gre flashcards 3 intermed magoosh
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rarefined
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genteel; refined
2
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rarefied
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distant from the lives and concerns of ordinary people; esoteric.
3
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brook
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put up with
4
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callow
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inexperienced
5
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sartorial
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relating to clothes
6
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indigent
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poor
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vicarious
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not lived directly
8
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vanquish
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defeat thoroughly
9
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culminate
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reach high point
10
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ponderous
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moving slowly
11
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cupidity
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greed for money
12
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respite
A
pause from work
13
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maudlin
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overly emotional
14
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ineffable
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cant be put in words
15
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rile
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annoy
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pedestrian
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lacking imagination
17
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inanity
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silliness
18
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concomitant
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accompanying
19
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sycophant
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flatterer
20
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vacuous
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lacking intelligence
21
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burgeon
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grow rapidly
22
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phantasmagorical
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illusive
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timorous
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shy
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kowtow
A
bow to
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incense
make furious
26
discursive
tangential
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impugn
call into question
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imbroglio
confusing situation
29
recrimination
mutual blame ; an accusation in response to one from someone else.
30
obtain
be customary
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plucky
courageous; mettlesome
32
peripatetic
walking on foot
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vehement
intensely emotional
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penurious
poor
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foolhardy
rash
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enormity
great wickedness
37
philistine
hater of culture
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asperity
harshness of manner
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curmudgeon
grouch; a habitually grumpy person.
40
effrontery
cheeky behavior
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tout
advertise strongly
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disabuse
lead one from error
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cosseted
overly pampered
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bereft
sad because of loss
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bromide
unoriginal remark
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self effacing
modest
47
impetuous
rash
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inadvertent
unintentional
