GRE Hard 1 Flashcards by Yakira McKay | Brainscape

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spate

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Multitude or Great number

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Dearth

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scarce

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paucity

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scare

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secular

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having to do with the material, temporal world

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fatuous

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foolish or childish

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incontrovertible

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undeniable

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nullifying

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invalidating” or “abolishing

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aberration

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depart from what is normal

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concatenation

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a series of interconnected things

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inculcation

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instill by persistent instruction

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impugned

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challenged

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emblematized (emblematic)

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symbolic representation

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approbated

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Approved

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grandiloquent

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pompous

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chauvinism

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extreme patronism

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haughty

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conceited, snobbish

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intransigence

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refusal of change

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insouciance

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carefree

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cynosure

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a person at the center of attention

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epicures

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food connoisseurs

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aficionados

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knowledgable and enthusiastic about an activity

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pundits

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analyst

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categorical

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clear or absolute

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pragmatic

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practical

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verbose

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wordy

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dispassionate

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unbiased

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contested

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questions, didsputed

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heterodox

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unorthodox, contrary to generally accepted opinion

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collusion

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Conspiracy; working together to plot

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contingency

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unforeseen event

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corroboration

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supporting with evidence

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minatory

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threatening” or “menacing,

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palliative

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soothing

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evanescent

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fleeting” or “quickly vanishing

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cajoled

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gently coaxed, talked into

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precipitated

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Incited, give rise to,

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doughty

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fearless

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poltroon

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coward

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impassiveness

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lacking emotions

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parlous

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full of danger or uncertainty (perilous)

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pertinacious

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stubborn

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recumbent

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laying down

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repudiated

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rejected

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plenary

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complete

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circuitous

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not direct

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jejune

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too simple

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monolithic

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colossal, huge

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exorbitant

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excessive

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apotheosis

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highest point in the development of something

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discomfiture

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embarrassed

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edifying

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instructing

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expurgating

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removing offesive partes