Barrons GRE High-Frequency 333 Words Vocabulary List Flashcards
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Abate
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subside , or moderate
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Aberrant
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abnormal, or deviant
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Abeyance
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suspended action
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Abscond
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depart secretly and hide
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Abstemious
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sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
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Admonish
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warn; reprove
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Adulterate
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make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
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Aesthetic
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artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful
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Aggregate
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gather; accumulate
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Alacrity
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cheerful promptness; eagerness
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Alleviate
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relieve
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Amalgamate
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combine; unite in one body
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Ambiguous
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unclear or doubtful in meaning
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Ambivalence
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the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes
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Ameliorate
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improve
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Anachronism
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something or someone misplaced in time
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Analogous
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comparable
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Anarchy
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absence of governing body; state of disorder
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Anomalous
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abnormal; irregular
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Antipathy
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aversion; dislike
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Apathy
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lack of caring; indifference
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Appease
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pacify or soothe; relieve
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Apprise
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inform
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Approbation
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approval
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Appropriate v.
acquire; take possession of for one’s own use
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Arduous
hard; strenuous
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Artless
without guile; open and honest
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Ascetic
practicing self-denial; austere
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Assiduous
diligent
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Assuage v.
ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger)
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Attenuate
make thinner
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Audacious
daring; bold
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Austere
forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented
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Autonomous
self-governing; independent
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Aver
assert confidently or declare; as used in law, state formally as a fact
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Banal
hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality
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Belie
contradict; give a false impression
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Beneficent
kindly; doing good
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Bolster
support; reinforce
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Bombastic
pompous; using inflated language
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Boorish
rude; insensitive
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Burgeon
grow forth; send out buds
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Burnish
make shiny by rubbing; polish
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Buttress v.
support; prop up
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Capricious
unpredictable; fickle
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Castigation
punishment; severe criticism
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Catalyst
agent that increases the pace of a chemical action
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Caustic
burning; sarcastically biting
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Chicanery
trickery; deception
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Coagulate
thicken; congeal; clot
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Coda
concluding section of a musical or literary composition; summarizes or concludes
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Cogent
convincing
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Commensurate adj.
corresponding in extent, degree, etc.; proportionate
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Compendium
brief, comprehensive summary
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Complaisant
trying to please; overly polite; obliging
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Compliant
yielding; conforming to requirements
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Conciliatory
reconciling; soothing
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Condone
overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse
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Confound
confuse; puzzle
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Connoisseur
person competent to act as a judge of art; a lover of art
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Contention
claim; thesis
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Contentious
quarrelsome
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Contrite
penitent
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Conundrum
riddle; difficult problem
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Converge
approach; tend to meet; come together
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Convoluted
coiled around; involved; intricate
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Craven
cowardly
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Daunt
intimidate; frighten
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Decorum
propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners
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Default
failure to act
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Deference
courteous regard for another’s wishes
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Delineate
portray; depict; sketch
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Denigrate
blacken
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Deride
ridicule; make fun of
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Derivative
unoriginal; obtained from another source
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Desiccate
dry up
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Desultory
aimless; haphazard; digressing at random
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Deterrent
Something that discourages; hindrance
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Diatribe n.
bitter scolding; invective
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Dichotomy
split; branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones)
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Diffidence
Shyness
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Diffuse adj.
wordy, rambling, spread out (like a gas)
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Digression
Wandering away from the subject
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Dirge
Lament with music
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Disabuse
correct a false impression; undeceive
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Discerning
mentally quick and observant; having insight
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Discordant
not harmonious; conflicting
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Discredit
defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve
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Discrepancy
lack of consistency; difference
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Discrete adj.
separate; unconnected; consisting of distinct parts
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Disingenuous
lacking genuine candor; insincere
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Disinterested
unprejudiced
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Disjointed
lacking coherence; separated at the joints
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Dismiss
eliminate from consideration; reject
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Disparage
belittle
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Disparate adj.
basically different; unrelated
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Dissemble v.
disguise; pretend
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Disseminate
distribute; spread; scatter (like seeds)
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Dissolution
disintegration; looseness in morals
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Dissonance
discord; opposite of harmony
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Distend
expand; swell out
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Distill
purify; refine; concentrate
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Diverge
vary; go in different directions from the same point
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Divest
strip; deprive
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Document
provide written evidence
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Dogmatic
opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal
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Dormant
sleeping; lethargic; latent
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Dupe
someone easily fooled
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Ebullient
showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm
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Eclectic
selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources
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Efficacy
power to produce desired effect
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Effrontery
impudence; shameless boldness; sheer nerve; presumptuousness
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Elegy
poem or song expressing lamentation
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Elicit
draw out by discussion
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Embellish
adorn; ornament; enhance, as a story
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Empirical
based on experience
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Emulate
imitate; rival
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Endemic
prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country
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Enervate
weaken
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Engender
cause; produce
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Enhance
increase; improve
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Ephemeral
short-lived; fleeting
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Equanimity
calmness of temperament; composure
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Equivocate
lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth
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Erudite
learned; scholarly
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Esoteric
hard to understand; known only to the chosen few
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Eulogy
expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone’s death
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Euphemism
mild expression in place of an unpleasant one
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Exacerbate
worsen; embitter
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Exculpate
clear from blame
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Exigency
urgent situation; pressing needs or demands; state of requiring immediate attention
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Extrapolation
projection; conjecture
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Facetious
joking (often inappropriately); humorous
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Facilitate
help bring about; make less difficult
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Fallacious
false; misleading
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Fatuous
brainless; inane; foolish, yet smug
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Fawning
trying to please by behaving obsequiously, flattering, or cringing
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Felicitous
apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
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Fervor
glowing ardor; intensity of feeling
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Flag
droop; grow feeble
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Fledgling
inexperienced
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Flout
reject; mock; show contempt for
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Foment
stir up; instigate
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Forestall
prevent by taking action in advance
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Frugality
thrift; economy
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Futile
useless; hopeless; ineffectual
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Gainsay
deny
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Garrulous
loquacious; talkative; wordy
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Goad
urge on
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Gouge
overcharge
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Grandiloquent
pompous; bombastic; using high-sounding language
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Gregarious
sociable
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Guileless
without deceit
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Gullible
easily deceived
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Harangue
long, passionate, and vehement speech
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Homogeneous
of the same kind
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Hyperbole
exaggeration; overstatement
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Iconoclastic
attacking cherished traditions
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Idolatry
worship of idols; excessive admiration
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Immutable
unchangeable
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Impair
injure; hurt
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Impassive
without feeling; imperturbable; stoical
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Impede
hinder; block
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Impermeable
impervious; not permitting passage through its substance
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Imperturbable
calm; placid
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Impervious
impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed
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Implacable
incapable of being pacified
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Implicit
understood but not stated
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Implode
burst inward
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Inadvertently
unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly
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Inchoate adj.
recently begun; rudimentary; elementary
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Incongruity
lack of harmony; absurdity
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Inconsequential
insignificant; unimportant
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Incorporate
introduce something into a larger whole; combine; unite
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Indeterminate
uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite
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Indigence
poverty
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Indolent
Lazy
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Inert
inactive; lacking power to move
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Ingenuous
naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated
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Inherent
firmly established by nature or habit
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Innocuous
Harmless
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Insensible
unconscious; unresponsive
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Insinuate
hint; imply; creep in
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Insipid
lacking in flavor; dull
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Insularity
narrow-mindedness; isolation
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Intractable
unruly; stubborn; unyielding
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Intransigence n.
refusal of any compromise; stubbornness
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Inundate
overwhelm; flood; submerge
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Inured adj.
accustomed; hardened
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Invective n.
abuse
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Irascible
irritable; easily angered
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Irresolute
uncertain how to act; weak
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Itinerary
plan of a trip
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Laconic
brief and to the point
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Lassitude
languor; weariness
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Latent
potential but undeveloped; dormant; hidden
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Laud v.
praise
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Lethargic
drowsy; dull
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Levee
stone embankment to prevent flooding
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Levity
lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity
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Log
record of a voyage or flight; record of day-to-day activities
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Loquacious
talkative
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Lucid
easily understood; clear; intelligible
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Luminous
shining; issuing light
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Magnanimity
Generosity
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Malingerer
one who feigns illness to escape duty
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Malleable
capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable
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Maverick
rebel; nonconformist
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Mendacious
lying; habitually dishonest
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Metamorphosis
change of form
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Meticulous
excessively careful; painstaking; scrupulous
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Misanthrope
one who hates mankind
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Mitigate
appease; moderate
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Mollify
soothe
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Morose
ill-humored; sullen; melancholy
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Mundane
worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday
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Negate
cancel out; nullify; deny
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Neophyte
recent convert; beginner
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Obdurate adj.
stubborn
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Obsequious
lavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic
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Obviate
make unnecessary; get rid of
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Occlude
shut; close
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Officious
meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one’s services
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Onerous
burdensome
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Opprobrium
infamy; vilification
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Oscillate
vibrate; waver
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Ostentatious
showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention
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Paragon
model of perfection
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Partisan
one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party
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Pathological
pertaining to disease
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Paucity
Scarcity
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Pedantic
showing off learning; bookish
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Penchant
strong inclination; liking
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Penury
severe poverty; stinginess
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Perennial
something long-lasting
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Perfidious
treacherous; disloyal
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Perfunctory
superficial; not thorough; lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm
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Permeable
penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass through
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Pervasive
spread throughout
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Phlegmatic
calm; not easily disturbed
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Piety
devoutness; reverence for God
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Placate
pacify; conciliate
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Plasticity
ability to be molded
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Platitude n.
trite remark; commonplace statement
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Plethora
excess; overabundance
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Plummet
fall sharply
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Porous
full of pores; like a sieve
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Pragmatic
practical (as opposed to idealistic); concerned with the practical worth or impact of something
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Preamble
introductory statement
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Precarious
uncertain; risky
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Precipitate adj.
rash, premature, hasty, sudden
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Precursor
forerunner
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Presumptuous
arrogant; taking liberties
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Prevaricate
lie
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Pristine
characteristic of earlier times; primitive; unspoiled
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Probity
uprightness; incorruptibility
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Problematic
doubtful; unsettled; questionable; perplexing
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Prodigal
wasteful; reckless with money
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Profound
deep; not superficial; complete
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Prohibitive
tending to prevent the purchase or use of something; inclined to prevent or forbid
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Proliferate
grow rapidly; spread; multiply
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Propensity
natural inclination
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Propitiate
appease
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Propriety
fitness; correct conduct
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Proscribe
ostracize; banish; outlaw
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Pungent
stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic
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Qualified
limited; restricted
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Quibble
minor objection or complaint
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Quiescent
at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive
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Rarefied
made less dense (of a gas)
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Recalcitrant
obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly
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Recant
disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error
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Recluse
hermit; loner
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Recondite
abstruse; profound; secret
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Refractory
stubborn; unmanageable
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Refute
disprove
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Relegate
banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign
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Reproach
express disapproval or disappointment
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Reprobate
person hardened in sin; devoid of a sense of decency
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Repudiate
disown; disavow
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Rescind
cancel
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Resolution
Determination
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Resolve
determination; firmness of purpose
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Reticent
reserved; uncommunicative; inclined to silence
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Reverent
respectful; worshipful
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Sage
person celebrated for wisdom
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Salubrious
healthful
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Sanction
approve; ratify
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Satiate
satisfy fully
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Saturate
soak thoroughly
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Savor
enjoy; have a distinctive flavor, smell, or quality
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Secrete
hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism
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Shard
fragment, generally of pottery
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Skeptic
doubter; person who suspends judgment until having examined evidence supporting a point of view
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Solicitous
worried; concerned
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Soporific
sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness
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Specious
seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often intentionally)
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Spectrum
colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism
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Sporadic
occurring irregularly
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Stigma
token of disgrace; brand
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Stint v.
be thrifty; set limits
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Stipulate
make express conditions; specify
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Stolid
dull; impassive
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Striated
marked with parallel bands; grooved
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Strut
pompous walk
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Strut
supporting bar
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Subpoena
writ summoning a witness to appear
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Subside
settle down; descend; grow quiet
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Substantiate
establish by evidence; verify; support
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Supersede
cause to be set aside; replace; make obsolete
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Supposition
hypothesis; surmise
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Tacit
understood; not put into words
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Tangential
peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing
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Tenuous
thin; rare; slim
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Tirade
extended scolding; denunciation; harangue
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Torpor
lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy
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Tortuous
winding; full of curves
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Tractable
docile; easily managed
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Transgression
violation of a law; sin
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Truculence
aggressiveness; ferocity
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Vacillate
waver; fluctuate
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Venerate
revere
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Veracious
truthful
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Verbose
wordy
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Viable
practical or workable
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Viscous
sticky, gluey
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Vituperative adj
abusive; scolding
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Volatile
changeable; explosive; evaporation rapidly
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Warranted
justified; authorized
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Wary
very cautious
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Welter
turmoil; bewildering jumble
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Whimsical
capricious; fanciful
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Zealot
fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal
