Barron's Essential Words for the GRE - Sheet7 Flashcards
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Profound
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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
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to win over; appease
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Propriety
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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
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powerful
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Punctilious
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careful in observing rules of behavior or ceremony
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Pungent
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strong or sharp in smell or taste; penetrating; caustic; to the point
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Purport
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to profess; suppose; claim
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Pusillanimous
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cowardly
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Quagmire
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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
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inactive; still
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Quorum
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number of members necessary to conduct a meeting
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Raconteur
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witty, skillful storyteller
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Rail
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to scold with bitter or abusive language
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Raiment
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clothing
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Ramification
implication; outgrowth; consequence
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Rarefied
refined
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Rationale
fundamental reason
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Rebus
puzzle in which pictures or symbols represent words
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Recalcitrant
resisting authority or control
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Recant
to retract a statement or opinion
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Recluse
person who lives in seclusion and often in solitude
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Recondite
abstruse; profound
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Redoubtable
formidable; arousing fear; worthy of respect
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Refractory
stubborn; unmanageable; resisting ordinary methods of treatment
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Refulgent
brightly shining; resplendent
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Refute
to contradict; disprove
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Regale
to entertain
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Relegate
to consign to an inferior position
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Remonstrate
to object or protest
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Renege
to go back on one's word
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Reparation
amends; compensation
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Repine
fret; complain
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Reprise
repetition, especially of a piece of music
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Reproach
to find fault with; blame
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Reprobate
morally unprincipled person
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Repudiate
to reject as having no authority
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Rescind
to cancel
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Resolution
determination; resolve
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Resolve
determination; firmness of purpose
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Reticent
not speaking freely; reserved; reluctant
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Reverent
expressing deep respect; worship
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Riposte
a retaliatory action or retort
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Rococo
excessively ornate; highly decorated; style of architecture in eighteenth-century Europe
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Rubric
title or heading; category; established mode of procedure or conduct; protocol
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Rue
to regret
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Ruse
trick; crafty stratagem; subterfuge
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Sage
wise
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Salacious
lascivious; lustful
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Salubrious
healthful
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Salutary
expecting an improvement; favorable to health
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Sanction
to approve; ratify; permit
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Sardonic
cynical; scornfully mocking
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Sartorial
pertaining to tailors
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Satiate
to satisfy
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Saturate
to soak thoroughly; imbue throughout
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Saturnine
gloomy
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Satyr
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
to enjoy; have a distinctive flavor or smell
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Schematic
relating to or in the form of an outline or diagram
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Secrete
produce and release substance into organism
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Sedition
behavior prompting rebellion
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Sedulous
diligent
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Seismic
relating to earthquakes; earthshaking
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Sensual
relating to the senses; gratifying the physical senses, especially sexual appetites
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Sensuous
relating to the senses; operating through the senses
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Sentient
aware; conscious; able to perceive
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Servile
submissive; obedient
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Sextant
navigation tool that determines latitude and longitude
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Shard
a piece of broken glass or pottery
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Sidereal
relating to the stars
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Simian
apelike; relating to apes
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Simile
comparison of one thing with another using "like" or "as"
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Sinecure
well-paying job or office that requires little or no work
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Singular
unique; extraordinary; odd
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Sinuous
winding; intricate; complex
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Skeptic
one who doubts
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Sobriety
seriousness
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Sodden
thoroughly soaked; saturated
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Solicitous
concerned; attentive; eager
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Soliloquy
literature or dynamic speech by one character; no addressed to others
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Solvent
able to meet financial obligations
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Somatic
relating to or affecting the body; corporeal
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Soporific
sleep producing
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Sordid
filthy; contemptible and corrupt
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Specious
seeming to be logical and sound, but not really so
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Spectrum
band of colors produced when sunlight passes through a prism; a broad range of related ideas or objects
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Spendthrift
person who spends money recklessly
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Sporadic
irregular
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Squalor
filthy; wretched condition
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Staccato
marked by abrupt, clear-cut sounds
