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GRE High Frequency Words Vocab
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1. To reprove; to express warning or disapproval
brittle
advocate
admonish
commensurate
2. To trudge; to move slowly and heavily
shrill
advocate
florid
plod
3. Stubborn; hardheaded
denigrate
lethargic
obstinate
presumption
4. To cut back or clip branches or other parts of a plant - esp parts that are dead
miser
prune
tentative
opprobrium
5. One that precedes and indicates or announces another
magnanimity
succinct
digress
precursor
6. Culled from many sources
maverick
fortuitous
invigoration
eclectic
7. Adherence to the highest principles; uprightness
consternation
centrifuge
probity
convoluted
8. A thin - flexible film of tissue that covers or lines an organ
membrane
shrill
fraud
plummet
9. Having or showing often viscious ill-will -spite - hatred
symmetry
anomaly
reconciliation
malevolent
10. To give notice to; to inform
apprise
recalcitrant
diatribe
cunning
11. A long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation
tirade
pristine
quiescence
authoritarian
12. Saucy; impertinent
innocuous
fraud
equivocal
impudent
13. Apt to break or crack due to a lack of elasticity; fragile
soliloquy
pervasive
laud
brittle
14. A group of two or more verses or lines that make up a division in a poem and correspond in rhyme - meter - and length
conversion
pragmatic
iconoclastic
stanza
15. Boldness; impudence; arrogance
effrontery
discordant
desiccate
disingenuous
16. Spread out or scattered
implicit
epitome
convention
dispersed
17. Scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment
corroborate
derision
fatuous
repudiate
18. To appease; to conciliate
cultured
presumptuous
propitiate
fraud
19. To approve tacitly by overlooking or excusing; to allow or forgive
condone
diatribe
spurious
intrepid
20. Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
superfluous
ensure
effrontery
diatribe
21. Refusing to compromise
intransigent
malevolent
temperate
assuage
22. Shrewdness and craftiness; slyness
consternation
saturate
cunning
marginal
23. One who avoids social contact and lives in seclusion
shrill
disingenuous
recluse
plethora
24. Baffled; in a quandry; at a loss for what to say or do
saturate
aggravate
fidelity
nonplused
25. Practical rather than idealistic
convoluted
archaic
condemn
pragmatic
26. Annoyance or irritation
fortuitous
perennial
vexation
lethargic
27. Genuine; not false or hypocritical
divest
abscond
brilliance
unfeigned
28. State or quality of differing from the accepted norm; abnormality
obdurate
deviance
pedantic
precursor
29. Disgrace; contempt; scorn
perennial
corrosion
articulate
opprobrium
30. A quirk particular to a group or individual
taciturn
viscous
loquacious
idiosyncrasy
31. To cause to spread - multiply or reproduce
propagate
obdurate
precipitate
arbitrary
32. Harsh - jarring - discordant sound
anthology
plethora
platitude
cacophony
33. To enjoy in a thorough manner; to relish; to fully appreciate
propagate
savor
cynicism
temper
34. To remove or separate by cutting off
pertinent
retard
sever
tortuous
35. Burning or stinging; causing corrosion
prodigal
caustic
divest
impose
36. Deceptive; based upon a false belief or impression
succinct
illusory
sanction
coercive
37. Characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
prone
inured
taciturn
meticulous
38. To incite anger - resentment or exasperation
disingenuous
provoke
trivial
condone
39. Implied but no directly stated; tacit
anomalous
implacable
reconciliation
implicit
40. Extremely talkative
anthology
loquacious
implacable
authoritarian
41. Restricted or peculiar to a particular region; indigenous
subtle
temperate
vigor
endemic
42. To grow rapidly or flourish
succinct
anesthetic
lucid
burgeon
43. The act of reestablishing harmony or friendly interactions
arbitrary
superficial
inundate
reconciliation
44. Brief; fleeting
prodigious
iconoclastic
martial
ephemeral
45. Act or process of causing deterioration; a wearing away esp of metals
corrosion
expel
condone
discordant
46. Not obvious; elusive - difficult to discern
ambiguous
assuage
savor
subtle
47. yield; submit; bow
lackluster
ostracism
expel
defer
48. To weaken; to reduce in vitality
ascetic
fortuitous
plummet
enervate
49. Well-spoken; coherent
superficial
articulate
ephemeral
stint
50. Shrink in fear - cringe
platitude
elegy
deviation
cower
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