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Barron's Essential Words for the GRE - Sheet7 Flashcards

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Profound

A

deep; not superficial

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Prohibitive

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so high as to prevent the purchase or use of; preventing; forbidding

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Proliferate

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to increase rapidly

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Propensity

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Inclination; tendency

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Propitiate

A

to win over; appease

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Propriety

A

correct conduct; fitness

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Proscribe

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to condemn; forbid; outlaw

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Provident

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providing for future needs; frugal

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Puissant

A

powerful

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Punctilious

A

careful in observing rules of behavior or ceremony

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Pungent

A

strong or sharp in smell or taste; penetrating; caustic; to the point

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Purport

A

to profess; suppose; claim

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Pusillanimous

A

cowardly

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Quagmire

A

marsh; difficult situation

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Quail

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to cower; lose heart

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Qualified

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limited; restricted

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Qualm

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sudden feelings of faintness or nausea; uneasy feeling about the righteousness of actions

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Query

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to question

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Quibble

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to argue over insignificant and irrelevant details

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Quiescent

A

inactive; still

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Quorum

A

number of members necessary to conduct a meeting

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Raconteur

A

witty, skillful storyteller

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Rail

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to scold with bitter or abusive language

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Raiment

A

clothing

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Ramification

A

implication; outgrowth; consequence

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Rarefied

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refined

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Rationale

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fundamental reason

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Rebus

A

puzzle in which pictures or symbols represent words

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Recalcitrant

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resisting authority or control

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30
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Recant

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to retract a statement or opinion

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31
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Recluse

A

person who lives in seclusion and often in solitude

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Recondite

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abstruse; profound

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Redoubtable

A

formidable; arousing fear; worthy of respect

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Refractory

A

stubborn; unmanageable; resisting ordinary methods of treatment

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Refulgent

A

brightly shining; resplendent

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36
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Refute

A

to contradict; disprove

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Regale

A

to entertain

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38
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Relegate

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to consign to an inferior position

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39
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Remonstrate

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to object or protest

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40
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Renege

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to go back on one’s word

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41
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Reparation

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amends; compensation

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Repine

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fret; complain

43
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Reprise

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repetition, especially of a piece of music

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Reproach

A

to find fault with; blame

45
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Reprobate

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morally unprincipled person

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Repudiate

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to reject as having no authority

47
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Rescind

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Resolution

A

determination; resolve

49
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Resolve

A

determination; firmness of purpose

50
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Reticent

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not speaking freely; reserved; reluctant

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Reverent

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expressing deep respect; worship

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Riposte

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a retaliatory action or retort

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Rococo

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excessively ornate; highly decorated; style of architecture in eighteenth-century Europe

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Rubric

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title or heading; category; established mode of procedure or conduct; protocol

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Rue

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Ruse

A

trick; crafty stratagem; subterfuge

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Sage

58
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Salacious

A

lascivious; lustful

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Salubrious

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Salutary

A

expecting an improvement; favorable to health

61
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Sanction

A

to approve; ratify; permit

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Sardonic

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cynical; scornfully mocking

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Sartorial

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pertaining to tailors

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Satiate

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to satisfy

65
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Saturate

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to soak thoroughly; imbue throughout

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Saturnine

67
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Satyr

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a creature that is half-man, half-beast with the horns and legs of a goat; it is a follower of Dionysos; a lecher

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Savor

A

to enjoy; have a distinctive flavor or smell

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Schematic

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relating to or in the form of an outline or diagram

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Secrete

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produce and release substance into organism

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Sedition

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behavior prompting rebellion

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Sedulous

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Seismic

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relating to earthquakes; earthshaking

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Sensual

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relating to the senses; gratifying the physical senses, especially sexual appetites

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Sensuous

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relating to the senses; operating through the senses

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Sentient

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aware; conscious; able to perceive

77
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Servile

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submissive; obedient

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Sextant

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navigation tool that determines latitude and longitude

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Shard

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a piece of broken glass or pottery

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Sidereal

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relating to the stars

81
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Simian

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apelike; relating to apes

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Simile

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comparison of one thing with another using “like” or “as”

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Sinecure

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well-paying job or office that requires little or no work

84
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Singular

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unique; extraordinary; odd

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Sinuous

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winding; intricate; complex

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Skeptic

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one who doubts

87
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Sobriety

A

seriousness

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Sodden

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thoroughly soaked; saturated

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Solicitous

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concerned; attentive; eager

90
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Soliloquy

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literature or dynamic speech by one character; no addressed to others

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Solvent

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able to meet financial obligations

92
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Somatic

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relating to or affecting the body; corporeal

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Soporific

A

sleep producing

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Sordid

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filthy; contemptible and corrupt

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Specious

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seeming to be logical and sound, but not really so

96
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Spectrum

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band of colors produced when sunlight passes through a prism; a broad range of related ideas or objects

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Spendthrift

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person who spends money recklessly

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Sporadic

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Squalor

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filthy; wretched condition

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Staccato

A

marked by abrupt, clear-cut sounds

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