GRE 3 Flashcards
(100 cards)
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cadre
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specially trained people prepared to lead or instruct others; group
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maladroit
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clumsy
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subterfuge
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Tricky actions to try and hide something
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moribund
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almost dead
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belligerent
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eager to fight
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nonplussed
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puzzled, perplexed
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canard
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a deliberately misleading fabrication
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enmity
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intense hostility
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Prerogative
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someone’s special right or privilege
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agglomerate
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to form into one cluster
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Lurid
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vividly graphic or revealing; explicit
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Pretension
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1) Claim
2) ostentatiousness; pretentiousness
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Adroit
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clever and skillful
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Rectitude
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behavior that is correct, upright and honorable
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diffident
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shy and lacking in self-confidence
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Piquant
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pleasantly stimulating or exciting to the mind; flavorful
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repast
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meal
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umbrage
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a feeling of anger caused by being offended
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dander
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angry or frustrated feeling
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affable
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friendly, pleasant, and easy to talk to
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stultify
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boring, causing to appear foolish
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galvanize
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stimulate to action
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obliging
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showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others; helpful
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jockey
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compete
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machinate
scheme or plan something
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hobnob
spend time/hang out with someone
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muckraker
someone who spreads scandals, usually for political advantage
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auspicious
favorable set of conditions
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conspicuous
obvious to mind/eye, out in the open
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boorish
ill-mannered, insensitive
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craven
cowardly
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apothegm
a short instructive saying that's easy to remember and sometimes even slightly witty, like "haste makes waste."
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epigrammatic
short and clever
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pugnacity
naturally disposed to be aggressive and belligerent
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recrimination
an accusation or insult that's hurled back at someone
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histrionic
dramatic, overdone, emotional actions and words that are done to influence someone
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addendum
added text to the end, supplement
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pellucid
lucid, easily understandable
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latitude
scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction
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chasten
Censure and restrain
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chagrin
represents an emotion or feeling and it's an uncomfortable one; humiliated
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clemency
compassion shown by people in power towards people who rebel or break the law
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litigious
tendency to sue
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banal
overused and dull
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dilatory
wasting time
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attenuate
weaken
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respite
a break from something that's difficult or unpleasant
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conciliatory
describes things that make other people less angry
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capacious
large in capacity
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ponderous
having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
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efface
erase or rub out
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fractious
easily irritated or annoyed
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apotheosis
epitome
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vicissitudes
difficult times that we all go through: sickness, job loss, and other unwelcome episodes.
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carping
relentless petty and unjustified criticism
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cavil
small/petty objection
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abandon (NOT "left alone" definition)
lacking restraint or control
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piquancy
the quality of being pleasantly stimulating or exciting
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vitriol
harsh, nasty criticism
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hauteur
obnoxious display of overbearing pride and superiority over others
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martinet
stickler when it comes to following rules; a strict disciplinarian
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Primacy
the state of being first in importance
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Redress
make amends
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rankle
aggravate to the point of anger
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abrogate
abolish/avoid
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promulgate
state/announced, put law in effect
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colloquial
casual/conversational
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munificent
very generous
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squelch
to put an end to something
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profligacy
extravagant/wasteful
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untoward
inconvenient, unexpected, or inappropriate
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propitious
likely to turn out well
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pugnacious
quick to argue or quarrel
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agog
very eager or curious to hear or see something
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offing
near a foreseeable future
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fervor
feelings of great warmth and intensity; passion
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saturnine
gloomy, mean, scowling
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thrall
held captive/in control by another
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antedate
comes before/happens earlier
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Pillory
exposed to ridicule or public scorn
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dilapidated
in poor condition
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sedate (not sub do definition)
characterized by dignity and propriety; decorous
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consummate
complete, finished, or masterful
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aplomb
grace under pressure
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peripatetic
itinerant
person who walks from place to place
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Politic (not other definition)
seeming sensible and judicious under the circumstances;
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fulsome
compliments/flattery to excessive degree
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lambaste
reprimand or berate someone severely
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curtail
reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on
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postulate
to ask, demand, or claim
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galling
causing irritation or annoyance
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artifice
subtle, deceptive, crafty
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provenance
origin
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unflappable
no easily excited
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clandestine
done in secret
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calumny
verbal attacks that are meant to destroy reputations or friendship
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prolixity
extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy
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adjudicate
bring to an end, settle conclusively, like a judge
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presentiment
foreboding, feeling of evil to come
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illustrious
well known/famous, glorified
