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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. The quality or state of being unyielding or stiff
rigidity
subjective
prudent
temperate
2. Thick; sticky
apprise
inquisitive
reconciliation
viscous
3. To compel or require; to push one'S views or authority upon others
condone
digress
tirade
impose
4. One who avoids social contact and lives in seclusion
recluse
correspond
cogent
porous
5. Stubborn; hardheaded
antipathy
obsequious
parody
obstinate
6. Happening by fortunate accident or chance
euphemism
rigidity
fortuitous
insipid
7. To purify or concentrate through a process of vaporization
symmetry
tact
distill
tranquil
8. To give notice to; to inform
apprise
capricious
pragmatic
convention
9. To appease; to conciliate
compensation
propitiate
provoke
veneration
10. Dull; lacking vitality or luminosity
fawn
intemperance
laud
lackluster
11. Not objective; based upon internal perceptions rather than upon unprejudiced fact
impose
subjective
tranquility
proliferate
12. Deliberate deceit with the goal of gaining an unlawful advantage
approbation
ostracism
fraud
brevity
13. Trickery or subterfuge
exacerbate
obsequious
cacophony
chicanery
14. To dry out or dehydrate to make dry or dull
propagate
spurious
slight
desiccate
15. Troubling burdensome
onerous
caustic
diatribe
inchoate
16. Annoyance or irritation
temperate
ingenuity
equivocate
vexation
17. Pure; uncorrupted; clean
opprobrium
discourse
pristine
calibrate
18. To enjoy in a thorough manner; to relish; to fully appreciate
repudiate
disabuse
savor
prone
19. Lacking originality
goad
banal
brittle
aberrant
20. Characterized by brightness and the emission of light
burgeon
amalgamate
saturate
luminous
21. Unit used in measuring the intensity of a sound
decibel
apprise
expel
viscous
22. Having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
pervasive
penury
banal
prune
23. Wise and careful; showing good judgment
rigidity
meticulous
prudent
corroborate
24. Aversion; dislike
implode
deviation
symmetry
antipathy
25. A natural inclination or tendency; penchant
frugality
catalyst
rescind
propensity
26. To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
equivocate
viscous
frugality
dispersed
27. A humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect - esp. in literature and art
dissertation
iconoclastic
parody
consternation
28. Boldness; impudence; arrogance
effrontery
vital
propensity
burnish
29. Honesty; frankness; sincerity
aggravate
anthology
candor
discourse
30. To blame or denounce
equivocal
laconic
loquacious
condemn
31. Harmless; causing no damage
lucid
innocuous
restitution
elegy
32. Shrewdness and craftiness; slyness
tangential
castigation
cunning
rhetoric
33. Discerning and sensitive use of speech; diplomacy
plod
condone
recluse
tact
34. To approve tacitly by overlooking or excusing; to allow or forgive
spurious
condone
eclectic
anachronistic
35. Docile; obedience; easily led
invigoration
tractable
monotonous
admonish
36. To worsen or intensify
aggravate
florid
malevolent
camouflage
37. Extremely talkative
digress
loquacious
articulate
savor
38. The quality of being energized or filled with liveliness
luminous
invigoration
homogeneous
discomfit
39. To secretly work together with the intent to commit a wrong or illegal act
conspire
precipitate
anomalous
discretion
40. Culled from many sources
morose
euphemism
eclectic
prone
41. Insincere; lacking in honesty
equivocate
dogma
disingenuous
convoluted
42. Marked by stealth - covert - surreptitious
convention
furtive
iconoclastic
superfluous
43. Clear; easily understood
cynicism
lucid
brevity
homogeneous
44. Abundant in size - force - or extent; extraordinary
apprise
prodigious
serenity
solicitous
45. Inclined to change one'S mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable
capricious
commensurate
imperturbable
stimulant
46. Faithfulness; loyalty
euphemism
erudite
enervate
fidelity
47. A mild replacement for a harsher or more offensive term
euphemism
discourse
anomalous
enigmatic
48. A group of two or more verses or lines that make up a division in a poem and correspond in rhyme - meter - and length
belie
audacious
desiccate
stanza
49. The purposeful giving of false or misleading testimony while under oath
meticulous
perjury
obstinate
parody
50. To remove or separate by cutting off
homogeneous
malevolent
sever
derision