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GRE High Frequency Words Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Implied; not explicitly stated
tacit
repudiate
lackluster
enumerate
2. Playful humorous
tranquility
qualms
dissemble
facetious
3. One who practices rigid self-denial esp in religious devotion
ascetic
ensure
deference
assuage
4. A humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect - esp. in literature and art
tirade
provoke
viscous
parody
5. Burning or stinging; causing corrosion
deference
caustic
inopportune
prodigious
6. To appease; to conciliate
propitiate
pragmatic
flamboyant
tractable
7. Abnormal; deviating from the common or general type
probity
candor
admonish
anomalous
8. In an initial stage; not fully formed
synthetic
fraud
burnish
inchoate
9. To weaken; to reduce in vitality
circumspect
prodigal
tact
enervate
10. Cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions
convention
mitigate
circumspect
discretion
11. To provide support or reinforcement
tranquil
inured
bolster
advocate
12. Assuming an unauthorized right or responsibility; overly forward and arrogant
membrane
perjury
inquisitive
presumptuous
13. Calmness; serenity; peacefulness
apprise
tranquility
obstinate
anthology
14. Ambiguous; doubtful or uncertain
approbation
abscond
equivocal
synthetic
15. Embodiment; quintessence
epitome
implicit
conspicuous
onerous
16. Stillness; motionless; quality of being at rest
stanza
hierarchy
quiescence
corroborate
17. Implied but no directly stated; tacit
slight
castigation
centrifuge
implicit
18. Able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance
chicanery
tangential
brilliance
solvent
19. Well-spoken; coherent
articulate
temper
prodigious
tranquility
20. To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
discretion
assuage
ensure
solicitous
21. Abundant in size - force - or extent; extraordinary
prodigious
admonish
ambiguous
bombast
22. To calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intesity
saturate
rectify
squander
mollify
23. A system in which individuals or things are ranked in a particular order
veneration
illusory
hierarchy
loquacious
24. A speech honoring the dead
membrane
eulogy
meticulous
perfunctory
25. Insincere; lacking in honesty
brilliance
temperate
assuage
disingenuous
26. To exist in agreement or conformity; harmonize
wheedle
platitude
unfettered
correspond
27. Improvised; done without preparation
tangential
banal
extemporaneous
decibel
28. An inclination or tendency
belie
dogmatic
bent
slight
29. Having or showing often viscious ill-will -spite - hatred
arduous
malevolent
authoritarian
brevity
30. A superficial remark - esp. one offered as meaningful
platitude
loquacious
erudite
enumerate
31. Troubling burdensome
effrontery
impudent
onerous
candor
32. To combine several elements into a whole
amalgamate
opprobrium
secrete
extend
33. Having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
pervasive
obdurate
vexation
camouflage
34. To coax; persuade - often through the use of flattery or smooth talk
wheedle
impose
burgeon
intrepid
35. Refusing to compromise
intransigent
morose
repudiate
subjective
36. State or quality of differing from the accepted norm; abnormality
deviance
flamboyant
succinct
condone
37. To make worse or more severe
exacerbate
conspicuous
admonish
tout
38. Contemptibly fainthearted - lacking any courage
craven
corrosion
tentative
stanza
39. Marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial
glib
fawn
miser
distention
40. Inclined to change one'S mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable
chicanery
laud
wheedle
capricious
41. Characterized by a preference for complete obedience to authority; domineering
recalcitrant
rarefy
authoritarian
unfeigned
42. Man-made; artificial; relating to or involving the combination of parts to make a whole
synthetic
rectify
monotonous
tangential
43. Shortness or briefness - esp. in time
imperturbable
audacious
brevity
expel
44. To blacken; to belittle; to sully defame disparage
denigrate
obviate
impudent
superfluous
45. Brief and concise
succinct
fortuitous
anachronistic
wheedle
46. To restrain; to be sparing or frugal
stint
banal
irascible
disinterest
47. Loud and high-pitched; screeching
shrill
sever
amalgamate
plethora
48. Dark and depressing; mournful
eradicate
somber
treacherous
cultured
49. Lacking originality
equivocate
discordant
correspond
banal
50. Authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance
martial
sanction
apprise
misanthrope