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GRE High Frequency WordsOctober 8, 2012 By Sivabalan T.
Barron's GRE 17th Edition High Freq Words
1.
become less in amount or intensity
2.
the use of tricks to deceive someone
3.
cause to become widely known
4.
take exception to
5.
potentially existing but not presently evident or realized
6.
markedly different from an accepted norm
7.
change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state
8.
separation into component parts
9.
abate
chicanery
disseminate
gainsay
latent
aberrant
coagulate
dissolution
garrulous
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full of trivial conversation
10.
praise, glorify, or honor
11.
temporary cessation or suspension
12.
the closing section of a musical composition
13.
disagreeable sounds
14.
stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick
15.
deficient in alertness or activity
16.
run away
17.
powerfully persuasive
18.
cause to expand as it by internal pressure
19.
an impression in a surface, as made by a blow
laud
abeyance
coda
dissonance
goad
lethargic
abscond
cogent
distend
gouge
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20.
an embankment built to prevent a river from overflowing
21.
marked by temperance in indulgence
22.
corresponding in size or degree or extent
23.
undergo condensation
24.
lofty in style
25.
a manner lacking seriousness
26.
take to task
27.
a publication containing a variety of works
28.
move or draw apart
29.
temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
30.
levee
abstemious
commensurate
distill
grandiloquent
levity
admonish
compendium
diverge
gregarious
log
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a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
31.
make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
32.
showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others
33.
take away possessions from someone
34.
free of deceit
35.
full of trivial conversation
36.
characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
37.
disposed to act in accordance with someone's wishes
38.
a representation of a person's thinking with symbolic marks
39.
naive and easily deceived or tricked
40.
transparently clear; easily understandable
adulterate
complaisant
divest
guileless
loquacious
aesthetic
compliant
document
gullible
lucid
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41.
a sum total of many heterogeneous things taken together
42.
making or willing to make concessions
43.
pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
44.
a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
45.
softly bright or radiant
46.
liveliness and eagerness
47.
excuse, overlook, or make allowances for
48.
inactive but capable of becoming active
49.
all of the same or similar kind or nature
50.
liberality in bestowing gifts
51.
aggregate
conciliatory
dogmatic
harangue
luminous
alacrity
condone
dormant
homogeneous
magnanimity
alleviate
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provide physical relief, as from pain
52.
be confusing or perplexing to
53.
fool or hoax
54.
extravagant exaggeration
55.
someone shirking duty by feigning illness or incapacity
56.
to bring or combine together or with something else
57.
an expert able to appreciate a field
58.
joyously unrestrained
59.
characterized by attack on established beliefs
60.
capable of being shaped or bent
61.
having more than one possible meaning
confound
dupe
hyperbole
malingerer
amalgamate
connoisseur
ebullient
iconoclastic
malleable
ambiguous
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62.
the act of competing as for profit or a prize
63.
selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
64.
the worship of idols or images that are not God
65.
someone who exhibits independence in thought and action
66.
mixed feelings or emotions
67.
showing an inclination to disagree
68.
capacity or power to produce a desired effect
69.
not subject or susceptible to change or variation
70.
given to lying
71.
to make better
72.
contention
eclectic
idolatry
maverick
ambivalence
contentious
efficacy
immutable
mendacious
ameliorate
contrite
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feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
73.
audacious behavior that you have no right to
74.
make worse or less effective
75.
striking change in appearance or character or circumstances
76.
something located at a time when it could not have existed
77.
a difficult problem
78.
a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
79.
having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
80.
marked by precise accordance with details
81.
similar or equivalent in some respects
82.
be adjacent or come together
effrontery
impair
metamorphosis
anachronism
conundrum
elegy
impassive
meticulous
analogous
converge
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83.
call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
84.
be a hindrance or obstacle to
85.
someone who dislikes people in general
86.
a state of lawlessness and disorder
87.
rolled longitudinally upon itself
88.
make more attractive, as by adding ornament or color
89.
preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through
90.
lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
91.
deviating from the general or common order or type
92.
lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
93.
elicit
impede
misanthrope
anarchy
convoluted
embellish
impermeable
mitigate
anomalous
craven
empirical
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derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
94.
marked by extreme calm and composure
95.
cause to be more favorably inclined
96.
a feeling of intense dislike
97.
cause to lose courage
98.
strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
99.
not admitting of passage or capable of being affected
100.
showing a brooding ill humor
101.
an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
102.
propriety in manners and conduct
103.
native to or confined to a certain region
imperturbable
mollify
antipathy
daunt
emulate
impervious
morose
apathy
decorum
endemic
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104.
incapable of being placated
105.
found in the ordinary course of events
106.
make peace with
107.
an option that is selected automatically
108.
weaken mentally or morally
109.
implied though not directly expressed
110.
make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
111.
inform somebody of something
112.
courteous regard for people's feelings
113.
make children
114.
implacable
mundane
appease
default
enervate
implicit
negate
apprise
deference
engender
implode
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burst inward
115.
any new participant in some activity
116.
official approval
117.
represented accurately or precisely
118.
increase
119.
without knowledge or intention
120.
stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
121.
suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc
122.
charge falsely or with malicious intent
123.
anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
124.
only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
neophyte
approbation
delineate
enhance
inadvertently
obdurate
appropriate
denigrate
ephemeral
inchoate
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125.
attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
126.
characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
127.
treat or speak of with contempt
128.
steadiness of mind under stress
129.
the quality of disagreeing
130.
do away with
131.
simple and natural; without cunning or deceit
132.
a compound obtained from another compound
133.
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
134.
lacking worth or importance
135.
obsequious
arduous
deride
equanimity
incongruity
obviate
artless
derivative
equivocate
inconsequential
occlude
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block passage through
136.
someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
137.
lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
138.
having or showing profound knowledge
139.
make into a whole or make part of a whole
140.
intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
141.
marked by care and persistent effort
142.
marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose
143.
understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
144.
not fixed or known in advance
145.
not easily borne; wearing
ascetic
desiccate
erudite
incorporate
officious
assiduous
desultory
esoteric
indeterminate
onerous
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146.
provide physical relief, as from pain
147.
something immaterial that interferes with action or progress
148.
a formal expression of praise for someone who has died
149.
a state of extreme poverty or destitution
150.
a state of extreme dishonor
151.
become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude
152.
thunderous verbal attack
153.
an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
154.
disinclined to work or exertion
155.
move or swing from side to side regularly
156.
assuage
deterrent
eulogy
indigence
opprobrium
attenuate
diatribe
euphemism
indolent
oscillate
audacious
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disposed to venture or take risks
157.
being twofold
158.
make worse
159.
unable to move or resist motion
160.
intended to attract notice and impress others
161.
of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
162.
lack of self-assurance
163.
pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
164.
liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned
165.
lacking in sophistication or worldliness
166.
a perfect embodiment of a concept
dichotomy
exacerbate
inert
ostentatious
austere
diffidence
exculpate
pate
ingenuous
paragon
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167.
existing as an independent entity
168.
spread out; not concentrated in one place
169.
a pressing or urgent situation
170.
existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
171.
a fervent and even militant proponent of something
172.
to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
173.
a turning aside
174.
an inference about the future based on known facts
175.
not injurious to physical or mental health
176.
relating to the study of diseases
177.
autonomous
diffuse
exigency
inherent
partisan
aver
digression
extrapolation
innocuous
pathological
banal
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repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
178.
a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person
179.
cleverly amusing in tone
180.
barely able to be perceived
181.
an insufficient quantity or number
182.
be in contradiction with
183.
free somebody from an erroneous belief
184.
make easier
185.
give to understand
186.
marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
187.
doing or producing good
dirge
facetious
insensible
paucity
belie
disabuse
facilitate
insinuate
pedantic
beneficent
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188.
having or revealing keen insight and good judgment
189.
containing or based on incorrect reasoning
190.
lacking interest or significance or impact
191.
a strong liking
192.
support and strengthen
193.
not in agreement or harmony
194.
devoid of intelligence
195.
the state of being isolated or detached
196.
a state of extreme poverty or destitution
197.
ostentatiously lofty in style
198.
discerning
fallacious
insipid
penchant
bolster
discordant
fatuous
insularity
penury
bombastic
discredit
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the state of being held in low esteem
199.
attempting to win favor by flattery
200.
difficult to manage or mold
201.
lasting three seasons or more
202.
ill-mannered and coarse in behavior or appearance
203.
a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
204.
exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style
205.
stubbornly refusing to compromise
206.
tending to betray
207.
grow and flourish
208.
constituting a separate entity or part
fawning
intractable
perennial
boorish
discrepancy
felicitous
intransigence
perfidious
burgeon
discrete
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209.
feelings of great warmth and intensity
210.
fill or cover completely, usually with water
211.
hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
212.
polish and make shiny
213.
not straightforward or candid
214.
a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
215.
made tough by habitual exposure
216.
allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through
217.
a support usually of stone or brick
218.
unaffected by concern for one's own welfare
219.
fervor
inundate
perfunctory
burnish
disingenuous
flag
inured
permeable
buttress
disinterested
fledgling
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young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying
220.
abusive language used to express blame or censure
221.
spreading or spread throughout
222.
having an unpleasant sound
223.
taken apart at the points of connection
224.
treat with contemptuous disregard
225.
quickly aroused to anger
226.
showing little emotion
227.
determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
228.
stop associating with
229.
try to stir up
invective
pervasive
cacophonous
disjointed
flout
irascible
phlegmatic
capricious
dismiss
foment
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230.
uncertain how to act or proceed
231.
righteousness by virtue of being pious
232.
verbal punishment
233.
express a negative opinion of
234.
keep from happening or arising; make impossible
235.
an established line of travel or access
236.
cause to be more favorably inclined
237.
substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction
238.
fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
239.
prudence in avoiding waste
240.
irresolute
piety
castigation
disparage
forestall
itinerary
placate
catalyst
disparate
frugality
laconic
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brief and to the point
241.
the property of being physically malleable
242.
capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
243.
behave unnaturally or affectedly
244.
producing no result or effect
245.
a feeling of lack of interest or energy
246.
a trite or obvious remark
247.
extreme excess
248.
make peace with
249.
cancel officially
250.
recurring in scattered or unpredictable instances
plasticity
caustic
dissemble
futile
lassitude
platitude
plethora
propitiate
rescind
sporadic
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251.
easily managed
252.
drop sharply
253.
correct behavior
254.
a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner
255.
a symbol of disgrace or infamy
256.
the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle
257.
full of vessels or holes
258.
command against
259.
find a solution or answer
260.
supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
261.
tractable
plummet
propriety
resolution
stigma
transgression
porous
proscribe
resolve
stint
truculence
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obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness
262.
concerned with practical matters
263.
strong and sharp
264.
reluctant to draw attention to yourself
265.
make an express demand or provision in an agreement
266.
be undecided about something
267.
a preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution
268.
meeting the proper standards and requirements for a task
269.
feeling or showing profound respect or veneration
270.
having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
271.
regard with feelings of respect and reverence
pragmatic
pungent
reticent
stipulate
vacillate
preamble
qualified
reverent
stolid
venerate
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272.
not secure; beset with difficulties
273.
evade the truth of a point by raising irrelevant objections
274.
a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics
275.
marked with stripes
276.
habitually speaking the truth
277.
bring about abruptly
278.
being quiet or still or inactive
279.
promoting health
280.
to walk with a lofty proud gait
281.
using or containing too many words
282.
precarious
quibble
sage
striate
veracious
precipitate
quiescent
salubrious
strut
verbose
precursor
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something indicating the approach of something or someone
283.
of high moral or intellectual value
284.
official permission or approval
285.
a writ issued to compel the attendance of a witness
286.
capable of life or normal growth and development
287.
excessively forward
288.
stubbornly resistant to authority or control
289.
fill to satisfaction
290.
sink to a lower level or form a depression
291.
having a relatively high resistance to flow
292.
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
rarefied
sanction
subpoena
viable
presumptuous
recalcitrant
satiate
subside
viscous
prevaricate
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293.
formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
294.
infuse or fill completely
295.
establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
296.
marked by harshly abusive criticism
297.
immaculately clean and unused
298.
one who lives in solitude
299.
the taste experience when a savoury condiment is tasted
300.
take the place or move into the position of
301.
substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to vapor
302.
complete and confirmed integrity
303.
recant
saturate
substantiate
vituperative
pristine
recluse
savor
supersede
volatile
probity
recondite
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difficult to penetrate
304.
generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
305.
the cognitive process of conjecturing
306.
incapable of being justified or explained
307.
making great mental demands
308.
stubbornly resistant to authority or control
309.
a broken piece of a brittle artifact
310.
implied by or inferred from actions or statements
311.
marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
312.
recklessly wasteful
313.
overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
secrete
supposition
unwarranted
problematic
refractory
shard
tacit
wary
prodigal
refute
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314.
someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs
315.
of superficial relevance if any
316.
a confused multitude of things
317.
situated at or extending to great depth
318.
assign to a lower position
319.
full of anxiety and concern
320.
very thin in gauge or diameter
321.
determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
322.
tending to discourage, especially of prices
323.
express criticism towards
324.
skeptic
tangential
welter
profound
relegate
solicitous
tenuous
whimsical
prohibitive
reproach
soporific
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sleep inducing
325.
a speech of violent denunciation
326.
a fervent and even militant proponent of something
327.
grow rapidly
328.
a person without moral scruples
329.
plausible but false
330.
a state of motor and mental inactivity
331.
a natural inclination
332.
refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
333.
a broad range of related objects or values or qualities
334.
marked by repeated turns and bends
tirade
zealot
proliferate
reprobate
specious
torpor
propensity
repudiate
spectrum
tortuous
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