All ETS TC GREG WORDS Flashcards

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Equivocate

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Ambiguous language to conceal truth

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Corroborated

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To confirm or support a theory

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Inhibit

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To retrain or prevent

Cold inhibits plant growth

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Trivial

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Little value or importance

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Repudiate

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Reject or deny the truth

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Diffident

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Shy because lack of confidence

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Invigorated

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Give energy

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Venerate

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Regard with respect

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Confounded

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Emphasis to express anger

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Exacerbate

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Make something feel worse

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Laconic

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Using few words

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Innocuous

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Not harmful or offensive

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Assuage

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Make less intense

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Eccentric

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Stranger or unconventional

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Antipathy

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Strong dislike

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Dogmatic

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Follows set of rules, opinionated

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Eclictic

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Derive ideas from different sources

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Enigmatic

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Difficult to understand

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Relegate

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Downgrade, demotion

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Garrulous

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Very talkitive

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Imperturbable

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Calm not excited or upset

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Profound

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Intense feeling or
having great knowledge

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Meticulous

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Showing attention to detail

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Articulated

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Expressed, put into words

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Ephemeral
Lasting for a short time
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Discern
Distinguish with difficulty
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Monotonous
Repetition, dull, lacking of variety
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Intrinsic
Essential
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Prodigal
Spending money recklessly
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Bolster
Long pillow for support
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Extravagant
Lack of restrain in spending cash
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Emulate
Imitate
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Intransigent
Unwilling to agree about a topic
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Condone
Accept wrong behavior
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Presumptuous
Failing to understand appropriate behavior limit
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Gullible
Easy to persuade
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Apprehensive
Understandable, or anxiety
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Agitated
Anxiety or nervous excitement
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Embellish
Make something more attractive
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Hamper
Hinder the movement of progress
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Prolix
Using or containing too many words
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Efficacy
Ability to produce desired result
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Augmented
Having been made greater in size
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Dissemble or dissemblance
Pretend or conceal one's true feelings
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Taciturn or tacit
Talks little or understood or Implied without being stated
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Adversity
Difficult or unpleasant
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Implicit
Suggest but not directly expressed
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Aversion
Strong dislike
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Mundane
Lacking of Interest or excitement
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Spurious
False or fake, not what it purports
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Impetus
Force or energy with which the body moves
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Blithe
Casual and happy Happy light hearted personality
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Complacent
Careless, and proud of oneself,
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Imminent
About to happen - immidiately
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Prevaricate
Avoid telling truth and hide what you think -( speak in an evasive manner)
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Extraneous
Irrelevant
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Obviate
Remove a need or difficulty Prevent
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Forestall
Prevent by talking advance action
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Eloquence
Fluent and persuasive while speaking or writing
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Arduous
Involving difficult and tiring effort