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GRE High Frequency Words Vocab
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english
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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. Acting with excessive haste or impulse
circumspect
pervasive
tout
precipitate
2. Self-important or pompous writing or speech
hierarchy
plummet
bombast
restitution
3. Using few words; terse
bolster
laconic
perfunctory
eccentric
4. To moderate or soothe
brevity
temper
epitome
morose
5. Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
cogent
advocate
castigation
mitigate
6. Implied but no directly stated; tacit
implicit
proliferate
authoritarian
circumspect
7. Having or showing often viscious ill-will -spite - hatred
assuage
malevolent
scarce
cunning
8. Stubbornly opinionated
vital
goad
dogmatic
martial
9. Thick; sticky
convoluted
esoteric
garrulous
viscous
10. To coax; persuade - often through the use of flattery or smooth talk
inured
wheedle
idiosyncrasy
unfettered
11. Lavishness; an unnecessary or unrestrained spend esp. of funds
aberrant
anomalous
facetious
extravagance
12. Man-made; artificial; relating to or involving the combination of parts to make a whole
synthetic
prodigious
trivial
camouflage
13. To give notice to; to inform
apprise
lucid
discretion
lethargic
14. One who hates all other humans
tact
tacit
misanthrope
implacable
15. A support or prop - often an external prop used to bolster a wall
stimulant
diffident
serenity
buttress
16. Naturally inclined; tending; likely
pristine
serenity
ingenuity
prone
17. To appease; to calm by making concessions
placate
equivocate
pertinent
eradicate
18. Ill-timed; unsuitable; inappropriate
banal
decibel
inopportune
prune
19. Trickery or subterfuge
chicanery
fawn
ambiguous
preempt
20. Unimportant; lacking value
trivial
inopportune
castigation
malevolent
21. Genuine; not false or hypocritical
articulate
anesthetic
saturate
unfeigned
22. Truthfulness; honesty
compensation
preempt
ensure
veracity
23. Dull; lacking vitality or luminosity
implacable
lackluster
circumspect
anomaly
24. To compel or require; to push one'S views or authority upon others
sanction
impudent
impose
solvent
25. To anticipate and make unnecessary
obviate
volatile
archaic
tentative
26. Not vital or pertinent; irrelevant
denounce
propagate
belie
extraneous
27. Relating to or at an edge or boundary; minimal
dogmatic
marginal
indifferent
recluse
28. Carefree; merry
blithe
prone
specious
assuage
29. Shrink in fear - cringe
cower
blithe
esoteric
wheedle
30. Culled from many sources
membrane
approbation
eclectic
corrosion
31. An overabundance; a surplus
plethora
corroborate
commensurate
temperate
32. Characterized by a preference for complete obedience to authority; domineering
inquisitive
restitution
brevity
authoritarian
33. To enjoy in a thorough manner; to relish; to fully appreciate
conspire
penury
savor
banal
34. To ensconce - conceal - or stow
archaic
implacable
fraud
secrete
35. Lacking originality; commonplace
banal
harangue
unfettered
succinct
36. An individual who lives poorly in order to hoard money; a person who is stingy
candor
obstinate
epitome
miser
37. To defeat; to put down
martial
imperturbable
repudiate
discomfit
38. Obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
correspond
recalcitrant
beneficent
restitution
39. Discreet; prudent; careful
sever
circumspect
discordant
retard
40. Seeming true - but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive
archaic
specious
corroborate
prune
41. Distinct; individual
denigrate
authoritarian
discrete
recluse
42. Extreme brightness; possessing luminosity or genius
garrulous
anesthetic
abscond
brilliance
43. To fill until there is no further capacity for absorbance; to soak
saturate
specious
extend
conversion
44. The art or study of effect use of language for communication and persuasion
dogma
craven
qualms
rhetoric
45. Brief and concise
ambiguous
blithe
bolster
succinct
46. Well-spoken; coherent
lackluster
platitude
articulate
vexation
47. Having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice
discrete
diffident
indifferent
pertinent
48. A system in which individuals or things are ranked in a particular order
hierarchy
stanza
aversion
anachronistic
49. To plunge or drop straight down
tranquil
pragmatic
plummet
extemporaneous
50. Subject to chance or individual whim; without definite reason
arbitrary
extend
camouflage
dogma