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Advanced GRE Word List 12 Flashcards

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1
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Approbation

A

Approval.

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Bent

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Inclination; aptitude.

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Cadge

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Get by begging.

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Extemporize

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Speak without preparation or rehearsal.

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Lambaste

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Attack verbally.

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Noisome

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Having an extremely offensive smell.

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Pastiche

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An artistic style that imitates that of another work, artist, or period.

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Arboreal

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Concerning trees.

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Cloistered

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Isolated.

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Disabuse

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Make someone aware of an error in thinking.

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Engendering

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Causing; bringing into being.

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Intemperate

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Excessive; immoderate.

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Lugubrious

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Sad; gloomy; dismal.

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14
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Nonplussed

A

Confused.

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Pedagogy

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Science of education and teaching.

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Slake

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To quench or satisfy.

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Artless

A

Without effort; simple.

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Comeliness

A

Beauty.

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19
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Doff

A

Take off (esp. a hat).

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Don

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Put on (esp. of clothes)

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Erudition

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Learning; scholarly knowledge.

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Plaintive

A

Sad; mournful.

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Suborn

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To bribe.

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Tendentious

A

Dogmatic; biased.

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Tortuous

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Indirect; winding.

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Verbiage

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Excessive or meaningless wordiness.

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Atonement

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Making amends for sin or crime.

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Complaisance

A

Flexibility; willingness to please.

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Fawn

A

To behave in a sycophantic way; grovel.

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30
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Gregariousness

A

Sociability; liking for crowds.

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Nascent

A

Emerging; newly formed. Beginning to show signs of future potential.

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Paean

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A song of praise or triumph.

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Reproof

A

Scolding; criticism.

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34
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Scurvy

A
  1. Disease due to lack of vitamin C.

2. Contemptible; rascally.

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Tutelary

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Serving as a guardian.

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Abscission

A

Cutting.

37
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Contentious

A

Causing argument.

38
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Debilitating

A

Weakening.

39
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Foible

A

Quirk; minor weakness.

40
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Importune

A

Beg; solicit.

41
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Pertain

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To be relevant to.

42
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Slew

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Glut; excess.

43
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Toady

A

Sycophant; flatterer.

44
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Torrid

A

Hot and steamy

45
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Veracious

A

True.

46
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Asperity

A

Using harsh or critical tone.

47
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Disingenuous

A

Not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does.

48
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Evanescent

A

Short-lived.

49
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Intangible

A

Cannot be touched; abstract.

50
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Labile

A

Liable to change; easily altered.

51
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Malapropism

A

Use of a similar sounding but incorrect word.

52
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Posture

A

To put on an act.

53
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Proximate

A

Immediate; nearest.

54
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Pugnacious

A

Eager or quick to argue or quarrel.

55
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Gaucherie

A

Awkward, embarrassing, or unsophisticated ways.

56
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Heterodox

A

Unorthodox.

57
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Inscrutability

A

Quality of being difficult to understand.

58
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Limerick

A

A humorous, frequently bawdy, piece of rhyming verse.

59
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Mannered

A

Stylized; pretentious.

60
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Pluck

A

Spirited and determined courage.

61
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Sedulous

A

Persevering; eager and thorough.

62
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Syllogism

A

An instance of a form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn from two given premises, each which shares a term with the conclusion.

Or, deductive reasoning as distinct from induction.

63
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Vicissitude

A

Unexpected change in fortune or circumstances.

64
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Acolyte

A

Disciple or follower.

65
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Admonitory

A

Scolding.

66
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Caprices

A

Whimsies; fancies.

67
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Cornucopia

A

Symbol (horn filled with fruit, etc.) denoting natural abundance.

68
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Deferential

A

Showing respect.

69
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Intractability

A

Showing stubbornness; resistance.

70
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Luminary

A

A person who inspires or influences others, esp. one prominent in particular sphere.

71
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Minion

A

Underling; servant.

72
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Vitiate

A

Weaken; sap energy.

73
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Coterie

A

A small group with common interests; a clique.

74
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Denigrate

A

Decry; criticize; belittle.

75
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Empirical

A

Based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory.

76
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Gainsay

A

Deny or contradict.

77
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Prolixity

A

(Of speech or writing) using too many words; tediously lengthy.

78
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Rebus

A

A puzzle in which words are represented by combinations of pictures and individual letters.

79
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Sere

A

Dry or withered, esp. of vegetation.

80
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Vulpine

A

Of or relating to foxes.

81
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Corroborate

A

Give supporting evidence.

82
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Exacerbated

A

Made worse.

83
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Exact

A

To demand or extort.

84
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Faddish

A

Whimsical; following a fashion.

85
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Hapless

A

Unlucky.

86
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Misconstrue

A

Put a wrong interpretation on something.

87
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Perennial

A

Long lasting.

88
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Abysmal

A

Very deep; bad.

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