Barron GRE Vocab (definitions) Flashcards
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diligent; hard working
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assiduous
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funeral hymn
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dirge
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free of cunning or deceit; artless
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guileless
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seeming to be logical and sound, but not really so; deceptively attractive
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specious
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easily angered
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irascible
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lethargy; sluggishness
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lassitude
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rude; insensitive
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boorish
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to adore; honor; respect
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venerate
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self-governing; independent
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autonomous
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ill-humored; sullen
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morose
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move back and forth
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oscillate
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wistful; extravagant; lavish
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prodigal
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bold; daring; fearless
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audacious
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to make worse
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exacerbate
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showing no emotion
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impassive
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verbal abuse
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invective
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one-sided; committed to a party, group, or cause; prejudiced
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partisan
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simple; unoriginal
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derivative
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cowardly
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craven
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act of trespassing or violating a law or rule
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transgression
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difference between
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discrepancy
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using few words
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laconic
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to spread out
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diffuse
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tending to vary frequently; fickle
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volatile
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caution or reprimand
admonish
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generosity; nobility
magnanimity
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long, violent speech or verbal assault
tirade
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contradict; misrepresent; give a false impression
belie
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to inform
apprise
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submissive; eager to please
obsequious
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introduce something into another thing already in existence; combine
incorporate
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praise or glorify
laud
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easily deceived
gullible
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to intentionally use a vague language
equivocate
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similar or comparable
analogous
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to specify as an essential condition
stipulate
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deception through guile or trickery
chicanery
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to fall; plunge
plummet
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to expand; swell out
distend
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discord; lack of harmony
dissonance
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novice; beginner
neophyte
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showing off learning
pedantic
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to combine (into a unified whole)
amalgamate
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to deceive; trick
dupe
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stubborn; unmanageable; resisting ordinary methods of treatment
refractory
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not candid/sincere; crafty
disingenuous
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pompous; bombastic
grandiloquent
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inflexible; incapable of being pleased
implacable
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scarcity
paucity
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uncertain (p)
precarious
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stubbornness; refusal to compromise
intransigence
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to affirm; declare to be true
aver
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shyness; lack of self confidence
diffidence
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to prod; urge on
goad
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moderate in appetite
abstemious
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firmly established by nature or habit
inherent
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narrow-mindedness; isolation
insularity
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weak; insubstantial
tenuous
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justified
warranted
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produce and release substance into organism
secrete
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to retract a statement or opinion
recant
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fickle; constantly changing one's mind
capricious
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record of a voyage; record of daily activities
log
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spread throughout every part
pervasive
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broad range of related ideas or objects
spectrum
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dissenter; independent-minded person
maverick
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attacking cherished traditions
iconoclastic
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to dry out completely
desiccate
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model of excellence or perfection
paragon
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strong or sharp in smell or taste; penetrating; caustic; to the point
pungent
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insignificant; unimportant
inconsequential
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to make less severe
assuage
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to leave secretly
abscond
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state of not fitting
incongruity
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lacking in flavor; dull
insipid
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pliability; condition of being able to be shaped or formed
plasticity
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purposeful exaggeration for effect
hyperbole
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not easily managed
intractable
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proper behavior
decorum
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to cause to happen; to throw violently
precipitate
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to be sparing
stint
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to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill
malingerer
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quarrelsome
contentious
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unprejudiced; objective
disinterested
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unable to move; sluggish
inert
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naïve and trusting; lacking sophistication
ingenuous
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unsure of how to act; weak
irresolute
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the act of assuming to be true or real
supposition
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crisis; urgent requirements
exigency
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to weaken
enervate
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to consign to an inferior position
relegate
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distinct; constituting a separate thing
discrete
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excess; overabundance
plethora
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brief, comprehensive summary
compendium
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concerned; attentive; eager
solicitous
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lamentful poem or song
elegy
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to make unnecessary; anticipate and prevent
obviate
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short-lived; not lasting very long
ephemeral
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inherent; belonging to an area
endemic
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to cause; produce; bring about
engender
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implied; understood but not stated
implicit
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to soak thoroughly; imbue throughout
saturate
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irregular; deviating from the norm
sporadic
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burdensome; troublesome
onerous
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willing to betray one's trust; faithless; disloyal; untrustworthy
perfidious
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to find fault with; blame
reproach
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to satisfy or overindulge
satiate
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too helpful; meddlesome
officious
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to copy; try to equal or excel
emulate
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riddle; puzzle with no solution
conundrum
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to contradict; disprove
refute
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to soothe; to calm or make less severe
mollify
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one who is fanatically devoted to a cause
zealot
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stop up; prevent the passage of
occlude
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devoutness
piety
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use of agreeable/inoffensive language in place of unpleasant/offensive language
euphemism
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untouched; uncorrupted
pristine
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to polish
burnish
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an assertion
contention
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to replace, especially to displace as inferior or antiquated
supersede
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boring, predictable, cliched
banal
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piece of broken glass or pottery
shard
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perceptive; exhibiting keen insight and good judgment
discerning
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talkative
loquacious
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stale, overused expression
platitude
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honesty; high-mindedness
probity
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something that causes change
catalyst
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practical (as opposed to realistic)
pragmatic
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refined
rarefied
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correct conduct; fitness
propriety
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sociable
gregarious
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having or showing little emotion
stolid
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healthy/healthful
salubrious
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to make less difficult
facilitate
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to deny; dispute; oppose
gainsay
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to approve; ratify; permit
sanction
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to waver; oscillate
vacillate
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to soften; to lessen; to cause to become less harsh, severe, or painful; alleviate
mitigate
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aggressiveness; ferocity
truculence
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cancel out; nullify
negate
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unclear or doubtful in meaning;
ambiguous
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irregular; deviating from the norm
anomalous
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penetrable
permeable
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stubborn; hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion
obdurate
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thick, syrupy, and sticky
viscous
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to wallow or roll; toss about; be in turmoil
welter
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not fully formed; disorganized
inchoate
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not speaking freely; reserved; reluctant
reticent
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morally unprincipled person
reprobate
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division into two (usually contradictory) parts
dichotomy
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act of straying from the main point
digression
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to adorn; decorate; enhance; make more attractive by adding details
embellish
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to cancel
rescind
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amounting to a whole; total
aggregate
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high praise, especially of someone recently deceased
eulogy
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decrease in force or degree; to weaken
attenuate
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cheerful willingness; eagerness; speed
alacrity
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to take possession for one's own use; confiscate
appropriate
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difficult to understand; obscure; profound
recondite
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punishment; chastisement; criticism
castigation
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limited; restricted
qualified
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overly polite; willing to please; obliging
complaisant
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uniform in composition; composed of identical parts
homogeneous
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prevent; delay
forestall
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to tear out; scoop out; overcharge
gouge
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to condemn; forbid; outlaw
proscribe
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relationship between cause/effect
causality
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beginner; novice
fledgling
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arouse or incite
foment
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stern; undecorated
austere
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inactive; still
quiescent
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using or containing harsh, abusive censure
vituperative
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expressing deep respect; worshipful
reverent
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to overwhelm; to cover with water
inundate
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respect, courtesy
deference
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hardened; accustomed; used to
inured
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resisting authority or control
recalcitrant
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carelessly; unintentionally
inadvertently
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forerunner; predecessor
precursor
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to win over; appease
propitiate
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one who practices self-denial
ascetic
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one who doubts
skeptic
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to flourish
burgeon
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notice ordering someone to appear in court
subpoena
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bright; clear; intelligible
lucid
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tendency to be thrifty or cheap
frugality
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reject; put away from consideration
dismiss
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proportional
commensurate
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very talkative, wordy
garrulous
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light manner or attitude
levity
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based on a false idea or fact; misleading
fallacious
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thicken; congeal
coagulate
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to swagger; display to impress others
strut
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relating to beauty or art
aesthetic
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shameless boldness; presumptuousness
effrontery
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impossible to penetrate
impermeable
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exhilarated; enthusiastic
ebullient
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to support with proof or evidence
substantiate
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not essential
extraneous
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hinder; block
impede
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bitter verbal attack
diatribe
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seeking favor through flattery
fawning
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determination; resolve
resolution
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to increase rapidly
proliferate
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damage; injure
impair
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selecting from various sources
eclectic
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public disgrace; contempt
opprobrium
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mark of disgrace or inferiority
stigma
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to lie; to quibble; to evade the truth
prevaricate
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strong dislike; hostility
antipathy
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wise
sage
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something that summarizes or concludes, as in a musical composition
coda
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calm in temperament; sluggish
phlegmatic
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to argue over insignificant and irrelevant details
quibble
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to slur someone's reputation
denigrate
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marked with thin, narrow grooves or channels
striated
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poverty
indigence
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rude; improperly bold
presumptuous
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showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention
ostentatious
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something that is out of place in time
anachronism
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hard to understand; understood by only a few
esoteric
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to droop; grow weak
flag
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harmless
innocuous
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to belittle
disparage
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to spread; scatter; disperse
disseminate
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capable of being shaped
malleable
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causing sleep or lethargy
soporific
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change; transformation
metamorphosis
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to pretend; disguise one's motives
dissemble
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not in tune
discordant
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to reject as having no authority
repudiate
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dogmatic; unyielding
doctrinaire
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fanciful; unpredictable
whimsical
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not easily disturbed
imperturbable
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praise; approval
approbation
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extract the essential elements
distill
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extremely careful about details
meticulous
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superficial; not thorough; performed as only a duty; indifferent
perfunctory
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to treat scornfully
flout
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inactive; sluggish
lethargic
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temporary suppression or suspension
abeyance
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person possessing expert knowledge or training
connoisseur
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violently collapse inward
implode
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learned, scholarly, bookish
erudite
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lacking order or coherence; dislocated
disjointed
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guileless; natural
artless
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pompous in speech and/or manner
bombastic
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peripheral; digressing
tangential
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deviating from the norm
aberrant
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unconscious; unresponsive
insensible
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humorous; sarcastic
facetious
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departing from normal condition
pathological
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inclination; tendency
propensity
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present throughout the years; persistent
perennial
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composure; calmness
equanimity
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silently understood; implied
tacit
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to clear of blame; vindicate; show innocence
exculpate
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impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected
impervious
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stating opinions without proof; dictatorial in one's opinions
dogmatic
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extreme poverty
penury
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smooth or pacify
placate
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twisted; complicated
convoluted
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to dishonor; disgrace; cause to be doubted
discredit
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having many twists and turns; highly complex
tortuous
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unchangeable
immutable
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habitually lazy; idle
indolent
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reinforce or support
buttress
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baffle; mix up; perplex; confuse
confound
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overcoming distrust or hostility
conciliatory
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worldly (as opposed to spiritual); concerned with the ordinary
mundane
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to represent or depict
delineate
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dissimilar
disparate
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suitably expressed; appropriate; well-chosen
felicitous
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widely observed in a group; customary
conventional
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a person who dislikes others; one who hates humanity
misanthrope
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random; disconnected; rambling
desultory
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inclination
penchant
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dishonest
mendacious
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foolishly self-satisfied
fatuous
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wordy
verbose
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truthful; accurate
veracious
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to provoke; draw out
elicit
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unpleasant or harsh-sounding
cacophonous
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to free from a misconception; to set right
disabuse
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to improve
ameliorate
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disintegration; debauchery
dissolution
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idol worship; blind or excessive devotion
idolatry
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long, pompous speech; tirade
harangue
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derived from observation or experiment
empirical
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state of having conflicting emotional attitudes
ambivalence
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practicable; capable of developing
viable
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lethargy; dormancy; sluggishness
torpor
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to suggest; say indirectly; imply
insinuate
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kindly; doing good
beneficent
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an embankment that prevent a river from overflowing
levee
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careful; cautious
wary
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effectiveness; efficiency
efficacy
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obedient; yielding
tractable
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posing a problem; doubtful; unsettled
problematic
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uncertain; indefinite
indeterminate
