Barron's Essential Words for the GRE - Sheet4 Flashcards
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Expiate
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to atone for
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Explicate
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to explain; interpret; clarify
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Expository
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explanatory
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Extant
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in existence; not lost
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Extemporaneous
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unrehearsed
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Extirpate
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to root up; to destroy
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Extraneous
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not essential
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Extrapolation
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the act of estimating by projecting known information
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Extrinsic
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not inherent or essential
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Facetious
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humorous
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Facilitate
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to make less difficult
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Factotum
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a person who does all sorts of work; a handyman
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Fallacious
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based on a false idea or fact; misleading
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Fallow
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plowed buy not sowed; uncultivated
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Fatuous
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foolishly self-satisfied
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Fauna
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animals of a period or region
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Fawning
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seeking favor by flattering
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Felicitous
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suitably expressed; appropriate; well-chosen
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Feral
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existing in a wild or untamed state
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Fervor
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warmth and intensity of emotion
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Fetid
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having a bad smell
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Fetter
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to bind; confine
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Fiat
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arbitrary order; authorization
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Fidelity
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loyalty; exact correspondence
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Fillibuster
use of obstructive tactics in a legislature to block passage of a law
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Finesse
to handle with a deceptive or evasive strategy; to use finesse, that is, refinement in performance
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Fissure
crevice; crack in a stone
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Flag
to droop; grow weak
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Fledgling
beginner; novice
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Flora
plants of a region or era
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Florid
ruddy; reddish; flowery
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Flourish
an embellishment or ornamentation
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Flout
to treat scornfully
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Flux
flowing; a continuous moving
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Foment
to incite, arouse
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Forbearance
patience
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Forestall
to prevent; delay
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Formidable
menacing; threatening
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Forswear
renounce
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Founder
to sink; fail; collapse
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Fracas
a loud quarrel; brawl
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Fractious
quarrelsome; unruly; rebellious
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Fresco
a painting done on plaster
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Frieze
ornamental band on a wall
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Froward
stubbornly contrary; obstinately disobedient
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Frugality
thrift
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Fulminate
to attack loudly; denounce
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Fulsome
so excessive as to be disgusting
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Fusion
union; synthesis
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Futile
ineffective; useless; fruitless
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Gainsay
to deny; dispute; oppose
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Gambol
to frolic; leap playfully
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Garrulous
very talkative; wordy
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Gauche
coarse and uncouth; clumsy
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Geniality
cheerfulness; kindliness; sociability
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Gerrymander
to divide an area into voting districts in a way that favors a political party
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Glib
fluent in an insincere way; offhand
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Goad
to prod; urge on
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Gossamer
sheer; light and delicate; like cobwebs
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Gouge
to tear out; scoop out; overcharge
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Grandiloquent
pompous; bombastic
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Gregarious
sociable
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Grouse
to complain
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Guileless
free of cunning or deceit; artless
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Guise
outward appearance; false appearance; pretense
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Gullible
easily deceived
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Gustatory
affecting the sense of taste
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Halcyon
calm and peaceful; happy; golden; prosperous
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Hallowed
holy; sacred
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Harangue
long, pompous speech; tirade
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Harrowing
extremely distressing; terrifying
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Herbivorous
relating to herbivore, an animal that feeds mainly on plants
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Hermetic
tightly sealed; magical
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Heterodox
unorthodox, not widely accepted
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Hieroglyphics
a system of writing in which pictorial symbols represent meanings or sounds; writing or symbols that are difficult to decipher; the symbols used in advanced mathematics
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Hirsute
covered with hair
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Histrionic
relating to exaggerated emotional behavior calculated for effect; theatrical arts or performances
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Homeostasis
automatic maintenance by an organism of normal temperature, chemical balance, etc. within itself
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Homily
sermon; tedious moralizing lecture; platitude
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Homogeneous
composed of identical parts; uniform in composition
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Hyperbole
purposeful exaggeration for effect
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Iconoclastic
attacking cherished traditions
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Idolatry
idol worship; blind or excessive devotion
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Igneous
produced by fire; volcanic
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Imbroglio
complicated situation; an entanglement
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Immutable
unchangeable
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Impair
to damage; injure
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Impassive
showing no emotion
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Impecunious
poor; having no money
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Impede
to hinder; block
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Impermeable
impossible to penetrate
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Imperturbable
not easily disturbed
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Impervious
impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected
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Impinge
to strike; encroach
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Implacable
inflexible; incapable of being pleased
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Implausible
unlikely; unbelievable
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Implicit
implied; understood but not stated
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Implode
collapse inward violently
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Imprecation
curse
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Impute
to relate to a particular cause or source; attribute the fault to; assign as a characteristics
