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Advanced GRE Word List 13 Flashcards

1
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Emollient

A

Softening; something which softens.

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Fusillade

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Long burst of gunfire.

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Inerrancy

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Infallibility; inability to make mistakes.

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Mince

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  1. Chop into tiny pieces. 2. Walk with tiny steps. 3. Speak in an affected manner.
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Palpate

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Medical term meaning to examine with the hands.

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Platitude

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Unoriginal, obvious sayings.

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Quibble

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  1. To argue of minor matters; to play on words when finding fault.
  2. A minor verbal point in an argument.
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Epigram

A

Short, witty saying.

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Lassitude

A

Lack of energy; weariness.

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10
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Pedantic

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Over insistent and concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic language.

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Phenomenology

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Branch of science concerned with things as they are perceived; not directly derived from theory.

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12
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Renege

A

Go back on a promise or retract a statement.

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13
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Precipitate

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  1. Hurried. 2. To instigate or speed up an action.
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14
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Dross

A

Something regarded as worthless; rubbish.

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Expiate

A

Atone; make amends for.

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Prone

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  1. Vulnerable to. 2. Horizontal.
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17
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Propensity

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Tendency; inclination.

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18
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Umbrage

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  1. Shadow. 2. Offense; sense of injury.
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19
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Dilettantism

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Dabbling. Esp. in the arts.

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20
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Enervate

A

Weaken.

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21
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Malevolent

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Having evil intentions.

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22
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Neophyte

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A new convert.

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Panegyric

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Speech praising someone; laudatory words.

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Presage

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Forewarn of; indicate.

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25
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Tare

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A weed resembling wheat when young.

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Unprepossessing

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Unattractive.

27
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Aberration

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Deviation from the normal.

28
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Cant

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Hypocritical and sanctimonious talk.

29
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Disinter

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To dig up.

30
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Façade

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  1. Front elevation of a building. 2. False appearance or demeanor.
31
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Lacuna

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An unfilled space or interval; gap.

32
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Monolithic

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United in purpose; forming a single unit.

33
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Pied

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Having two or more different colors.

34
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Seemly

A

Appropriate (of behavior); decorous.

35
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Analogue

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  1. Something similar. 2. Output proportional to input.
36
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Coda

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Piece of music at the end of a musical work; finale; final part of document.

37
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Commingle

A

Mix.

38
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Equivocal

A

Ambiguous; open to interpretation.

39
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Hallow

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To honor as holy or make holy.

40
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Indigence

A

Poverty.

41
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Pique

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  1. Annoyance. 2. To stimulate interest; to annoy.
42
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Descry

A

To catch sight of.

43
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Facetious

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Not intended to be taken seriously.

44
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Indecorous

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Unseemly; inappropriate.

45
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Proliferate

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To grow and spread.

46
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Scotch

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  1. To decisively put an end to. 2. To wedge someone or something somewhere.
47
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Strut

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  1. A supporting rod. 2. To walk in an arrogant manner.
48
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Usury

A

Lending money at high interest rates.

49
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Atavism

A

Reappearance of ancestral traits; regression.

50
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Filibuster

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Tactic meant to delay.

51
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Gambit

A

Opening move; transaction.

52
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Propitiate

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To appease; to try to gain favor.

53
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Travesty

A

Ridiculous error.

54
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Waft

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To drift slowly. Or a whiff, smell.

55
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Prescience

A

Foreknowledge.

56
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Squalid

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Dirty and demeaning.

57
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Sullied

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Made dirty or impure.

58
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Veneration

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Worship or respect.

59
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Demur

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To object; to hesitate to accept.

60
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Exigency

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Urgent matter, pressing need.

61
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Expostulate

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To offer strong objections.

62
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Gossamer

A

Delicate; filmy; like gauze.

63
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Quixotic

A

Impractically idealistic.

64
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Alleviated

A

Made less severe.

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