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GRE 2 Flashcards

1
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Astringent

A

sharp or severe in manner or style; acerbic; trenchant

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Contiguous

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sharing a border; touching; adjacent

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Credulous

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gullible

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Decorum

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polite or appropriate conduct or behavior

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Derision

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The act of ridiculing or laughing at someone or something.

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Dilettante

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one with amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge

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Flout

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Disregard

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Glib

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insincere and shallow; lacking in depth; superficial

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Immutable

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Not capable of change

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Impetuous

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acting or done quickly without thought or care

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Inimical

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Unfriendly and damaging

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Intractable

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Hard to deal with; stubborn; obstinate

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Intrepid

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Fearless, adventurous

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14
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Laconic

A

Few words

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15
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Maverick

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person who refuses to follow the customs or rules of a group; independent

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Mercurial

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characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood

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17
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Obfuscate

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to deliberately obscure; to make confusing

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Ostentatious

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characterized by or given to pretentious display; showy

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19
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Capricious

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impulsive, unpredictable

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20
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Effrontery

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Pompous

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21
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Enervate

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weaken

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22
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exculpate

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exonerate, clear of charges

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23
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exigent

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urgent, pressing

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24
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fulminate

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loudly attack/denounce

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25
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Ingenuous

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honest, naïve

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26
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Inured

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accustom (someone) to something, especially something unpleasant.

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27
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magnanimity

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generosity

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28
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onerous

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(of a task, duty, or responsibility) involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome.

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29
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Paean

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hymn of thanks

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30
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perfidy

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treachery

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31
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perspicacious

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having a ready insight into and understanding of things.

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32
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Predilection

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disposed in favor of something

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33
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prevaricate

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speak or act in an evasive way.

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34
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Reticent

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quiet, reserved

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35
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Solicitous

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full of anexity/conern

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36
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sordid

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filthy/foul

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37
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stymie

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to block/thwart

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38
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tortuous

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winding, twisting

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39
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truculent

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fierce, cruel, eager to fight

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40
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veracity

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truthfulness

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41
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virulent

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extremely harmful

42
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voracious

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ravenous

43
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Acerbic

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harsh, biting, sharp, bitter

44
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aggrandize

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increase the power/status/wealth of

45
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amenable

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agreeable, responsive to suggestion

46
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pervade

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to permeate throughout

47
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phlegmatic

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calm, sluggish, unemotional

48
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pragmatic

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practical

49
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presumptuous

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forward/bold

50
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proclivity

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a natural inclination

51
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profligate

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excessively wasteful

52
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prosaic

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dull

53
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quixotic

A

foolishly impractical

54
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quotidian

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ordinary, mundane

55
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rarefy

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to make thin, less dense, refine

56
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recondite

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(of a subject or knowledge) little known; abstruse.

57
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refulgent

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radiant, shiny

58
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Renege

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go back on a promise, break your word.

59
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Sedulous

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diligent, persistent, hardworking

60
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soporific

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drowsiness

61
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spendthrift

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spends money wastefulness

62
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tacit

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implied, not explicitly stated

63
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terse

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brief/concise in word

64
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trenchant

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forceful, vigorous or incisive in expression or style.

65
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unfeigned

A

genuine

66
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untenable

A

not viable

67
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vacillate

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to waver indecisively between 1 course of action and another

68
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variegated

A

multicolored

69
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vituperate

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to use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abuively; to berate

70
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decadent

A

characterized by or reflecting a state of moral or cultural decline; wasteful indulgence or extravagance

71
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ingratiating

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intended to gain someone’s favor or approval

(If someone in your class places an apple on your teacher’s desk in an ingratiating manner, that means he’s making a calculated move to suck up and win your teacher’s favor.)

72
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perquisite

A

perks

73
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extant

A

old things that are still around

74
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restiveness

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nervousness

75
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cupidity

A

extreme greed

76
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protracted

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long in duration, drawn out

77
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largesse

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extreme generosity

78
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stricture

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severe criticism

79
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hobble

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hamper action/progress of

80
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panacea

A

solution/remedy

81
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perpetuity

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thing that last forever for an indefinite period

82
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brusquely

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in blunt direct manner

83
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indecorous

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conflicting with accepted standards of good conduct

84
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punctilious

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pays attention to detail, carful about behaving properly

85
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vociferous

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expressing feelings or opinions in a very loud or forceful way

86
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edify

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to help someone understand

87
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curry

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give a neat appearance to; groom

88
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Tendentious

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promoting a specific, controversial point of view

89
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egregious

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outstandingly bad; shocking

90
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superlative

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of the highest quality or degree

91
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Genteel

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marked by refinement in taste and manners

92
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Picayune

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things that are so small, trivial, and unimportant that they’re not worth getting into

93
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replete

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completely stocked or furnished with something; filled

94
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disseminate

A

cause to become widely known

95
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anodyne

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not offensive

96
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celerity

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a rapid rate

97
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feckless

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irresponsible, incompetent

98
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indelible

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cannot be undone

99
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bloviate

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to talk at length, in a pompous manner

100
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cadre

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specially trained people prepared to lead or instruct others; group

GRE General Vocab (6 decks)

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