GRE Continual List Flashcards
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Parsimony
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Stingy
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Cowed
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to submit by intimidation
3
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interdict
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prohibit
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Repatriate
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to send back to one’s own country
5
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acrimony/acrimonious
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angry/bitter
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commensurate
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appropriate size
7
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etiolated
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loss vigor, feeble
8
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Comportment
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dignified, proper behavior
9
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Timorous
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Fear
10
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Execrable
A
Very bad
11
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Expedient
A
Easy/practical
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stolidity
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showing little/no emotion
13
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acumen
A
think clearly, make good decisions
14
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opulent
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rich/luxurious
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expurgate
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sensor
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inveterate
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habitual/chronic
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pernicious
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harmful
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evanescent
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disappear like vapor, vanishing
19
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Debilitated
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exhausted
20
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Ebullience
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Zeal
21
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Odium
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Disgust/hate
22
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torpor
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mental inactivity/lethargy
23
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Jocosity
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Joking
24
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Hegemony
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leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others
25
superfluous
excess
26
perfunctory
carried out with minimal effort/reflection
27
Panegyric
public speech/text in praise of someone
28
obloquy
strong public criticism/verbal abuse
29
improvidence
lacking foresight
30
mercurial
subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind
31
Inchoate
Nascent
just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential.
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profligacy
reckless extravagance or wastefulness in the use of resources
33
hedonism
devotion to pleasurable pursuits, esp. to the pleasures of the senses
34
insipid
lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate or challenge
35
Germane
relevant to subject at hand
36
Halcyon
calm/peaceful
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impassive
revealing no emotion
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infelicitous
unfortunate/inappropriate
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mendacity
dishonest
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obdurate
stubborn
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opprobrium
extreme dishonesty
42
pedagogy
teaching/instruction
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pedantic
perfectionist, show offish about one's knowledge
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penury
poverty
45
pith
essential/central part
46
pithy
precise/brief
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platitude
overused statement
48
polemical
controversial argumentative
49
rancorous
bitter, long lasting, resentment
50
recalcitrant
defy authority
51
repudiate
refuse to do with, discard
52
salubrious
promoting health/well being
53
specious
seeming true, but really misleading
54
spurious
false/counterfit
55
succient
brief/concise
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tenuous
flimsy/weak
57
transient
ephemeral
fleeting/brief
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accolade
expression of praise
59
ameliorate
make better/more tolerable
60
axiom
universally recognized principle
61
burgeon
to grow rapidly/florish
62
bucolic
rustic/pastoral rural
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chary
wary/cautious
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cogent
appeal to reason/convincing
65
complaisance
willing to comply with others
66
contrite
plentiful, seek forgiveness
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dearth
scarcity lack of
68
demur
to question/oppose
69
didactic
intended to teach/instruct
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eclectic
getting ideas from variety of sources
71
emollient
soothing to skin
72
enigmatic
mysterious
73
esoteric
intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest.
74
facetious
playful/humorous
75
furtive
secretive
76
harangue
long pompous speech
77
impecunious
lacking funds, without money
78
incipient
coming into being,
79
innocuous
harmless
80
intransigent
refusal to comply
81
inveigle
to obtain by deception/flattery
82
peruse
examine with care
83
relegate
to forcibly assign to a lower place or position
84
preen
groom with care
85
prodigious
extremely big in size
86
putrefy
rot/decay
87
quaff
to drink deeply
88
quiescence
motionless
89
redoubtable
formidable
90
squalid
dirty from neglect
91
supplant
to take the place of
92
torpid
lethargic, sluggish
93
ubiquitous
found everywhere
94
urbane
sophisticated
95
aberrant
deviating form norm
96
alacrity
eager/enthusiastic
97
arduous
effortful/willingness
98
assuage
mollify
99
austere
simple/plain
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axiomatic
self evident truth
