GRE 1 Flashcards by Suci Anatasia | Brainscape

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Zeal

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Passion, Excitement

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Placate

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To soothe, pacify, to calm

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Fervid

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Enthusiastic, feverish, intensely, emotional

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Equivocal

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Undecided, Vague, disguised, questionable

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Lucid

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Clear and easily understood,

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Precipitate

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Bring about abruptly, to throw violently

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Assuage

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To make comfortable, to pacify

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Erudite

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Bookish, scholarly

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Opaque

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Impossible to see through, preventing the passage light

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Prodigal

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Wasteful, lavish, profligate,extravagant

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Enigma

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A puzzle, riddle, mystification, mystery,

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conundrum

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Enigma, riddle, puzzle

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Sobriquet

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Like a banner, plaque, announcing something

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Mendacity

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Lie, falsehood, humbug, untruth

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Curtailed

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Mitigate, decrease, alleviate, restrict, limit

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