gre flashcards 6 Manhattan

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afford

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provide or supply (an opportunity or facility)

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credulity

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easily persuaded; gullible;

a tendency to be too ready to believe that something is real or true.

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credence

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belief

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elude

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escape from or avoid (a danger, enemy, or pursuer), typically in a skillful or cunning way.; evade

escape from or avoid in a skillful way

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taxing

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tiring

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precipitate

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hastily done

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lacerate

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distress deeply; criticize forcefully or severely;

lacerate - lazer - cut karna

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gaffe

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social blunder

socially embarrassing moment; blunder; eg “in my first few months at work I made some real gaffes”

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trepidation

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a feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen.

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intrepid

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fearless

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aghast

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filled with horror or shock

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expatriate

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a person who lives outside their native country

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repatriate

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send (someone) back to their own country

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emigrant

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a person who leaves their country to settle permanently in another

Emigrate means to leave one location, such as one’s native country or region, to live in another. Immigrate means to move into a non-native country or region to live.

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lascivious

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sexually perverted

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embodied

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be an expression of or give a tangible or visible form to (an idea, quality, or feeling)., kuut kuut ke bhara hua

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indemnify

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reimburse ;compensate

indemnify
• make secure against damage or loss; compensate for damage or loss; CF. make uninjured
Mnemonics:
• look for the word-“demn” which can be connected to “demon”..so what does demon do? it destroys property..
IN(not)+demni+fy= correct what the demon inside you has done..make amends for it.

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actuarial

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risk manager

An actuary is a business professional who deals with the measurement and management of risk and uncertainty.

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mercenary

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oppo. of golddigger; primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics.

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lackey

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sycophant

a servant, especially a liveried footman or manservant..verb -behave in a servile way towards (someone).

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improvident

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not having or showing foresight; spendthrift or thoughtless

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dissolute

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(of a person or a way of life) overindulging in sensual pleasures.

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listlessly

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anemic

characterized by a lack of energy or interest; feckless; languid, lazy

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catharsis

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music is a means of catharsis for me;

MN - detox in extreme cases; the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.

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purgation
purification or cleansing
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coda
a concluding event, remark, or section.(like dance, music, theatre, or anything) "his new novel is a kind of coda to his previous books" eg twinkle twinkle little star mein last para ka twinkle twinkle little star CODA hai
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homily
MN - gyaan about how someone should behave | a piece of spoken or written advice about how someone should behave:; basically a priest delivers his homily
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emblematic of
representative types; symbolic
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maudlin
overly sentimental
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coltish
energetic but awkward in one's movement or behavior captain HOLT horse ka bachcha
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tremulous
shaking or quivering slightly; trembling ; unsteady; | "Barbara's voice was tremulous" ; timid; nervous.
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beguiled
charm or enchant (someone) often in a deceptive way; MN - deceive someone by alluring them ginny and georgia mei georgia was a beguiling person
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chary of
wary; cautious of | eg "she had been chary of telling the whole truth"; heedful
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heedful
aware of and attentive to
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harbinger
1. LH44 2. PRESAGES one that initiates a major change; 2. something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come.; something like 'presages'
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sentries
soldier watchman
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recanted
recant the offer; disavow, renounce, abjure ; openly confess error. Mnemonics: : RE (again) + CANT (cannot) = "I have told you this AGAIN and AGAIN, it CANNOT be done, it has been REJECTED."
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heralded
PRESAGES eg "the band have been heralded as the great hope for the nineties"; basically same as presages
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ostracize
: (verb) avoid speaking to or dealing with Mnemonic (Tag: splitting this gives something like Aus + tere . Its like in australia are strict with Racial abuse. Harbahjan said tere ***ki, thats a racial abuse a) Austere MN - EXCLUDE
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omnipotent
having great power and influence
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incendiaries
(of a device or attack) designed to cause fires
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consanguines
of the same blood or origin specifically
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sanguine
blood red color; optimistic
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deification
is when a person is treated like a god
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excoriation
criticize (someone ) severely; | 2. damage or remove part of the surface of (the skin).
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apotheosis
the highest point in the development of something; a culmination or climax.;2 the elevation of someone to divine status. MN - highest point; god
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obloquies
calumny
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pedantry
excessive concern with minor details or rules | dogmatism; overscrupulousness
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parsimony
miserliness
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niggardly
miser
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pulchritude
physical beauty or attractiveness