GRE 2500-2600 Flashcards

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cannibalism

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galactic

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platitudinous

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lockstep

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offhand

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veneer

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wooden

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subsume

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plaudits

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tack

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helter-skelter

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acquittal

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shed

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rummage

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disapprobation

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disapprobation

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regressive

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yore

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laggard

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query

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unremitting

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accretive

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plangent

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iridescent

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legible

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asperity

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tangential

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inching

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recuse

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mock-up

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overweening

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holistic

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sideshow

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natter

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confide

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fiddle

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malice

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bottleneck

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dismissal

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at a premium

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be at odds with

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without fail

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nothing short of

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keep something at bay

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on a par with

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substitute A for B

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accuse somebody of something

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charge somebody with something / charge somebody with doing something

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dubious distinction

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on top of that

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for all

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but for

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exact a toll / exact a high(heavy) price

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collate … into …

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some …, others …, and still others …

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rest on

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and the like

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anything but

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all but

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let alone

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not the least

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dispense with

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turn one’s back on

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take issue with

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conjure up

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only too … to …

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a far cry from

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by virtue of

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give way to

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bring about

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in response to

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by and large

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at large

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in sharp (stark) con-trast to

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run-of-the-mill

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state-of-the-art

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step down

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a minor rash of

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pertain to

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be central to

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be peripheral to

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be accountable for

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stem from / spring from

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as somebody puts it

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prop up

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be attributed / att-ributable to

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caution against doing

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stop short of doing

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bask in

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gloat over

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despair of

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be subject to

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become inured to

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in the sense that

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be numbered among

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be distinguished from

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with regard to

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strip away

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prey on

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ferret out

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explain away