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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. An independent individual who does not go along with a group or party
superfluous
maverick
stimulant
plasticity
2. To disguise or conceal
dissemble
advocate
camouflage
intrepid
3. To make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
beneficent
mundane
mitigate
assuage
4. To enjoy in a thorough manner; to relish; to fully appreciate
euphemism
facetious
savor
cultivation
5. Act or process of causing deterioration; a wearing away esp of metals
propensity
synthetic
fatuous
corrosion
6. To imbue; to pour in; to introduce; to instill
infuse
meticulous
obdurate
membrane
7. To make or become thin - less dense; to refine
goad
rarefy
temperate
discomfit
8. Dull and without variety; tedious
disabuse
conversion
ingenuity
monotonous
9. Ostentatious or showy; flashy
proliferate
plethora
validity
flamboyant
10. To invalidate; to repeal to retract
rescind
plethora
extraneous
castigation
11. Scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment
monotonous
propagate
derision
slight
12. Pure; uncorrupted; clean
disinterest
arbitrary
pristine
discretion
13. A mournful poem - esp one lamenting the dead
disingenuous
goad
elegy
tout
14. To guarantee or make certain
perjury
ensure
effrontery
eclectic
15. A speech made to oneself; a monologue
soliloquy
capricious
fraud
loquacious
16. To fill until there is no further capacity for absorbance; to soak
commensurate
saturate
beneficent
obdurate
17. Sad - sullen
morose
presumptuous
eloquent
consternation
18. To coax; persuade - often through the use of flattery or smooth talk
buttress
dispersed
diatribe
wheedle
19. Cleverness or inventiveness
miser
ingenuity
ostracism
advocate
20. Winding; twisting; excessively complicated
taciturn
scarce
tortuous
slight
21. Adherence to the highest principles; uprightness
probity
euphemism
eloquent
furtive
22. To exist in agreement or conformity; harmonize
correspond
vigor
placate
prodigal
23. Marked by extreme calm - impassivity - and steadiness
imperturbable
defer
subtle
lackluster
24. Marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial
flamboyant
derision
monotonous
glib
25. Using few words; terse
laconic
garrulous
tortuous
approbation
26. To prod or drive forward; to urge on; incite
conversion
goad
tacit
soliloquy
27. Unorthodox; iconoclastic; dissenting from established dogma
heretical
emulate
burnish
qualms
28. Reserved - shy - or unassuming; lacking in self-confidence
treacherous
precursor
diffident
facilitate
29. A generally agreed-upon practice or attitude
consternation
presumption
convention
conspicuous
30. Embodiment; quintessence
inopportune
epitome
tentative
buttress
31. yield; submit; bow
derivative
archaic
converge
defer
32. Shortness or briefness - esp. in time
impose
volatile
brevity
extend
33. Thriftiness; economy; prudence in financial matters
tact
meticulous
probity
frugality
34. Honesty; frankness; sincerity
candor
magnanimity
calibrate
illusory
35. Characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
perfunctory
mundane
discourse
meticulous
36. Strenuous - taxing
inopportune
abscond
arduous
perennial
37. Characterized by brightness and the emission of light
luminous
florid
implicit
goad
38. Stillness; motionless; quality of being at rest
exacerbate
cynicism
condemn
quiescence
39. To secretly work together with the intent to commit a wrong or illegal act
enumerate
castigation
vexation
conspire
40. Having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
pervasive
vigor
inured
veneration
41. To remove or separate by cutting off
synthetic
sever
covert
commensurate
42. The parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules
exacerbate
pedantic
dispersed
malevolent
43. Easily angered
esoteric
inchoate
irascible
inquisitive
44. The combination of parts to make a whole
derision
synthesis
innocuous
disinterest
45. Having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice
veracity
distention
indifferent
enervate
46. Brief; fleeting
ephemeral
luminous
intransigent
capricious
47. Of the world; typical of or concerned w/the ordinary
tout
intrepid
mundane
dissertation
48. Brief and concise
elegy
cultured
succinct
correspond
49. Stubborn; hardheaded
obstinate
propensity
invigoration
superficial
50. To make right or fix; correct
intemperance
recalcitrant
emulate
rectify