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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. Rare and insufficient
mitigate
fraud
scarce
fawn
2. To slow delay or hamper
lackluster
retard
archaic
specious
3. Having or showing often viscious ill-will -spite - hatred
prudent
malevolent
pertinent
rectify
4. A collection of lierary works by various authors
distention
anthology
bombast
infuse
5. To fill until there is no further capacity for absorbance; to soak
belie
martial
proliferate
saturate
6. The quality of being generously noble in the mind and heart - esp in forgiving
magnanimity
viscous
converge
ascetic
7. Disgrace; contempt; scorn
opprobrium
provoke
candor
anachronistic
8. To aid by making easier
facilitate
loquacious
anachronistic
dissemble
9. Happening by fortunate accident or chance
fortuitous
intransigent
corroborate
meticulous
10. To praise highly
laud
idiosyncrasy
garrulous
adversity
11. To remove or separate by cutting off
facetious
approbation
sever
disinterest
12. Extremely talkative
placate
rarefy
propensity
loquacious
13. A superficial remark - esp. one offered as meaningful
insipid
heretical
platitude
morose
14. Using few words; terse
anomalous
laconic
diatribe
illusory
15. Brief; fleeting
recalcitrant
audacious
ephemeral
extravagance
16. Culled from many sources
deviation
squander
tortuous
eclectic
17. Departure or wandering away from the accepted standard
wheedle
prodigal
deviation
rhetoric
18. The quality or state of being unyielding or stiff
superfluous
rigidity
heretical
dogmatic
19. To disguise or conceal
illusory
ensure
dissemble
opprobrium
20. Lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
prone
spurious
disinterest
camouflage
21. Unit used in measuring the intensity of a sound
burnish
circumspect
maverick
decibel
22. Possessing education - refinement and taste; polished
slight
bolster
defer
cultured
23. Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
cogent
anomaly
aggravate
platitude
24. To cut back or clip branches or other parts of a plant - esp parts that are dead
sporadic
enervate
membrane
prune
25. Clear; easily understood
facetious
lucid
vital
denigrate
26. Sad - sullen
taciturn
morose
advocate
facilitate
27. Unimportant; lacking value
membrane
brittle
trivial
denounce
28. To appease; to calm by making concessions
propagate
placate
caustic
extraneous
29. To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
rhetoric
rigidity
decibel
proliferate
30. Carefree; merry
inundate
blithe
denigrate
lucid
31. To force out; to discharge
approbation
pervasive
anesthetic
expel
32. A system in which individuals or things are ranked in a particular order
anesthetic
eloquent
capricious
hierarchy
33. Belonging to another time; removed from natural chronological context
candor
anachronistic
tortuous
compensation
34. Brief and concise
succinct
maverick
vexation
chicanery
35. The parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules
pristine
diffuse
pedantic
succinct
36. To invalidate; to repeal to retract
rescind
antipathy
precursor
cynicism
37. The act of casting out or excluding an individual from a society or group; banishment
ostracism
propensity
extemporaneous
unfettered
38. To confirm; to provide additional support; verify
corroborate
eccentric
burgeon
effrontery
39. Associated with war and the armed forces
martial
camouflage
corroborate
tacit
40. Abnormal; deviating from the common or general type
penchant
inquisitive
recluse
anomalous
41. An invigorating substance that excites mental or physical activity
lucid
brilliance
stimulant
fortuitous
42. In an initial stage; not fully formed
prone
inchoate
extend
penury
43. Faithfulness; loyalty
fidelity
digress
perjury
ambiguous
44. To grow rapidly or flourish
ostracism
burgeon
savor
brilliance
45. To flatter or praise excessively
temper
euphemism
fawn
tranquility
46. To give notice to; to inform
mollify
apprise
esoteric
tentative
47. To reprove; to express warning or disapproval
precursor
inopportune
archaic
admonish
48. Insincere; lacking in honesty
disingenuous
rectify
cultured
enumerate
49. A mild replacement for a harsher or more offensive term
onerous
penury
digress
euphemism
50. The act of preparing or working land in order to grow crops
meticulous
presumptuous
cultivation
laconic