Barron's Essential Words for the GRE - Sheet6 Flashcards
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Miscellany
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mixture of writing on various subjects
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Miscreant
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villain; criminal
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Misogynist
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one who hates women
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Mitigate
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to cause to become less harsh, severe, or painful; alleviate
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Mnemonic
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related to memory; assisting memory
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Modicum
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limited quantity
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Mollify
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to soothe
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Monolithic
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solid and uniform; consisting a single, unified whole
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Morose
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ill-humored; sullen
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Motley
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many colored; made up of many parts
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Multifarious
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diverse
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Mundane
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worldly as opposed to spiritual; concerned with the ordinary
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Necromancy
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black magic
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Negate
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to cancel out; nullify
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Neologism
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new word or expression
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Neophyte
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novice; beginner
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Nexus
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a means of connection; a connected group or series; a center
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Nonplussed
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bewildered
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Nostalgia
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sentimental longing for a past time
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Nostrum
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medicine or remedy of doubtful effectiveness; supposed cure
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Nugatory
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trifling; invalid
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Obdurate
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stubborn
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Obsequious
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overly submissive
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Obsequy
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funeral ceremony (often used in the plural, obsequies)
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Obviate
to make unnecessary; to anticipate and prevent
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Occlude
to shut; block
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Occult
related to practices connected with supernatural phenomena
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Odyssey
a long, adventurous voyage; a quest
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Officious
too helpful; meddlesome
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Olfactory
concerning the sense of smell
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Oligarchy
form of government in which power belongs to only a few leaders
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Onerous
burdensome
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Onomatopoeia
formation or use of words that imitates sounds of the actions they refer to
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Opprobrium
disgrace; contempt
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Ornithologist
scientist who studies birds
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Oscillate
to move back and forth
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Ostentatious
showy; trying to attact attention; pretentious
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Overweening
presumptuous; arrogant; overbearing
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Paean
song of joy or triumph; a fervent expression of joy
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Paleontology
study of past geological eras through fossil remains
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Pallid
lacking color or liveliness
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Panegyric
elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise
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Paragon
model of excellence or perfection
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Partisan
one-sided; committed to a party, group, or cause; prejudiced
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Pathological
departing from normal condition
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Patois
a regional dialect; nonstandard speech; jargon
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Paucity
scarcity
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Pedantic
showing off learning
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Pellucid
transparent; translucent; easily understood
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Penchant
inclination
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Penury
extreme poverty
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Peregrination
a wandering from place to place
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Peremptory
imperative; leaving no choice
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Perennial
present throughout the years; persistent
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Perfidious
faithless; disloyal; untrustworthy
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Perfunctory
superficial; not thorough; performed really as a duty
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Perigee
point in an orbit that is closest to the earth
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Permeable
penetrable
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Perturb
to disturb greatly; make uneasy or anxious; cause a body to deviate from its regular orbit
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Pervasive
spread throughout every part
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Petulant
rude; peevish
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Phlegmatic
calm in temperament; sluggish
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Phoenix
mythical, immortal bird that lives for 500 years, burns itself to death, and rises from its ashes; anything that is restored after suffering great destruction
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Physiognomy
facial features
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Piety
devoutness
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Piquant
appealingly stimulating; pleasingly pungent; attractive
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Pique
fleeting feeling of hurt pride
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Placate
to lessen another's anger; to pacify
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Placid
calm
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Plaintive
melancholy; mournful
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Plasticity
condition of being able to be shaped or formed; pliability
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Platitude
stale; overused expression
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Platonic
spiritual; without sensual desire; theoretical
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Plethora
excess; overabundance
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Plumb
to determine the depth; to examine deeply
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Plummet
to fall; plunge
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Plutocracy
society ruled by the wealthy
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Porous
full of holes; permeable to liquids
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Poseur
person who affects an attitude or identity to impress others
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Pragmatic
practical
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Prate
to talk idly; chatter
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Prattle
meaningless, foolish talk
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Preamble
preliminary statement
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Precarious
uncertain
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Precept
principle; law
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Precipitate
to cause to happen; throw down from a height
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Precipitate
rash; hasty; sudden
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Precursor
forerunner; predecessor
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Preempt
to supersede; appropriate for oneself
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Prehensile
capable of grasping
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Premonition
forewarning; presentiment
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Presage
to foretell; indicate in advance
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Presumptuous
rude; improperly bold
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Preternatural
beyond the normal cause to nature; supernatural
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Prevaricate
to quibble; evade the truth
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Primordial
original; existing from the beginning
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Pristine
untouched; uncorrupted
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Probity
honesty; high-mindedness
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Problematic
posing a problem; doubtful; unsettled
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Prodigal
wasteful; extravagant; lavish
