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GRE High Frequency Words Vocab
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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. To praise highly
laud
intransigent
meticulous
superficial
2. An inclination or tendency
disabuse
bent
laconic
anthology
3. Adherence to the highest principles; uprightness
extemporaneous
probity
furtive
proliferate
4. A natural inclination or tendency; penchant
propensity
proliferate
castigation
divest
5. To aid by making easier
monotonous
anomaly
volatile
facilitate
6. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate
buttress
eloquent
rectify
infuse
7. Abundant in size - force - or extent; extraordinary
presumptuous
wheedle
prodigious
converge
8. The act of casting out or excluding an individual from a society or group; banishment
succinct
rectify
dispersed
ostracism
9. A thin - flexible film of tissue that covers or lines an organ
membrane
lucid
flamboyant
indifferent
10. A harsh denunciation
exculpate
tentative
diatribe
precursor
11. To anticipate and make unnecessary
deference
repudiate
obviate
recalcitrant
12. To cause to spread - multiply or reproduce
conversion
condemn
propagate
sporadic
13. To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown
admonish
fawn
repudiate
coercive
14. Pliability; malleability; flexibility
squander
plasticity
veracity
camouflage
15. To reprove; to express warning or disapproval
dissemble
dogmatic
admonish
viscous
16. Burning or stinging; causing corrosion
caustic
provoke
connoisseur
conversion
17. Trickery or subterfuge
soliloquy
chicanery
discordant
penchant
18. To incite anger - resentment or exasperation
divest
idiosyncrasy
provoke
magnanimity
19. Lacking faithfulness or loyalty; traitorous; unstable
prudent
indifferent
treacherous
discretion
20. Occurring only occasionally - or in a scattered instances
tentative
synthetic
sporadic
opprobrium
21. Steadfast and courageous
mundane
intrepid
inchoate
articulate
22. yielding or submissive; amenable
ensure
tacit
compliant
chicanery
23. Departure or wandering away from the accepted standard
cower
dispersed
deviation
anthology
24. Cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions
converge
ostracism
discretion
glib
25. Boldness; impudence; arrogance
aver
martial
enigmatic
effrontery
26. To force out; to discharge
membrane
brittle
expel
subtle
27. To restrain; to be sparing or frugal
parody
coercive
inopportune
stint
28. One who hates all other humans
blithe
camouflage
invigoration
misanthrope
29. An independent individual who does not go along with a group or party
blithe
nonplused
maverick
banal
30. Act or process of causing deterioration; a wearing away esp of metals
savor
enervate
aggravate
corrosion
31. Wise and careful; showing good judgment
prudent
disingenuous
secrete
porous
32. To stray from the point; to go off on a tangent
enervate
brittle
digress
covert
33. Deviating from the norm
solicitous
aberrant
frugality
validity
34. Hidden - clandestine
covert
sanction
candor
vexation
35. Winding; twisting; excessively complicated
commensurate
veracity
tortuous
innocuous
36. To grow rapidly or flourish
diffuse
extravagance
burgeon
aggravate
37. Concerned and attentive; eager
unfettered
rigidity
preempt
solicitous
38. An invigorating substance that excites mental or physical activity
stimulant
aversion
endemic
scarce
39. Implied; not explicitly stated
tacit
taciturn
euphemism
quiescence
40. Ambiguous; doubtful or uncertain
equivocal
castigation
prune
caustic
41. Using few words; terse
laconic
temperate
denigrate
rigidity
42. Naturally inclined; tending; likely
prone
taciturn
symmetry
invigoration
43. The combination of parts to make a whole
opprobrium
homogeneous
synthesis
exacerbate
44. Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
provoke
disabuse
nonplused
cogent
45. Mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand
solicitous
enigmatic
covert
frugality
46. The parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules
decibel
pedantic
inured
quiescence
47. To approve tacitly by overlooking or excusing; to allow or forgive
perennial
nonplused
serenity
condone
48. Conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound
discordant
qualms
tout
aberrant
49. Spread out or scattered
veneration
florid
dispersed
luminous
50. Lacking originality
idiosyncrasy
correspond
banal
tranquil