GRE Flashcards

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callow

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inexperienced/immature

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2
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Bacchanalian

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carousal, partying, drinking

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3
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factitious

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fake

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4
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quintessence

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perfect example of

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5
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bereave

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mourn

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6
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fetid

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disgusting

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7
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aberrant

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departing from accepted, unique

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8
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contrition

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remorseful

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9
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mendacious mendacity

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falsehood

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10
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facetious

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treating serious issues jokingly

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11
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magnanimous

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kind, generous

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12
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ingenuous

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innocent

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13
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unctuous

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insincere

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14
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acquiescent

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compliant

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15
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trepidation

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fearfulness, anxiety

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16
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capricious

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changing ones mind quickly

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17
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deference

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respect

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18
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exigent

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urgent

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19
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impetuous

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act without thinking

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20
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malleable

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capable of being shaped

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21
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taciturn

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silent

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22
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effulgence

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shining brightly

23
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restive

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unable to keep still

24
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desultory

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lacking a plan or enthusiasm

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seditious
rebellious
26
assiduously
perseverance
27
doughty
persistant
28
collusion
conspiracy plotting - complicity
29
sycophants
brown-noser
30
condign
fitting and desserved. appropriate
31
affronted
insult
32
docile
compliant
33
demur
object
34
decamp
depart suddenly, disappear
35
recant
renounce, change mind
36
adage
wisdom
37
vitiate
spoil quality of, weaken
38
sojourn
visit
39
fealty
sworn loyalty, truth
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inexorable
relentless, unstoppable, stubborn
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obstinate
stubborn
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vexing
stubborn
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forlorn
sad
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plaintive
sad
45
accolade
honor, praise
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languid
relaxed, lazy
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minatory
harmful
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avaricious
greedy
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redress
forgive
50
turbid
difficult to understand
51
diatribe
criticize
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asperity
harsh, biting
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trenchant
biting