Barron's Essential Words for the GRE - Sheet8 Flashcards
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Stanch
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to stop or check the flow of
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Stentorian
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extremely loud
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Stigma
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mark of disgrace or inferiority
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Stint
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to be sparing
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Stipulate
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to specify as an essential condition
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Stolid
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having or showing no emotion
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Stratified
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arranged in layers
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Straited
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marked with thin, narrow grooves or channels
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Stricture
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something that restraints; negative criticism
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Strident
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loud; harsh; unpleasantly noisy
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Strut
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to swagger; display to impress other
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Stultify
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to impair or reduce to uselessness
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Stupefy
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to dull the senses of; stun; astonish
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Stygian
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dark and gloomy; hellish
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Subpoena
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notice ordering someone to appear in court
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Subside
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to settle down; grow quite
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Substantiate
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to support with proof or evidence
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Substantive
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essential; pertaining to the substrate
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Subsume
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to include; incorporate
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Subversive
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intended to undermine or overthrow, especially an established government
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Succor
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relief; help in time of distress or want
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Suffrage
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the right to vote
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Sundry
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various
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Supersede
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to replace, especially to displace as inferior or antiquated
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Supine
lying on the back; marked by lethargy
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Supplant
to replace; substitute
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Suppliant
beseeching
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Supplicant
one who asks humbly and earnestly
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Supposition
the act of assuming to be true or real
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Syllogism
a form of deductive reasoning that has a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion
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Sylvan
related to the woods or forest
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Tacit
silently understood; implied
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Talisman
charm to bring good luck and avert misfortune
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Tangential
peripheral; digressing
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Tautology
unnecessary repetition
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Taxonomy
science of classification; in biology, the process of classifying organisms in categories
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Tenet
belief; doctrine
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Tenuous
weak; insubstantial
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Terrestrial
earthly; commonplace
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Theocracy
government by priests representing a god
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Thespian
an actor or actress
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Timbre
the characteristics quality of sound produced by a particular instrument or voice
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Tirade
long, violent speech; verbal assault
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Toady
flattered; hanger-on; yes-man
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Tome
book; usually large and academic
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Torpor
lethargy; dormancy; sluggishness
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Torque
a turning or twisting force; the moment of a force; the measure of a force's tendency to produce twisting or turning and rotation around an axis
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Tortuous
having many twists and turns; highly complex
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Tout
to promote or praise energetically
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Tractable
obedient; yielding
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Transgression
act of trespassing or violating a law or rule
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Transient
temporary; short-lived; fleeting
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Translucent
partially transparent
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Travail
work, especially arduous work; tribulation; anguish
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Travesty
parody; exaggerated imitation; caricature
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Treatise
article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly
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Tremulous
trembling; quivering; frugal; timid
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Trepidation
fear and anxiety
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Truculence
aggressive; ferocity
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Tryst
agreement between lovers to meet; rendezvous
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Tumid
swollen; distended
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Turbid
muddy; opaque; in a state of great confusion
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Turgid
swollen; bloated; pompous
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Tutelary
serving as a guardian or protector
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Uncanny
mysterious; strange
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Undulating
moving in waves
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Unfeigned
not false; not made up; genuine
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Untenable
indefensible
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Untoward
not favorable; troublesome; adverse; unruly
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Usury
practice of lending money at exorbitant rates
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Vacillate
to waver; oscillate
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Vacuous
empty; void; lacking intelligence; purposeless
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Valedictory
pertaining to a farewell
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Vapid
tasteless; dull
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Variegated
varied; marked with different colors
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Vaunt
to boast; brag
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Venal
bribable; mercenary; corruptible
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Vendetta
prolonged feud marked by bitter hostility
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Venerate
to adore; honor; respect
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Veracious
truthful; accurate
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Verbose
wordy
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Vertigo
dizziness
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Vexation
irritation; annoyance; confusion; puzzlement
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Viable
practicable; capable of developing
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Vindictive
spiteful; vengeful; unforgiving
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Virtuoso
someone with masterly skills; expert musician
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Visage
countenance; appearance; aspect
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Viscous
thick, syrupy, and sticky
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Vitiate
to impair the quality of; corrupt morally; make inoperative
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Vituperative
using or containing harsh, abusive censure
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Vivisection
dissection, surgery, or painful experiments performed on a living animal for the purpose of scientific research
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Vogue
prevailing fashion or practice
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Volatile
tending to very frequently; fickle
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Vortex
whirlpool; whirlwind; center of turbulence
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Warranted
justified
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Wary
careful; cautious
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Welter
to wallow or roll; toss about; be in turmoil
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Whimsical
fanciful; unpredictable
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Wistful
vaguely longing; sadly thoughtful
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Zealot
one who is fanatically devoted to a cause
