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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. To grow rapidly or flourish
cultured
burgeon
prone
capricious
2. One who practices rigid self-denial esp in religious devotion
taciturn
stimulant
ascetic
florid
3. A quirk particular to a group or individual
cogent
tranquil
dogma
idiosyncrasy
4. Doctrine or set of religious principles
derision
dogma
garrulous
compliant
5. Lavishness; an unnecessary or unrestrained spend esp. of funds
ephemeral
enigmatic
effrontery
extravagance
6. To remove or separate by cutting off
archaic
sever
implicit
veneration
7. Winding; twisting; excessively complicated
membrane
sever
tortuous
nonplused
8. Mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand
enigmatic
brittle
laconic
sever
9. Authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance
sanction
mundane
beneficent
parody
10. Easily visible; obvious
tentative
conspicuous
savor
propitiate
11. The act of returning something to its proper owner - or of compensating the owner for the loss of such an item; reparation
conspicuous
restitution
plethora
antipathy
12. To publicly praise or promote
sporadic
tout
validity
audacious
13. One that precedes and indicates or announces another
pervasive
centrifuge
cunning
precursor
14. Deviating from the norm
aberrant
temper
cacophony
misanthrope
15. Pliability; malleability; flexibility
plasticity
validity
soliloquy
nonplused
16. The art or study of effect use of language for communication and persuasion
sanction
rhetoric
recluse
diffident
17. Baffled; in a quandry; at a loss for what to say or do
nonplused
camouflage
deviance
intemperance
18. Scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment
slight
insipid
derision
correspond
19. The quality of being energized or filled with liveliness
invigoration
aberrant
presumption
enumerate
20. Daring and fearless; recklessly bold
craven
audacious
parody
cacophony
21. State or quality of differing from the accepted norm; abnormality
distention
laud
deviance
fraud
22. A means of disguising people or things to make them blend in with their surroundings
illusory
idiosyncrasy
epitome
camouflage
23. Stillness; motionless; quality of being at rest
pristine
quiescence
banal
restitution
24. A machine that spins very swiftly about a central axis - and - using centrifugal force - separates disparate substances
calibrate
commensurate
pedantic
centrifuge
25. Self-important or pompous writing or speech
superficial
warranted
bombast
inquisitive
26. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
prodigal
maverick
calibrate
intrepid
27. To exist in agreement or conformity; harmonize
correspond
anthology
tranquil
volatile
28. Made up of elements that are similar in nature or kind; uniform
homogeneous
martial
meticulous
inchoate
29. To imitate with the goal of rivaling or surpassing
assuage
fawn
insipid
emulate
30. To champion or support; to argue in favor of
ephemeral
subjective
recalcitrant
advocate
31. To disguise or conceal
converge
superfluous
dissemble
commensurate
32. The parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules
pedantic
imperturbable
eccentric
irascible
33. Possessing education - refinement and taste; polished
inured
cultured
restitution
equivocal
34. A humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect - esp. in literature and art
laconic
treacherous
placate
parody
35. Ill-timed; unsuitable; inappropriate
pedantic
inopportune
malevolent
plethora
36. A mournful poem - esp one lamenting the dead
calibrate
aversion
rigidity
elegy
37. The state or act of extending or being swollen out of shape
presumptuous
anesthetic
tractable
distention
38. Thick; sticky
temper
disingenuous
compensation
viscous
39. To provide support or reinforcement
bolster
anomaly
abscond
eccentric
40. Outdated; associated with an earlier - perhaps more primitive time
divest
specious
archaic
digress
41. Depart secretly and hide
castigation
abscond
endemic
prone
42. Steadfast and courageous
intrepid
veneration
cogent
placate
43. Subject to chance or individual whim; without definite reason
eclectic
nonplused
imperturbable
arbitrary
44. To compel or require; to push one'S views or authority upon others
validity
authoritarian
impose
anomaly
45. Hidden - clandestine
vigor
elegy
viscous
covert
46. To state as a fact; to confirm or support
aver
anthology
idiosyncrasy
discrete
47. Carefree; merry
magnanimity
blithe
implode
meticulous
48. Deceptive; based upon a false belief or impression
cunning
candor
illusory
florid
49. To guarantee or make certain
iconoclastic
ostracism
idiosyncrasy
ensure
50. To defeat; to put down
imperturbable
discomfit
chicanery
eclectic