ETS Practice Test Flashcards
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aggrandize
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to increase the power, status, or wealth of
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lionize
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give a lot of public attention and approval to someone,” cannot be applied to an inanimate object
3
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bonhomie
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affability or likeability
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browbeating
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bully
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demagoguery
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gaining power by arousing passions or appealing to the prejudices of the people
6
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idolatry
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extreme admiration or reverence
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torpor
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lethargy
8
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sophistry
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deceptive reasoning
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vocal
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loud or noisy
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jubilant
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very happy
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restive
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uneasy, unsettled, restless
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uneasy
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anxious
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dispirited
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lack of energy or enthusiam
14
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flabbergasted
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stunned or shocked
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defamed
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damaged the good reputation of someone
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denigrated
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criticize unfairly
17
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depredated
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plundered
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derided
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ridiculed
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officious
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assertive of authority in an annoyingly domineering way
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dictatorial
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domineering
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indifferent
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showing no care or concern
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heterodex
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contrary to accepted or approved beliefs
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pedantic
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excessively, narrowly focused on book learning, boring
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somniferous
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inducing sleep
25
hypnagogic
inducing sleep
26
bathetic
sudden switch from elevated to the everyday
27
impuissant
powerless, weak, feeble
28
inattentive
not paying attention
29
unflappable
not easily excited, calm
30
imperturbable
calm and collected
31
inscrutable
difficult to understand
32
aggrandize
make great
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vitiate
impaired in quality
34
eviscerated
to disembowel/remove something of central significance
35
ameliorate
make better/improve
36
derogated
detracted from
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vacillated
wavered
38
quietus
a period of retirement
39
sinecure
job or position that requires little or no work
40
interregnum
pause or interruption
41
potlatch
wild party
42
rota
period of work done in rotation with others
43
indolence
practice of avoiding activity
44
solicitude
care or concern for someone or something
45
didacticism
practice of being teacherly, in a patronizing way
46
supplemental
reinforcing or completing
47
in accord
consistent
48
irreconcilable
two things so different they cannot be made compatible
49
esoteric
understood only by those who have special knowledge
50
multifarious
made up of many different parts
51
prosaic
factual or straightforward
52
significant indignation
a public outcry
53
malfeasance
wrongdoing, misconduct
54
collusion
secret agreement or conspiracy
55
contention
competition of dispute
56
anomaly
an unusual occurrence
57
substantiation
proof with evidence
58
innuendo
indirect information
59
innocuous
harmless
60
overt
obvious or in plain view
61
convoluted
complicated
62
creed
set of principles or beliefs
63
geniality
kind and good-natured disposition
64
antagonism
hostility, ill will, opposition
65
enmity
extreme ill will that exists between enemies
66
cordial
friendly or affectionate
67
dearth
scarcity or lack
68
enigma
puzzling or a person that is hard to understand
69
gentry
people of good birth or high social status
70
reprobate
one who is morally unprincipled
71
rogue
unprincipled or dishonest person
72
bromide
commonplace or boring person
73
intractable
stubborn
74
inerrant
without error
75
fickle
contradictory
76
tenebrous
obscure or difficult to understand
77
pertinacious
firmly held
78
ineffable
incapable of being expressed
79
avaricious
markedly greedy
80
mirthful
high-spirited
81
macabre
about death, ghastly, gruesome
82
vapid
flat, bland
83
whimsical
given to fanciful notions
84
aggravated
made more serious or severe
85
begrudged
reluctantly envious of
86
delineated
described or portraying precisely
87
indemnified
compensated for harm or loss
88
proscribed
forbidden
89
erudite
very knolwedgable
90
impecunious
having no money
91
prolix
person who speaks or writes great, unnecessary length
92
sedulous
persistent, tireless
93
penurious
poor, stiny
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diffident
shy
95
pervasiveness
spread widely
96
mote
a speck - like a mote of dust
97
adulation
praise
98
equivoation
act of making ambiguous
99
castigation
punishment
100
narcissistic
inordinately obsessed or fascinated with oneself, vain
101
saturnine
gloomy, sluggish, sullen
102
plutonian
pertaining to or resembling the lower world, infernal
103
hermetic
sealed airtight, isolated to outside influence
104
dismissed
stopped considering
105
inured
used to someone undesirable
106
abhorred
utterly detested
107
considered
thought carefully about
108
substantiated
to support with proof or evidence
109
rebuffed
rejected or criticized bluntly
110
affable
friendly, good-natured, or easy to talk to
111
inveterate
habitual
112
fatuous
complacently foolish
113
halcyon
prosperous, calm, peaceful
114
scotched
ended
115
impartiality
fairness, justness
116
gallantry
dashing courage, heroic, bravery
117
asperity
harshness of manner, severity
118
forestalled
hindered or prevented in advance
119
coddled
treated with excessive care, pampered
120
neglected
ignored
121
revel
delight in
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eschew
avoid
123
peruse
examine
124
misanthropic
showing hatred toward human kind
125
hedonistic
devoted to the pursuit of pleasure
126
nefarious
wicked or villainous
127
feckless
incompetent or lazy
128
nugatory
trifling or ineffective
129
exacting
demanding
130
inscrutable
mysterious, hard to understand
131
purified
uncontaminated, untainted
132
sanitized
made clean
133
squalid
foul or dirty
134
transient
briefly passing through
135
sullied
dirty or soiled
136
scoth
to put an end to, stamp out
137
foil
to prevent the success of
138
venerable
commanding respect
139
uncannt
unsettlingly mysterious
140
runic
mysterious, secret meaning
141
profane
vulgar
142
truculent
aggresive
143
reticent
reserved, restrained
144
recalcitrant
resisting authority or control
145
begrudging means
resentful, envious
146
conciliatory
attempt to appease or win over, make peace
147
bellicose
aggressively hostile
148
crucial
decisive or critical
149
general
widespread
150
ubiquitous
present everywhere
151
iconoclastic
attack cherished beliefs or institutions
152
portent
sign or warning
153
benchmark
standard or point of reference against which things may be measured
154
eulogistically
in a praising way
155
extempore
on the spur of the moment, without preparation, without notes
156
reticently
quietly, reservedly or unwillingly
157
protracted
prolonged or drawn out
158
attenuated
made thin, slender, small
159
abridged
shortened, condensed
160
painstakingly
carefully
161
deceptively
through trickery
162
malicious
with evil or bad intent
163
mundane
standard
164
benevolent
kind
165
sham
counterfeit or fake
166
sensational
designed to produce a strong reaction
167
partisan
expressing one point of view
168
discerning
showing good judgement or perceptiveness
169
blunt
abrupt, direct, insensitive
170
dubious
warranting uncertainty or doubt, undecided
171
deleterious
harmful or damaging
172
unobtrusive
not blatant, inconspicuous
173
winsome
sweet, innocently charming
174
loquacious
excessively talkative or wodry
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exiguous
small, scanty, inadequate
176
wayward
turning away from what's proper to follow your own impulses
177
garrulous
talkative or excessively chatty
178
voracious
hungry, large appetite
179
levity
lightness of manner, point of being inappropriate
180
cordiality
warmth and friendliness
181
bonhommie
good natured, pleasant friendliness, affability
182
magnanimity
generous and forgiving
183
constancy
steadfast, loyal, constant
184
fealty
allegiance, faithfulness, loyal
185
myopic
nearsighted
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purblind
partially blind or deficient in understanding
