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GRE High Frequency Words Vocab
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1. A group of two or more verses or lines that make up a division in a poem and correspond in rhyme - meter - and length
superfluous
stanza
deference
platitude
2. Spread out or scattered
dispersed
ostracism
heretical
castigation
3. Playful humorous
somber
cunning
facetious
subtle
4. Troubling burdensome
membrane
onerous
qualms
solvent
5. A system in which individuals or things are ranked in a particular order
synthesis
hierarchy
rhetoric
plummet
6. Lacking originality
banal
anachronistic
blithe
recalcitrant
7. Self-important or pompous writing or speech
bombast
porous
anomalous
dogmatic
8. Payment given for services rendered or for loss
compensation
prodigious
laud
sanction
9. Unclear; open to more than one potential meaning
derivative
idiosyncrasy
ambiguous
calibrate
10. Cleverness or inventiveness
ingenuity
cunning
perjury
rigidity
11. Dull; lacking vitality or luminosity
proliferate
lackluster
ephemeral
unfettered
12. To appease; to conciliate
propitiate
probity
subjective
diffuse
13. A collection of lierary works by various authors
precipitate
eulogy
insipid
anthology
14. One that precedes and indicates or announces another
precursor
tacit
validity
extraneous
15. Ostentatious or showy; flashy
irascible
volatile
flamboyant
deviance
16. Authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance
serenity
sanction
stimulant
ascetic
17. Not vital or pertinent; irrelevant
diffuse
synthetic
castigation
extraneous
18. Carefree; merry
vigor
qualms
blithe
convoluted
19. Discerning and sensitive use of speech; diplomacy
tact
pervasive
plethora
onerous
20. To remove completely; to annihilate; to pull out by the roots
eradicate
audacious
heretical
eccentric
21. Strenuous - taxing
meticulous
buttress
arduous
propitiate
22. A substance that causes insensibility and removes pain
divest
exacerbate
anesthetic
superfluous
23. Having or showing often viscious ill-will -spite - hatred
malevolent
inundate
cunning
amalgamate
24. Unorthodox; iconoclastic; dissenting from established dogma
heretical
denigrate
camouflage
shrill
25. To plunge or drop straight down
discrete
solicitous
sever
plummet
26. To incite anger - resentment or exasperation
eclectic
bent
impudent
provoke
27. Active bodily or mental strength or energy; force
reconciliation
vigor
enumerate
implicit
28. Occurring only occasionally - or in a scattered instances
castigation
prudent
veracity
sporadic
29. To imbue; to pour in; to introduce; to instill
belie
shrill
presumption
infuse
30. To publicly praise or promote
tout
succinct
mundane
abscond
31. Of the world; typical of or concerned w/the ordinary
mundane
ascetic
membrane
denigrate
32. Winding; twisting; excessively complicated
tortuous
candor
tout
dissemble
33. Harmless; causing no damage
implode
dissemble
coercive
innocuous
34. Extremely talkative
morose
covert
squander
loquacious
35. Docile; obedience; easily led
membrane
idiosyncrasy
squander
tractable
36. Refusing to compromise
intransigent
mitigate
bent
scarce
37. An overabundance; a surplus
plethora
warranted
audacious
censure
38. In an initial stage; not fully formed
inchoate
membrane
goad
provoke
39. Insincere; lacking in honesty
disingenuous
propitiate
tout
articulate
40. Cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions
discretion
aberrant
tact
perennial
41. Pure; uncorrupted; clean
implacable
dispersed
taciturn
pristine
42. To stray from the point; to go off on a tangent
digress
propensity
luminous
eclectic
43. An intense feeling of dislike or disgust
belie
aversion
malevolent
cower
44. Man-made; artificial; relating to or involving the combination of parts to make a whole
synthetic
discordant
esoteric
decibel
45. Ill-timed; unsuitable; inappropriate
inopportune
disabuse
penury
tranquil
46. Deviating from the norm
obdurate
aberrant
inopportune
discretion
47. To grow rapidly or flourish
loquacious
lucid
burgeon
mollify
48. To publicly condemn or criticize
vexation
effrontery
denounce
beneficent
49. To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown
frugality
repudiate
misanthrope
flamboyant
50. Stubborn; hardheaded
membrane
superficial
obstinate
malevolent