
vigor
meticulous
sever
exculpate
30. yield; submit; bow
defer
expel
epitome
censure
31. Naturally inclined; tending; likely
prone
desiccate
superfluous
derision
32. To restrain; to be sparing or frugal
stint
condemn
goad
emulate
33. Loud and high-pitched; screeching
perennial
pristine
shrill
probity
34. Carefree; merry
blithe
capricious
spurious
advocate
35. Deceptive; based upon a false belief or impression
illusory
pragmatic
tout
fawn
36. A long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation
ensure
tranquil
frugality
tirade
37. The quality of being evenly balanced
temperate
symmetry
discomfit
discourse
38. Acting with excessive haste or impulse
dogma
burnish
dogmatic
precipitate
39. To make worse or more severe
exacerbate
mollify
eloquent
convention
40. Cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions
parody
inundate
sever
discretion
41. To appease; to calm by making concessions
corrosion
preempt
dogmatic
placate
42. To trudge; to move slowly and heavily
plod
harangue
tentative
consternation
43. Shrewdness and craftiness; slyness
assuage
qualms
tact
cunning
44. An intense feeling of dislike or disgust
brittle
aversion
precipitate
effrontery
45. Doctrine or set of religious principles
taciturn
approbation
dogma
correspond
46. Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
ensure
veneration
saturate
superfluous
47. To tend toward the same spot or outcome; inclining to join at an intersecting point
converge
loquacious
apprise
assuage
48. An independent individual who does not go along with a group or party
maverick
denigrate
ensure
centrifuge
49. An attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness
fidelity
cynicism
diffuse
solvent
50. The act of preparing or working land in order to grow crops
subtle
cultivation
rectify
iconoclastic
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