GRE 2 1-30 Flashcards by Morgan Firestein | Brainscape

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sinecure

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easy job

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mendicant

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beggar

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panacea

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solution for all disease

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prolix

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using too many words

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cantakerous

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bad tempered

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timorous

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lack of confidence

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prevaricate

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indirect

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histrionic

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melodramatic

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corporeal

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having a body

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heterodoxy

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opinion

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hegemony

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dominion

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impotence

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can’t have sex

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solicitous

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eager or anxious

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glib

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insincere

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extemporize

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improvise

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expatiate

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speak/write at length in detail

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exagitate

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agitate

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apocryphal

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doubtful authenticity

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chasten

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subdue

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bellicose

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aggression

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encomium

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writing that praises something

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tout

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pester someone

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calumniate

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make false statements about somethign

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pillory

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attack and ridicule

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picaresque

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dishonest but appealing hero in fiction

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lambaste

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criticize

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pith

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essence of something

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dross

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worthless

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surfeit

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excessive amount

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reconnoitered

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observation

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hodwinked

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tricked

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vitiate

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impair quality of something