GRE 2.0 csv Flashcards

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piquant

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having an agreeably pungent taste

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estimable

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deserving of respect or high regard

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equivocal

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open to two or more interpretations

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inert

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unable to move or resist motion

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fervid

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characterized by intense emotion

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brazen

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unrestrained by convention or propriety

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fetid

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offensively malodorous

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languid

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lacking spirit or liveliness

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dogmatic

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pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative

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verbose

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using or containing too many words

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burgeon

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grow and flourish

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volatile

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liable to lead to sudden change or violence

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iniquitous

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impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason

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intransigent

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showing modest reserve

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diffident

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cannot be removed or erased

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indelible

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spread negative information about

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revile

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characterized by injustice or wickedness

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implicate

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bring into intimate and incriminating connection

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incorrigible

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impervious to correction by punishment

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didactic

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instructive, especially excessively

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arcane

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requiring secret or mysterious knowledge

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innocuous

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not injurious to physical or mental health

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sinecure

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a job that involves minimal duties

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moribund

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being on the point of death

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passion
a strong feeling or emotion
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trepidation
a feeling of alarm or dread
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imbibe
take in liquids
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poignant
keenly distressing to the mind or feelings
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felicitous
exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style
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garrulous
full of trivial conversation
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vociferous
conspicuously and offensively loud
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stentorian
very loud or booming
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benevolent
showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding
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furtively
in a secretive manner
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derision
the act of treating with contempt
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aplomb
great coolness and composure under strain
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taciturnity
the trait of being uncommunicative
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excoriate
express strong disapproval of
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extol
praise, glorify, or honor
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imbroglio
n intricate and confusing interpersonal situation
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prodigious
great in size, force, extent, or degree
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emaciated
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
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tepid
moderately warm
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malapropism
misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
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obfuscation
darkening or obscuring the sight of something
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elucidation
an act of explaining that serves to cast light on