GRE Flashcards

1
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alloy

A

to commingle to debase by mixing with something inferior

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2
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appropriate

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to take for one’s own use to confiscate

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3
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arrest, arresting

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to suspend; to engage holding one’s attention as in arrested adolescence, an arresting portrait

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4
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august

A

majestic,venerable

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5
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bent

A

leaning,inclination,productivity,tendency

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6
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broach

A

to bring up; to announce ; to begin to talk about

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7
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brook

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to tolerate; to endure; to countenance

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8
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cardinal

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major, as in cardinal sin

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9
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chauvinist

A

a blindly devoted patriot

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10
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color

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to change as if by dyeing, i.e, to distort, gloss, or affect

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11
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consequential

A

pompous,self-important( logically following)

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12
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damp

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to diminish the intensity or check the vibrations of a sound

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13
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die

A

a tool used for shaping,as in a tool-and-die shop

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14
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essay

A

to test or try; to attempt; to experiment

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15
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exact

A

to demand; to call for; to require; to take

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16
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fell(verb)

A

to cause fall by striking

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17
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fell (adj)

A

inhumanly cruel

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18
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flag

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to sag or droop; to become spiritless ; to decline

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19
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flip

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sarcastic, impertinent, as in flippant;a flip remark

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20
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ford

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to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream

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21
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grouse

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to complain or grumble

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22
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intimate

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to imply, suggest, or insinuate

23
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list

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to tilt or lean to one side

24
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lumber

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to move heavily and clumsily

25
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meet

A

fitting,proper

26
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milk

A

to exploit; to squeeze every last ounce of

27
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mince

A

to pronounce or speak affectedly; to euphemize to speak too carefully.alos, to take tiny steps;to tiptoe

28
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nice

A

exacting, fastidious, extremely precise

29
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obtain

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to be established, accepted, or customary

30
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occult

A

hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension

31
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pedestrian

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commonplace, trite, unremarkable, quotidian

32
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pied

A

multicolored, usually in bloctches

33
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pine

A

to lose vigor(as through grief); to yearn

34
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plastic

A

moldable, pliable, not rigid

35
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pluck

A

courage, spunk, fortitude

36
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prize

A

to pry, to press or force with lever;something taken by force,spoils

37
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rail

A

to complain about bitterly

38
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rent(verb)

A

torn (past tense of rend); an opening or tear caused by such

39
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quail(verb)

A

to lose courage; to turn frightend

40
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qualify(verb)

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to limit

41
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sap(verb)

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to enervate or weaken the vitality of

42
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scurvy(adj)

A

contemptible, despicable

43
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singular(adj)

A

exceptional, unusual,odd

44
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stand(noun)

A

a group of trees

45
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steep(verb)

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to saturate or completely soak, as in to let tea bag steep

46
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strut( noun)

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the supporting structural cross-part of a wing

47
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table

A

to remove from consideration

48
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tender

A

to proffer or offer

49
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waffle

A

to equivocate; to change one’s position

50
Q

wag

A

wit joker

51
Q

calumniate

A

to slander, to make a false accusation

52
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abjure

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to renounce or reject solemnly; to recant to avoid

53
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adumbrate

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to foreshadow vaguely or intimate; to suggest or outline sketchily; to obscure or overshadow

54
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anathema

A

a solemn or ecclesiastical (religious)cures; accursed or thoroughly loathed person or thing