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1
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Anecdote

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A brief amusing story

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Celerity

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Speed

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Dexterous

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Skillful with hands

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Extraneous

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Irrelevant

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Incoherent

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Not clear

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Maladroit

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Clumsy; unskillful

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Pallid

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Pale

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Presumptuous

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Assuming too much; arrogant

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Scrupulous

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Careful; diligent; painstaking

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Unequivocal

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Clear; obvious

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Animosity

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Hatred; antagonism

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Censorious

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Disapproving; critical

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Dichotomy

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A division into two parts

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Extrapolate

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Extend; predict on the basis of known data

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Incongruous

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Not fitting in; out of place

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Malady

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Illness

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Palpable

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Easily felt; easily perceived

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Pretentious

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Pompous; self-important

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Scrutinize

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Examine carefully

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Unfetter

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Set free

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21
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Annex (n)

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A building which is an addition to an existing building

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Censure

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Blame

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Didactic

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Intended to teach; instructive

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Extrinsic

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Irrelevant; on the outside

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Inconsequential

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Unimportant; insignificant; negligible

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Malediction

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A curse

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Panacea

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Remedy for all ills

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Prevaricate

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Speak misleadingly and evasively

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Scuttle

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Sink

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Unfrock

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To remove a priest from his position

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Annex (v)

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Take possession of; seize; capture

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Cerebral

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Intellectual

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33
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Diffident

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Lacking confidence

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34
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Fallacious

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False

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Inconspicuous

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Not easily seen; subtle; not noticeable

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Malefactor

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A wrong-doer

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Paradigm

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  1. Example
  2. Model
  3. Way of looking at things
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Pristine

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Unspolied

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Seminary

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An institution in which priests are trained

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Unprecedented

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Never having happened before

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Anomaly

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Something which does not fit in a pattern; irregularity

42
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Certitude

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Certainty

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Digress

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Wander off the subject

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Falter

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Hesitate; waver

45
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Indelible

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Cannot be wiped out

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Malinger

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Deliberately avoid work; shirk

47
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Paradox

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Apparently contradictory statement

48
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Proclivity

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Tendency towards

49
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Sensuous

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Appealing to the senses

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Unscathed

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Unharmed; intact; without a scratch

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Antagonism

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Hostility; strong opposition

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Charlatan

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Trickster who claims knowledge he doesn’t have

53
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Dike

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Dam; embankment

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Fanatical

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Obsessive; fixated

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Indifferent

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  1. Neutral

2. Not outstanding

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Malingerer

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Person who deliberately tries to avoid work

57
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Paragon

A

A perfect example

58
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Procrastinate

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Delay; put off

59
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Sentinel

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Guard; sentry

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Unwitting

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Not deliberate; unconscious

61
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Antagonistic

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Opposed; hostile; aggressive

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Chary

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Wary of; cautious about; reluctant to give

63
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Dilatory

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Slow; falling behind with one’s work

64
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Fanaticism

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Passion; excessive devotion

65
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Indigenous

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Native to a particular area

66
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Malleable

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Flexible; can be shaped

67
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Paramount

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Of supreme importance

68
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Prodigal

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Wasteful; extravagant

69
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Sequester

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Isolate

70
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Upbraid

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Scold; tell off; reprimand

71
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Antediluvian

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Outdated; prehistoric; very old-fashioned

72
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Chastises

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Punishes

73
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Dilemma

A

Puzzling situation

74
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Fastidious

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Overly particular; finicky

75
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Indolence

A

Laziness

76
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Mallet

A
  1. Wooden hammer

2. Stick used for polo

77
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Parasite

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  1. Scrounger

2. Animal which takes digested food from another

78
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Prodigious

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Very large

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Serendipity

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Fortunate coincidence; unsought discovery

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Uproarious

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Hilarious; hysterical; very funny

81
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Anthology

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A book which is a collection of poems or stories

82
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Chicanery

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Trickery

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Dilettante

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Person who dabbles in a subject without serious study

84
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Fatuous

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Silly; foolish

85
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Inductee

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Novice; beginner

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Manipulatable

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Influenceable; controllable

87
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Parched

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Dried up

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Profane

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Unholy

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Serene

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Calm; peaceful

90
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Upshot

A

Outcome

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Anthropocentrism

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Putting man at the center of one’s philosophy

92
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Chimerical

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Changeable; unstable

93
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Diligent

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Hard-working

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Feasible

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Possible and practicable

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Indulgent

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Pampering; satisfying desires

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Marred

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Damaged; spoiled

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Pariah

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An outcast from society

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Profanity

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Swearing; cursing

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Serrated

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Jagged; saw-like

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Urbane

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Sophisticated; suave

1500 GRE Vocab (7 decks)

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