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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. Excessive indulgence of appetite or passion - esp. in regard to alcohol; lack of constraint
synthesis
endemic
intemperance
distention
2. Lack of bias or involvement; impartiality; (ed) uninvolved; free from self-interest
deviance
disinterest
epitome
arduous
3. The combination of parts to make a whole
penury
implode
prodigal
synthesis
4. Dark and depressing; mournful
camouflage
anomaly
somber
facilitate
5. An attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness
inchoate
implacable
shrill
cynicism
6. A speech made to oneself; a monologue
lucid
epitome
inchoate
soliloquy
7. Hidden - clandestine
prudent
covert
volatile
spurious
8. The quality of being generously noble in the mind and heart - esp in forgiving
magnanimity
trivial
ostracism
anthology
9. Naturally inclined; tending; likely
correspond
prone
infuse
dissertation
10. A natural inclination or tendency; penchant
brilliance
volatile
rescind
propensity
11. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
misanthrope
craven
prodigal
implode
12. To abruptly and violently collapse inward
implode
membrane
arduous
camouflage
13. To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
censure
precursor
equivocate
obstinate
14. To anticipate and make unnecessary
denounce
pragmatic
miser
obviate
15. To give a false impression of'
approbation
belie
brilliance
platitude
16. Abnormal; deviating from the common or general type
anomalous
ensure
effrontery
equivocal
17. The art or study of effect use of language for communication and persuasion
aversion
rhetoric
camouflage
spurious
18. To aid by making easier
bent
prodigal
facilitate
spurious
19. In an initial stage; not fully formed
inchoate
antipathy
aberrant
innocuous
20. yield; submit; bow
defer
nonplused
endemic
impose
21. To dry out or dehydrate to make dry or dull
craven
subtle
desiccate
laconic
22. Pure; uncorrupted; clean
solvent
pristine
fatuous
covert
23. Self-important or pompous writing or speech
bombast
presumption
provoke
compliant
24. Implied but no directly stated; tacit
rigidity
implicit
retard
cower
25. To trudge; to move slowly and heavily
plod
bent
cacophony
rhetoric
26. Carefree; merry
onerous
arduous
blithe
ensure
27. Unclear; open to more than one potential meaning
ambiguous
lethargic
conspire
validity
28. Discreet; prudent; careful
diatribe
circumspect
taciturn
deference
29. Matching; corresponding or proportionate in degree - size - or amount
wheedle
inured
commensurate
plethora
30. To lengthen or stretch out
somber
reconciliation
ephemeral
extend
31. To imitate with the goal of rivaling or surpassing
implode
conspire
facetious
emulate
32. Spread out or scattered
mitigate
subjective
dispersed
anomalous
33. A means of disguising people or things to make them blend in with their surroundings
malevolent
rarefy
camouflage
veneration
34. Deceptive; based upon a false belief or impression
illusory
quiescence
squander
denounce
35. An inclination or tendency
cower
camouflage
eulogy
bent
36. An individual who lives poorly in order to hoard money; a person who is stingy
conspire
miser
temper
cynicism
37. A substance that causes insensibility and removes pain
idiosyncrasy
anesthetic
wheedle
aver
38. One who hates all other humans
eulogy
squander
misanthrope
anomalous
39. Burning or stinging; causing corrosion
mundane
impudent
caustic
authoritarian
40. Misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
lackluster
qualms
morose
bolster
41. Mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand
serenity
enigmatic
anesthetic
inopportune
42. Reserved - shy - or unassuming; lacking in self-confidence
effrontery
intemperance
diffident
synthesis
43. Shrink in fear - cringe
intrepid
pertinent
cower
adversity
44. Act or process of causing deterioration; a wearing away esp of metals
eccentric
convention
rhetoric
corrosion
45. A mild replacement for a harsher or more offensive term
euphemism
deference
unfeigned
cacophony
46. To provide support or reinforcement
bolster
tranquility
pertinent
subtle
47. To prod or drive forward; to urge on; incite
stimulant
archaic
waver
goad
48. To praise highly
dissertation
viscous
cunning
laud
49. Not definite; uncertain; experimental
parody
bent
ostracism
tentative
50. Stubbornly opinionated
misanthrope
divest
dogmatic
cogent