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GRE High Frequency Words Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. To invalidate; to repeal to retract
consternation
rescind
circumspect
epitome
2. Sad - sullen
morose
approbation
amalgamate
tacit
3. The quality or state of being unyielding or stiff
penchant
lucid
rigidity
capricious
4. One who avoids social contact and lives in seclusion
homogeneous
inopportune
recluse
platitude
5. Embodiment; quintessence
compensation
epitome
arduous
temper
6. Doctrine or set of religious principles
apprise
mollify
caustic
dogma
7. Saucy; impertinent
impudent
goad
warranted
burgeon
8. Charitable and kind in action
cunning
beneficent
infuse
mundane
9. To calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intesity
spurious
conspire
stanza
mollify
10. A system in which individuals or things are ranked in a particular order
goad
taciturn
hierarchy
nonplused
11. Culled from many sources
eclectic
reconciliation
flamboyant
cower
12. Self-important or pompous writing or speech
bombast
superfluous
decibel
equivocate
13. To provide support or reinforcement
onerous
unfeigned
bolster
anthology
14. Not obvious; elusive - difficult to discern
tranquil
esoteric
provoke
subtle
15. Thick; sticky
viscous
iconoclastic
propensity
miser
16. The act or process of transforming to another form - state or product
conversion
fatuous
censure
compliant
17. Distinct; individual
parody
conversion
discrete
perennial
18. To secretly work together with the intent to commit a wrong or illegal act
preempt
chicanery
stimulant
conspire
19. Complex or complicated
taciturn
nonplused
convoluted
anthology
20. To undeceive to set right
pristine
disabuse
burnish
extravagance
21. Lavishness; an unnecessary or unrestrained spend esp. of funds
extravagance
spurious
belie
temper
22. To weaken; to reduce in vitality
derision
enervate
solvent
glib
23. To aid by making easier
facilitate
camouflage
furtive
opprobrium
24. Reserved - shy - or unassuming; lacking in self-confidence
nonplused
pristine
diffident
loquacious
25. Poverty; destitution
fawn
inquisitive
subtle
penury
26. Lacking depth; existing on or near the surface
superficial
tentative
stanza
inchoate
27. Full of tiny openings able to absorb fluid or gas; permeable
porous
catalyst
enigmatic
invigoration
28. Deceptive; based upon a false belief or impression
anachronistic
irascible
illusory
solicitous
29. To cause to spread - multiply or reproduce
facilitate
propagate
implicit
circumspect
30. Silly inanely foolish
rhetoric
precipitate
quiescence
fatuous
31. Lecture or discussion; conversation
correspond
mitigate
discourse
tirade
32. A superficial remark - esp. one offered as meaningful
rarefy
scarce
platitude
furtive
33. Shrink in fear - cringe
mitigate
cower
facetious
aver
34. Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
penchant
impudent
ostracism
obsequious
35. An invigorating substance that excites mental or physical activity
censure
obsequious
heretical
stimulant
36. Dull; lacking vitality or luminosity
propitiate
lackluster
trivial
prudent
37. Characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
meticulous
arbitrary
laud
camouflage
38. Winding; twisting; excessively complicated
ingenuity
recalcitrant
ascetic
tortuous
39. An overabundance; a surplus
deference
fatuous
invigoration
plethora
40. Subject to chance or individual whim; without definite reason
membrane
anachronistic
exculpate
arbitrary
41. Ambiguous; doubtful or uncertain
anachronistic
infuse
burgeon
equivocal
42. Truthfulness; honesty
cunning
quiescence
deference
veracity
43. To move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in decision
waver
brevity
anomalous
furtive
44. Inclined to change one'S mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable
perjury
capricious
recalcitrant
martial
45. A group of two or more verses or lines that make up a division in a poem and correspond in rhyme - meter - and length
perennial
deference
stanza
compensation
46. To imitate with the goal of rivaling or surpassing
digress
convention
emulate
insipid
47. Harsh - jarring - discordant sound
morose
belie
cacophony
vital
48. Active bodily or mental strength or energy; force
vigor
innocuous
lackluster
synthesis
49. A person or thing that causes change
penury
catalyst
perennial
provoke
50. Abundant in size - force - or extent; extraordinary
frugality
pertinent
prodigious
illusory