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GRE High Frequency Words Vocab
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gre
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english
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vocabulary
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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. Dark and depressing; mournful
tentative
somber
articulate
enigmatic
2. Strenuous - taxing
advocate
compensation
morose
arduous
3. The parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules
pedantic
ephemeral
unfettered
lucid
4. To purify or concentrate through a process of vaporization
brittle
scarce
centrifuge
distill
5. To state as a fact; to confirm or support
aver
cacophony
tirade
decibel
6. A thin - flexible film of tissue that covers or lines an organ
corroborate
derivative
membrane
calibrate
7. Winding; twisting; excessively complicated
distill
tortuous
prune
proliferate
8. Reserved - shy - or unassuming; lacking in self-confidence
tractable
corroborate
conversion
diffident
9. Deliberate deceit with the goal of gaining an unlawful advantage
bombast
fraud
tout
vexation
10. Deviation from the normal order - form - or rule
frugality
florid
dissemble
anomaly
11. Extreme respect and reverence; worship
veneration
nonplused
adversity
pragmatic
12. A person or thing that causes change
implacable
catalyst
eulogy
defer
13. Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
garrulous
tacit
mollify
superfluous
14. To aid by making easier
facilitate
validity
digress
stanza
15. Marked by extreme calm - impassivity - and steadiness
impudent
imperturbable
inquisitive
marginal
16. Called for; authorized; justified
lethargic
precursor
dispersed
warranted
17. Saucy; impertinent
cultivation
equivocate
exacerbate
impudent
18. Doctrine or set of religious principles
camouflage
dogma
implode
tortuous
19. Conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound
discordant
plod
validity
convention
20. Honesty; frankness; sincerity
prodigious
morose
candor
secrete
21. Discreet; prudent; careful
pertinent
discrete
circumspect
retard
22. To grow rapidly or flourish
burgeon
banal
mollify
placate
23. Wise and careful; showing good judgment
adversity
prudent
ascetic
goad
24. Stubbornly opinionated
esoteric
dogmatic
endemic
facilitate
25. Having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice
epitome
inundate
superficial
indifferent
26. Authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance
onerous
treacherous
sanction
tranquility
27. To flatter or praise excessively
shrill
fawn
catalyst
warranted
28. One who hates all other humans
epitome
slight
misanthrope
derivative
29. Self-important or pompous writing or speech
divest
impudent
bombast
specious
30. A support or prop - often an external prop used to bolster a wall
rescind
buttress
wheedle
disingenuous
31. Lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
rectify
recluse
spurious
reconciliation
32. Complex or complicated
caustic
frugality
converge
convoluted
33. To plunge or drop straight down
plummet
spurious
meticulous
dogmatic
34. The quality of being generously noble in the mind and heart - esp in forgiving
magnanimity
admonish
vital
conversion
35. Seeming true - but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive
synthesis
unfeigned
specious
ingenuity
36. To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
proliferate
martial
irascible
repudiate
37. To secretly work together with the intent to commit a wrong or illegal act
conspire
facetious
intrepid
deference
38. The act of making an assumption or taking something for granted
compliant
presumption
assuage
superfluous
39. To enjoy in a thorough manner; to relish; to fully appreciate
penchant
cultured
savor
corroborate
40. An attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness
denounce
indifferent
stimulant
cynicism
41. Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
anesthetic
obviate
cogent
brevity
42. To lengthen or stretch out
antipathy
stanza
extend
mundane
43. Thriftiness; economy; prudence in financial matters
equivocate
tangential
temperate
frugality
44. Subject to chance or individual whim; without definite reason
rigidity
conversion
insipid
arbitrary
45. Apt to break or crack due to a lack of elasticity; fragile
disinterest
restitution
brittle
commensurate
46. To stray from the point; to go off on a tangent
garrulous
cultured
brilliance
digress
47. To guarantee or make certain
superfluous
ensure
precursor
discretion
48. A superficial remark - esp. one offered as meaningful
fortuitous
platitude
repudiate
wheedle
49. Relevant; germane
synthesis
pertinent
tacit
rigidity
50. Brief; fleeting
compensation
ephemeral
mollify
dissertation