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GRE High Frequency
Kaplan GRE high frequency
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| anomoly | a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form. |
| assuage | to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate |
| enigma | a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation |
| equivocal | allowing the possibility of several different meanings, as a word or phrase, especially with intent to deceive or misguide; susceptible of double interpretation; deliberately ambiguous |
| erudite | characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly |
| fervid | heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc |
| lucid | easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible |
| opaque | not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light; not allowing light to pass through |
| placate | to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures |
| precipiate | to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly. to cast down headlong; fling or hurl down |
| prodigal | wastefully or recklessly extravagant |
| zeal | fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor |
| abstain | to hold oneself back voluntarily, especially from something regarded as improper or unhealthy |
| adulterate | to debase or make impure by adding inferior materials or elements; use cheaper, inferior, or less desirable goods in the production of (any professedly genuine article) |
| apathy | absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement. lack of interest in or concern for things that others find moving or exciting. |
| audacious | extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless. extremely original; without restriction to prior ideas; highly inventive. |
| capricious | subject to, led by, or indicative of caprice or whim; erratic |
| corroborate | to make more certain; confirm |
| desiccate | to dry thoroughly; dry up; dehydrate |
| engender | to produce, cause, or give rise to; to beget; procreate |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory |
| gullible | easily deceived or cheated |
| homogenous | corresponding in structure because of a common origin. |
| laconic | using few words; expressing much in few words; concise |
| laudable | deserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable |
| loquacious | talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous |
| mitigate | to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate |
| pedant | a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning |
| pragmatic | of or pertaining to a practical point of view or practical considerations |
| propriety | conformity to established standards of good or proper behavior or manners |
| vacillate | to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute; waver |
| volatile | evaporating rapidly; passing off readily in the form of vapor. tending or threatening to break out into open violence; explosive. |
| advocate | to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly |
| antipathy | a natural, basic, or habitual repugnance; aversion |
| bolster | to add to, support, or uphold |
| cacophony | harsh discordance of sound; dissonance |
| deride | to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock |
| dissonance | inharmonious or harsh sound; discord; cacophony |
| enervate | to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken |
| eulogy | a speech or writing in praise of a person or thing, especially a set oration in honor of a deceased person; high praise or commendation |
| garrulous | excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters |
| ingenuous | free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation; candid; sincere |
| lethargic | of, pertaining to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish |
| malleable | able to be worked, hammered, or shaped under pressure or blows without breaking; able to be influenced; pliable or tractable |
| misanthrope | person who dislikes or distrusts other people or mankind in general |
| obdurate | unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding |
| ostentation | pretentious or conspicuous show, as of wealth or importance; display intended to impress others |
| paradox | any person, thing, or situation exhibiting an apparently contradictory nature |
| philanthropic | of, pertaining to, engaged in, or characterized by philanthropy; benevolent |
| prevaricate | to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie |
| venerate | to hold in deep respect; revere |
| waver | to be irresolute; hesitate between two possibilities. to become unsteady. to fluctuate or vary |
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