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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. Stillness; motionless; quality of being at rest
compensation
quiescence
cunning
tacit
2. The act of preparing or working land in order to grow crops
exacerbate
meticulous
vigor
cultivation
3. Cleverness or inventiveness
distill
tirade
ingenuity
obviate
4. Soundness or truthfulness
validity
presumption
denigrate
deviance
5. The act of reestablishing harmony or friendly interactions
reconciliation
validity
dissemble
slight
6. To abruptly and violently collapse inward
aberrant
implode
waver
symmetry
7. To reprove; to express warning or disapproval
pervasive
superficial
admonish
distill
8. Acting with excessive haste or impulse
disinterest
synthetic
discomfit
precipitate
9. Apt to break or crack due to a lack of elasticity; fragile
decibel
inquisitive
invigoration
brittle
10. To approve tacitly by overlooking or excusing; to allow or forgive
condone
provoke
extemporaneous
pragmatic
11. Accustomed to accepting something undesirable
inured
buttress
tirade
plod
12. To appease; to calm by making concessions
placate
perennial
castigation
rescind
13. Not obvious; elusive - difficult to discern
lucid
rescind
impudent
subtle
14. An informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
eclectic
anachronistic
symmetry
connoisseur
15. One who practices rigid self-denial esp in religious devotion
indifferent
ascetic
equivocal
presumptuous
16. To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown
antipathy
repudiate
ascetic
eloquent
17. Lack of bias or involvement; impartiality; (ed) uninvolved; free from self-interest
consternation
disinterest
defer
corroborate
18. Strenuous - taxing
arduous
cunning
exculpate
rigidity
19. Authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance
prone
frugality
sanction
camouflage
20. Marked by stealth - covert - surreptitious
connoisseur
conspicuous
furtive
castigation
21. Severe criticism or punishment
conspicuous
castigation
anesthetic
apprise
22. To undeceive to set right
disabuse
dissertation
enigmatic
articulate
23. Lacking originality
bolster
banal
inured
martial
24. Deliberate deceit with the goal of gaining an unlawful advantage
diffident
tirade
fraud
invigoration
25. The parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules
pedantic
rectify
bombast
camouflage
26. A speech made to oneself; a monologue
anthology
soliloquy
marginal
corrosion
27. Marked by extreme calm - impassivity - and steadiness
imperturbable
tranquility
intrepid
obstinate
28. Refusing to compromise
scarce
intransigent
implacable
validity
29. Implied but no directly stated; tacit
digress
implicit
goad
proliferate
30. To move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in decision
admonish
lackluster
superficial
waver
31. Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
cogent
facilitate
ensure
frugality
32. Pointlessly talkative; talking too much
garrulous
magnanimity
superficial
precursor
33. Active bodily or mental strength or energy; force
penchant
bolster
perfunctory
vigor
34. To make worse or more severe
treacherous
pedantic
exacerbate
archaic
35. To restrain; to be sparing or frugal
stint
distill
sanction
inquisitive
36. To remove completely; to annihilate; to pull out by the roots
eradicate
cogent
implicit
dissertation
37. A speech honoring the dead
somber
propitiate
eulogy
impudent
38. One that precedes and indicates or announces another
sever
precursor
plethora
morose
39. To fill until there is no further capacity for absorbance; to soak
saturate
laconic
admonish
candor
40. The quality of being evenly balanced
insipid
discourse
symmetry
treacherous
41. Recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
placate
cultured
superfluous
perennial
42. Rare and insufficient
warranted
preempt
scarce
mundane
43. An attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness
slight
converge
cynicism
banal
44. To make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
mitigate
discrete
fortuitous
marginal
45. Thriftiness; economy; prudence in financial matters
retard
stanza
frugality
dogma
46. Peaceful; calm
discretion
tranquil
mundane
erudite
47. The quality or state of being unyielding or stiff
retard
subtle
vigor
rigidity
48. Lavishness; an unnecessary or unrestrained spend esp. of funds
fidelity
corrosion
extravagance
ascetic
49. Reserved - shy - or unassuming; lacking in self-confidence
distention
fortuitous
antipathy
diffident
50. To remove or strip esp clothing
divest
unfeigned
corroborate
propagate