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GRE Vocab > Day 5 > Flashcards

Day 5 Flashcards

1
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peon

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landless agricultural worker

bond servant

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perdition

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damnation, complete ruin

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peregrination

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journey

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peremptory

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demanding and leaving no choice

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perennial

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something long-lasting

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perfidious

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treacherous, disloyal

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perfunctory

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superficial, not thorough, lacking interest or enthusiasm

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peripatetic

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traveling about, moving from place to place

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perquisite

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any gain above stipulated salary

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perspicacious

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having inisight

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perspicuity

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clearness of expression

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perspicuous

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plainly expressed

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pertinacious

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stubborn or persistent

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pestilential

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causing plague, baneful

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petulant

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touchy and peevish

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philistine

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narrow minded person

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phlegmatic

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calm and not easily disturbed

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piquant

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pleasantly tart tasting

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plaintive

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mournful

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platitude

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trite remark

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plaudit

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enthusiastic approval

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22
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plenary

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complete and full

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plenitude

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abundance, completeness

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24
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plumb

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to examine critically in order to understand

vertical

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25
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polemical

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aggressive in verbal attack, disputatious

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26
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plutocracy

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society ruled by the wealthy

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27
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polity

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form of government of nation or state

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portend

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foretell or presage

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29
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portent

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sign or omen

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30
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practicable

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feasible

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31
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precipitate

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rash or premature

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prefatory

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introductory

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preponderance

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superiority of power, quantity, etc.

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34
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presage

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to foretell

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35
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prescience

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ability to foretell future

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36
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presentiment

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anticipatory fear

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37
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preternatural

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beoynd that which is normal in nature

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38
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prevaricate

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lie

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39
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privation

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hardship or want

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40
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probity

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uprightness or incorruptibility

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41
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proclivity

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inclination

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42
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profligate

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dissipated, wasteful, wildly immoral

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progenitor

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ancestor

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44
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prognosticate

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predict

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45
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prolixity

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tedious wordiness

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46
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promulgate

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proclaim a doctrine or law

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47
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prophylactic

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used to prevent disease

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propitiate

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to appease

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propitious

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propound

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to put forth for analysis

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propriety

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fitness or correct conduct

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prosaic

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dull and unimaginative, matter-of-fact

53
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proscribe

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to ostracize or banish

54
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proselytize

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to induce someone to convert to a religion or belief

55
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protean

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versatile, able to take on many forms

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prevenance

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origin or source or something

57
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provisional

58
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proviso

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stipulation

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puerile

60
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pugnacity

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combativeness

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pulchritude

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punctilious

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stressing nicities of conduct or form

minutely attentive

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punitive

64
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purport

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intention or meaning

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pusillanimous

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cowardly or fainthearted

66
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quail

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to cower or lose heart

67
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qualified

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limited or restricted

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quarry

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victim or object of a hunt

69
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quash

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querulous

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fretful or whining

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quiescent

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at rest or dormant

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quintessence

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purest and highest embodiment

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quixotic

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idealistic but impractical

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quotidian

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daily or commonplace

75
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ramify

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to divide into branches or subdivisions

76
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rankle

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to irritate or fester

77
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rapacious

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excessively grasping

plundering

78
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rarefied

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made less dense

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ratiocination

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raucous

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harsh and shrill

disorderly and boisterous

81
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reactionary

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opposing progress

82
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recalcitrant

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obstinately stubborn

83
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recant

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disclaim or disavow

84
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recapitulate

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to summarize

85
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recidivism

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habitual return to crime

86
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recondite

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abstruse, profound, secret

87
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recourse

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resorting to help when in trouble

88
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recrimination

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counter charges

89
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rectitude

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uprightness

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redoubtable

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formidable

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redress

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refactory

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stubborn, unmanageable

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refute

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relegate

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banish to an inferior position

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remunerative

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compensating or rewarding

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renege

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to deny, to go back on

97
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repartee

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clever reply

98
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replete

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filled to the brim or to the point of being stuffed

99
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reprobate

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person hardened in sin

100
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reprove

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censure or rebuke

101
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repudiate

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to disown or disavow

102
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requite

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to repay or revenge

103
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restitution

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reparation

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restive

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restlessly impatient

105
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resumption

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taking upagain

106
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retiring

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most or shy

107
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retroactive

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taking effect before its enactment

108
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rhapsodize

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to speak or white in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner

109
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rout

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stampede or drive out

110
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sacrosanct

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most sacred

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sagacious

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perceptive or shrewd

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sanctimonious

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displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness

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sanguinary

114
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sanguine

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cheerful or hopeful

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sardonic

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disdainful or sarcastic, cynical

116
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scintill

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shred, least bit

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scotch

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secrete

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hide away o cache

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sedition

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resistance to authority

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sedulous

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seminal

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influencing future developments

GRE Vocab (6 decks)

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