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8-16-15 Words (Practice Sets 1 & 2) Flashcards

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Injudicious

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Lack of judgement, unwise

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Austerity

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Stern or strict

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Prolixity

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Long or wordy, unnecessarily drawn out

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Impetuous

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Sudden or rash emotion/action

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Taciturnity

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Not speaking, being reserved

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Volubility

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Talkative, steady flow of words

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Pellucidity

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Lucid, clear

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Rumination

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Act of chewing or pondering

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Prosaic

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Ordinary, commonplace, dull

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Hackneyed

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Made commonplace

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Aloof

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At a distance, apart, disinterested

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Placid

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Calm, tranquil, peaceful

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Restive

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Impatient, restless, stubborn

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Vociferous

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Crying out noisily

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Circumscribed

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To define, limit, encircle

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Indecorous

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Violates standards of generally accepted good taste, unseemly

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Fallow

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Uncultivated, unplowed, inactive

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Recalcitrant

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Resisting authority / control

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Histrionic

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Overly dramatic / theatrical

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Assuaging

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Satisfying, relieving

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Abstruse

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Obscure, difficult to understand

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Inimical

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Tending to obstruct / harm, unfriendly / hostile

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Prose

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Written or spoken language in its ordinary form

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Scurrilous

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Defamatory, scandalous, damaging a reputation

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Arcane

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Understood by few, mysterious

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Panned

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Criticized severely

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Abjured

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Renounce, reject, deny

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Nepotism

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Favoring relatives or friends

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Malfeasance

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Wrongdoing, especially by a public official

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Fatuous

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Silly, pointless, foolish

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Ribald

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Referring to sexual matters in an amusingly rude way

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Toothsome

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Temptingly tasty, delicious

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Ingenuous

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Innocent, unsuspecting, childlike

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Disingenuous

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Insincere, dishonest, untruthful

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Ignominious

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Deserving/causing public shame/disgrace

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Apocryphal

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Fictitious, made up, circulated as true

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Acumen

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Sharpness, ability to make good judgements, quick decisions

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Acridity

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Pungent, sharp taste/smell

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Trenchancy

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Sharp analysis, keen, effective

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Mellifluous

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Sweet/musical, pleasant to hear

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Laconic

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Using very few words, concise, terse

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Strident

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Loud/harsh, grating, rough

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Extripate

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Root out and destroy completely, eradicate

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Recondite

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Little known, abstruse, obscure

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Bedlam

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Scene of uproar/confusion, commotion, mayhem

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Punctilious

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Attention to detail, meticulous

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Waggish

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Humorous in a playful/mischievous manner

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Facetious

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Flippant, glib

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Mien

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Look or manner (person) indicating their character/mood, aura, attitude

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Repudiation

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Rejection of a proposal/idea, denial

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Litigation

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Process of taking legal action

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Truculent

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Eager or quick to argue/fight, aggressively defiant

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Phlegmatic

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Having an unemotional disposition, calm, cool

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Vacillating

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Alternate, waver, indecisive, hesitate

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Catholic

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Diverse, broad, wide, all-embracing

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Ambrosial

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Pleasing to taste/smell, fragrant, divine

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Collusive

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Fraudulently contrived by agreement

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Bely

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Contradict

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Incongruous

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Incompatible

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Quixotic

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Foolishly idealistic

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Calumny

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Salient

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Most noticeable/important/principal

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Salubrious

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Health-giving, healthy, pleasant

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Opprobrious

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Expressing scorn/criticism, derogatory, pejorative

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Gainsay

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Deny or contradict

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Ebullience

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Cheerful, full of energy, exuberance

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Miscreant

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Someone who behaves badly, breaks the law

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Interloper

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Person who becomes involved in a place where they’re not wanted/don’t belong

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Vituperated

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Blame or insult (someone) in strong or violent language, scold, criticize

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Manifest

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Clear, obvious, evident, display, show, exhibit

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Orotund

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Full, round, and imposing, strong (voice), pompous or pretentious writing

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Depilation

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Removal of hair, wool, or bristles by chemical or mechanical methods

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Sanguine

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Optimistic or positive, especially during a bad situation

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Arrogated

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Take of claim something without justification

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Torrid

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Intensely hot, dry, very passionate

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August

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Magnificent, eminent, distinguished

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Harbinger

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A person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another person/thing

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Effigy

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Sculpture or model of a person

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Repudiation

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Rejection, denial

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Cosseted

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Doted upon in an oppressive way, pamper, indulge, coddle

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Mollified

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Appeased, placated, pacified, assuaged

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Guile

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Sly, cunning

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Quaffing

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Drinking large quantities at great speed, guzzle, gulp

84
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Quandary

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Difficulty, dilemma, predicament

85
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Inasmuch as

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To the extent that, considering that

86
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Obviate

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Absolute removal, eliminate, preclude

87
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Paltry

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Small, meager

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Picayune

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Petty, worthless

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Middling

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Moderate or average in size, amount or rank, normal

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Consummate

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Showing a high degree of skill, complete or perfect, supreme

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Unmitigated

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Thorough, absolute, complete

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Opined

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Hold as one’s opinion, suggest, declare

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Averred

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State or assert to be the case, allege

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Exigencies

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Necessity, urgent need or demand

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Jaunty

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Expressing lively, cheerful, self-confident manner, cherry, happy

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Blithe

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Casual, indifferent, unconcerned, also happy or joyous

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Slipshod

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Hurried, sloppy, careless, haphazard

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Idiosyncratic

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Distinctive, individual, peculiar, characteristic

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Parsimonious

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Unwillingness to part with one’s goods, unwilling to spend money or use resources, stingy or frugal

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Covetous

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Having or showing a great desire to possess something, typically something belonging to someone else, greedy

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Penurious

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Extremely poor, poverty stricken, destitute

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Rapacious

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Aggressively greedy, grasping, avaricious

103
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Proscribe

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Write against, condemn, forbid, prohibit, ban

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Squall

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Storm or tempest, often sudden or violent

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Ostentatious

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Pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others

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Dilapidation

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To cause or allow (a building, car, etc) to fall into a state of disrepair via misuse or neglect

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Chastised

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To discipline

108
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Imbibing

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To drink, or absorb / soak-up

109
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Abatement

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The act or state of abating or being abated, reduction, decrease, alleviate, mitigate

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Ebbing

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Flowing backward, decay, decline

111
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Ostracized

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To exclude from society, friendship, conversation, etc

112
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Conflagration

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A destructive fire

113
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Dissension

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Strong disagreement, contention, a quarrel

114
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Rubicon

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To cross / pass the rubicon; to take a decisive, irrevocable step

115
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Contingencies

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Dependence on chance or the fulfillment of a condition, uncertainty

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Pithy

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Brief, forceful, meaningful in expression, full of vigor and meaning

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Burnished

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To polish, make smooth / bright

118
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Appellation

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A name, title, or designation.

119
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Belie

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To be false, to contradict

120
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Katya

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The girl I love more than anything in the whole world

GRE Vocab Words (4 decks)

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