GRE Big Book Set 1 Flashcards
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abjure
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to reject; abandon formally
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abraded
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scrape or wear away by friction or erosion. Erode, corrode, wear
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Abut
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touch or lean on. Adjoin; border
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accretion
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growth in size or increase in amount
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Admonitory
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giving or conveying a warning or reprimand.
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allusive
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using or containing suggestion rather than explicit mention; Implied
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Assauge
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make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense. Relieve. Alleviate. satisfy (an appetite or desire).
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assay
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Evaluation, assessment, analysis
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Augury
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a sign of what will happen in the future; an omen.
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avaricious
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having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain; greedy
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aver
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to affirm; declare to be true; To assert positively
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BLITHE
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Lighthearted, carefree; thoughtless, heedless or without consideration
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cadge
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to beg; sponge
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capricious
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fickle
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caucus
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smaller group within an organization
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centrifugal
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moving away from a center
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Centurion
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the commander of a century in the ancient Roman army.
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circumlocution
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the use of many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive; beating around the bush
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Coalescing
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come together to form one mass or whole. combine (elements) in a mass or whole; combine, merge, unite
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Cogent
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(of an argument or case) clear, logical, and convincing.
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Congruent
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in agreement or harmony.
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conjunction
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the action or an instance of two or more events or things occurring at the same point in time or space. Co-occurrence
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contiguous
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touching; neighboring; connecting without a break
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contravened
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to come or be in conflict with; go or act against; deny or oppose. to violate, infringe, or transgress; breach
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credulous
having or showing too great a readiness to believe things. Gullible, naïve
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Dawdler
someone who takes more time than necessary; laggard
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deleterious
causing harm or damage. "divorce is assumed to have deleterious effects on children"
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dilettantism
Dabbler in the arts, a lover of fine art
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dogmatism
dogmatic character; arrogant assertion of opinions as truths; the tendency to lay down principles as undeniably true, without consideration of evidence or the opinions of others.
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effrontery
shameless boldness; presumptuousness; Insolence
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elegy
poem or song expressing lamentation
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encumbering
restrict or impede (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult.
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endow
give or bequeath an income or property to (a person or institution).
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enervate
to weaken or sap the strength; sap vitality of
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Equivocation
the use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself; prevarication; "I say this without equivocation"
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Espouse
adopt or support (a cause, belief, or way of life).
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eulogy
High praise; tribute honoring someone who has died
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exculpate
to clear of blame; vindicate
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EXIGENT
Urgent, pressing matter; demanding a good deal or too much
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fallibility
the tendency to make mistakes or be wrong; "technology is not a cure for human fallibility"
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fallow
plowed but not sowed; uncultivated
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Faucet
A tap
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Feckless
lacking initiative or strength of character; irresponsible. Incompetent
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Fortuitous
happening by chance rather than intention; lucky
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GRATUITOUS
Obtained without payment, unearned; unwarranted, unjustified or uncalled for
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Gristle
cartilage, especially when found as tough inedible tissue in meat.
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Guile
sly or cunning intelligence.
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hyperbole
purposeful exaggeration for effect
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Impetuous
impulsive
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Impugned
dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of (a statement or motive); call into question.
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incongruous
not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something; out of place
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incredulous
(of a person or their manner) unwilling or unable to believe something.
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Indicted
formally accuse of or charge with a crime
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Inefficacious
ineffective
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inerrancy
infallibility; lack of errors
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Intelligibility
comprehensibility, ease of understanding
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Intemperate
Indulgence of appetite or passions; excessive drinking alcohol (intemperance)
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Intersperse
scatter things; diversify
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intractable
not easily managed
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inured
hardened; accustomed; used to
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inveigle
to win over by flattering or coaxing
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inveterate
confirmed; long standing
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Invulnerable
not vulnerable
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laconic
using few words; concise; terse
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Luminary
a person who inspires or influences others, especially one prominent in a particular sphere
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Maladroit
inefficient or inept; clumsy.
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Meretricious
apparently attractive but having no real value; trashy, pretentious, tawdry
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mettlesome
full of courage and fortitude
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Modulated
exert a modifying or controlling influence on; vary the strength, tone, or pitch of (one's voice).
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NATTY
Smart and trim in dress or appearance (usually of a man: “nattily dressed”)
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Nondescript
lacking distinctive or interesting features or characteristics.
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Noxious
harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant.
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obdurate
stubborn
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obtuse
annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand. "he wondered if the doctor was being deliberately obtuse"
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Opprobrious
expressing scorn or criticism.
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outset
the start or beginning of something.
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parody
an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.
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parry
to turn aside; evade or dodge: to parry an embarrassing question.
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peremptory
imperative; leaving no choice
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perforation
a hole made by boring or piercing.
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Pernicious
having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way. "the pernicious influences of the mass media"
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peruse
to read through with thoroughness or care:
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PITH
The core, essence or substance of the matter; mettle or vigor; importance or significance
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platitude
stale; overused expression
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Polemical
of or involving strongly critical or disputatious writing or speech; vitriolic, caustic, trenchant, corrosive, biting, mordacious
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preamble
preliminary statement
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precept
principle; law
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precipitate 1
cause (an event or situation, typically one that is undesirable) to happen suddenly, unexpectedly, or prematurely
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precipitate 2
done, made, or acting suddenly or without careful consideration.
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presumptuous
rude; improperly bold; innapropriately forward or taking liberties; overstepping bounds of what is right
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probity
honesty; high-mindness
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proliferate
to increase rapidly
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PROLOGUE
a separate introductory section of a literary or other work; an event or act that leads to another
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Pugnacious
eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight.
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querulous
complaining
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Quotidian
of or occurring every day; daily, Nothing special, unpretentious
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RAREFY
To make or become thin, less compact, or less dense; To purify, refine or make more spiritual
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Recast
give (a metal object) a different form by melting it down and reshaping it; present or organize in a diff form or style
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repine
fret, complain
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SCURVY
Contemptible, despicable, or mean
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specious
seeming to be logical and sound, but not really so; falsely appearing true, genuine or plausible
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stanch
to stop or check the flow of
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steep
to soak in water or other liquid, to steep tea in boiling water. Opposite word: Parch.
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stygian
dark and gloomy, hellish
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supersede
to replace, especially to displace as inferior or antiquated
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supine
lying in the back, marked by lethargy
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supplicant
one who asks humbly and earnestly
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tenuous
not dense, thin or diluted consistency; slender; lacking strength, flimsy weak, insubstantial;
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transmute
change in form, nature, or substance.
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Undergird
provide support or a firm basis for.
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univocal
having only one possible meaning; unambiguous
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unprepossessing
not attractive or appealing to the eye.
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untoward
not favorable, troublesome, unruly
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Upbraid
scold
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vapid
tasteless, dull
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Veritable
reliable, unquestionable, truth
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Virtuosity
great skill in music or another artistic pursuit.
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volubility
Talking incessantly; talkative
