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GRE Barron's High Frequency Words Set 4

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zealot
n. fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal
whimsical
n. capricious; fanciful
welter
n. turmoil; bewildering jumble
wary
adj. very cautious
warranted
adj. justified; authorized
volatile
adj. changeable; explosive; evaporating rapidly

n. volatility
vituperative
adj. abusive; scolding
viscous
adj. sticky, gluey

n. viscosity
viable
adj. practical or workable; capable of maintaining life
verbose
adj. wordy
veracious
adj. truthful

n. veracity
venerate
v. revere
vacillate
v. waver; fluctuate

n. vacillation
truculence
n. aggressiveness; ferocity

adj. truculent
transgression
n. violation of a law; sin
tractable
adj. docile; easily managed
tortuous
adj. winding; full of curves
torpor
n. lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy

adj. torpid
tirade
n. extended scolding; denunciation; harangue
tenuous
adj. thin; rare; slim
tangential
adj. peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing
tacit
adj. understood; not put into words
supposition
n. hypothesis; surmise
supersede
v. cause to be set aside; replace; make obsolete
substantiate
v. establish by evidence; verify; support
subside
v. settle down; descend; grow quiet
subpeona
n. writ summoning a witness to appear
strut
n. pompous walk

or

n. supporting bar
striated
adj. marked with parallel bands; grooved
stolid
adj. dull; impassive
stipulate
v. make express conditions; specify
stint
v. be thrifty; set limits
stigma
n. token of disgrace; brand
sporadic
adj. occurring irregularly
spectrum
n. colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism
specious
adj. seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often intentionally)
soporific
adj. sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness
solicitous
adj. worried, concerned

n. solicitude
skeptic
n. doubter; person who suspends judgment until having examined the evidence supporting a point of view
shard
n. fragment, generally of pottery
secrete
v. hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism
savor
v. enjoy; have a distinctive flavor, smell, or quality
saturate
v. soak thoroughly
satiate
v. satisfy fully

n. satiety
sanction
v. approve; ratify
salubrious
adj. healthful
sage
n. person celebrated for wisdom

also adj.
reverent
adj. respectful; worshipful

v. revere
n. reverence
reticent
adj. reserved; uncommunicative; inclined to silence

n. reticence
resolve
n. determination; firmness of purpose

also v.
resolution
n. determination

adj. resolute
rescind
v. cancel
repudiate
v. disown, disavow
reprobate
n. person hardened in sin, devoid of a sense of decency
reproach
v. express disapproval or disappointment
relegate
v. banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign
refute
v. disprove

n. refutation
refractory
adj. stubborn; unmanageable
recondite
adj. abstruse; profound; secret
recluse
n. hermit; loner

adj. reclusive
recant
v. disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error
recalcitrant
adj. obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly
rarefied
adj. made less dense (of a gas)

v. rarefy
n. rarefaction
quiescent
adj. at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive
quibble
n. minor objection or complaint

also v.
qualified
adj. limited; restricted
pungent
adj. stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic

n. pungency
proscribe
v. ostracize; banish; outlaw
propriety
n. fitness; correct conduct
propitiate
v. appease
propensity
n. natural inclination
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