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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. Self-important or pompous writing or speech
tranquil
bombast
placate
prone
2. Carefree; merry
blithe
preempt
dogmatic
epitome
3. Restricted or peculiar to a particular region; indigenous
luminous
endemic
proliferate
brilliance
4. To flatter or praise excessively
treacherous
fawn
viscous
meticulous
5. Extreme brightness; possessing luminosity or genius
pedantic
brilliance
treacherous
aver
6. Not definite; uncertain; experimental
abscond
bolster
frugality
tentative
7. To confirm; to provide additional support; verify
malevolent
intrepid
irascible
corroborate
8. To replace; to supersede; to appropriate
preempt
covert
cultured
presumption
9. To worsen or intensify
cogent
aggravate
deviation
enigmatic
10. To moderate or soothe
cynicism
plummet
fawn
temper
11. A natural inclination or tendency; penchant
propensity
precipitate
misanthrope
subjective
12. Outdated; associated with an earlier - perhaps more primitive time
florid
spurious
archaic
mitigate
13. Intended for or understood by a small - specific group
superficial
infuse
rarefy
esoteric
14. To tend toward the same spot or outcome; inclining to join at an intersecting point
converge
monotonous
eccentric
anesthetic
15. Lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
plod
spurious
flamboyant
maverick
16. A speech honoring the dead
rectify
conspire
eulogy
morose
17. Not objective; based upon internal perceptions rather than upon unprejudiced fact
subjective
waver
obsequious
caustic
18. One who avoids social contact and lives in seclusion
defer
preempt
stint
recluse
19. Not vital or pertinent; irrelevant
enumerate
extraneous
stint
tirade
20. Unimportant; lacking value
temperate
trivial
aberrant
fatuous
21. Acting with excessive haste or impulse
precipitate
presumptuous
obviate
equivocal
22. A means of disguising people or things to make them blend in with their surroundings
tentative
camouflage
subtle
anachronistic
23. Poverty; destitution
eccentric
flamboyant
denigrate
penury
24. Apt to break or crack due to a lack of elasticity; fragile
reconciliation
brevity
innocuous
brittle
25. To publicly praise or promote
tout
burnish
impose
warranted
26. Peaceful; calm
bolster
tranquil
articulate
meticulous
27. A long and formal written thesis or treatise - usually written by a doctoral candidate to meet a degree requirement
equivocal
dissertation
trivial
emulate
28. To make right or fix; correct
soliloquy
cacophony
rectify
invigoration
29. The quality of being generously noble in the mind and heart - esp in forgiving
diffident
rarefy
magnanimity
anachronistic
30. Misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
anesthetic
consternation
prodigious
qualms
31. A thin - flexible film of tissue that covers or lines an organ
membrane
mitigate
calibrate
obsequious
32. To state as a fact; to confirm or support
rigidity
digress
euphemism
aver
33. The quality of being energized or filled with liveliness
ingenuity
implacable
invigoration
brilliance
34. Relevant; germane
savor
luminous
anthology
pertinent
35. To make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
prudent
brittle
mitigate
infuse
36. Pointlessly talkative; talking too much
flamboyant
impudent
cynicism
garrulous
37. An informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
superfluous
connoisseur
divest
tentative
38. Steadfast and courageous
intrepid
corroborate
compensation
enumerate
39. Adherence to the highest principles; uprightness
probity
plethora
discordant
ephemeral
40. Clear; easily understood
lucid
shrill
fraud
hierarchy
41. The purposeful giving of false or misleading testimony while under oath
reconciliation
anachronistic
perjury
morose
42. Scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment
articulate
preempt
derision
temper
43. Occurring only occasionally - or in a scattered instances
disinterest
lackluster
invigoration
sporadic
44. An inclination or tendency
penury
converge
propensity
bent
45. To slow delay or hamper
retard
dogma
inchoate
membrane
46. To make worse or more severe
authoritarian
exacerbate
ambiguous
brevity
47. Baffled; in a quandry; at a loss for what to say or do
marginal
sever
nonplused
tranquil
48. To remove or strip esp clothing
divest
symmetry
presumption
cultivation
49. Readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive
volatile
ingenuity
aversion
unfeigned
50. To undeceive to set right
impose
disabuse
cacophony
banal