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GRE High Frequency Words Vocab
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gre
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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. Inclined to change one'S mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable
lackluster
homogeneous
capricious
pragmatic
2. The act of casting out or excluding an individual from a society or group; banishment
trivial
penury
arduous
ostracism
3. Ill-timed; unsuitable; inappropriate
inopportune
subjective
magnanimity
pragmatic
4. Lavishness; an unnecessary or unrestrained spend esp. of funds
extravagance
esoteric
condone
precipitate
5. A quirk particular to a group or individual
equivocate
diatribe
condemn
idiosyncrasy
6. The parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules
pedantic
eccentric
meticulous
lethargic
7. To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
assuage
onerous
subjective
eloquent
8. To blame or denounce
veracity
symmetry
condemn
repudiate
9. To make worse or more severe
discomfit
qualms
exacerbate
compensation
10. Not obvious; elusive - difficult to discern
derivative
aversion
subtle
illusory
11. Attacking cherished beliefs; heretical; heterodox
recluse
convoluted
iconoclastic
burgeon
12. Playful humorous
laconic
facetious
ingenuity
vigor
13. Relevant; germane
spurious
derision
pertinent
obdurate
14. Distinct; individual
discrete
viscous
disinterest
rarefy
15. To guarantee or make certain
ensure
cynicism
condemn
mundane
16. Not tied down; unrestrained
volatile
unfettered
subjective
inured
17. A speech made to oneself; a monologue
soliloquy
precursor
monotonous
subtle
18. Cleverness or inventiveness
waver
ingenuity
anachronistic
cogent
19. A speech honoring the dead
eulogy
equivocate
diffuse
pervasive
20. Characterized by brightness and the emission of light
mitigate
caustic
convoluted
luminous
21. To incite anger - resentment or exasperation
recalcitrant
plasticity
subtle
provoke
22. To appease; to conciliate
propitiate
conspire
precipitate
irascible
23. Associated with war and the armed forces
ingenuity
epitome
martial
burnish
24. Lack of bias or involvement; impartiality; (ed) uninvolved; free from self-interest
aversion
apprise
warranted
disinterest
25. To cut back or clip branches or other parts of a plant - esp parts that are dead
rectify
soliloquy
prune
tact
26. Dull and without variety; tedious
pristine
monotonous
obsequious
esoteric
27. Apt to break or crack due to a lack of elasticity; fragile
ensure
banal
dogmatic
brittle
28. Sad - sullen
condone
morose
tacit
deviation
29. Practical rather than idealistic
pragmatic
restitution
treacherous
validity
30. Faithfulness; loyalty
homogeneous
serenity
fidelity
sever
31. To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
provoke
proliferate
equivocal
perfunctory
32. To imitate with the goal of rivaling or surpassing
obdurate
tirade
repudiate
emulate
33. An informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
bolster
harangue
connoisseur
vigor
34. Genuine; not false or hypocritical
caustic
unfeigned
denounce
enervate
35. To make right or fix; correct
rectify
solicitous
condone
diatribe
36. The quality of being energized or filled with liveliness
symmetry
obdurate
innocuous
invigoration
37. To force out; to discharge
euphemism
cacophony
brilliance
expel
38. Truthfulness; honesty
preempt
mollify
cynicism
veracity
39. To moderate or soothe
aver
temper
maverick
florid
40. To aid by making easier
coercive
facilitate
consternation
endemic
41. Relating to or at an edge or boundary; minimal
bombast
marginal
invigoration
taciturn
42. Abnormal; deviating from the common or general type
derivative
impudent
apprise
anomalous
43. To grow rapidly or flourish
derision
burgeon
banal
circumspect
44. To invalidate; to repeal to retract
porous
probity
cultivation
rescind
45. To anticipate and make unnecessary
obviate
disinterest
fatuous
veracity
46. Unorthodox; iconoclastic; dissenting from established dogma
tout
heretical
pertinent
serenity
47. Having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice
trivial
indifferent
reconciliation
luminous
48. Disgrace; contempt; scorn
lucid
rarefy
opprobrium
savor
49. Saucy; impertinent
facilitate
impudent
onerous
lackluster
50. Authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance
sanction
discrete
converge
prudent