GRE Hard 1 Flashcards
1
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spate
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Multitude or Great number
2
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Dearth
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scarce
3
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paucity
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scare
4
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secular
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having to do with the material, temporal world
5
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fatuous
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foolish or childish
6
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incontrovertible
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undeniable
7
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nullifying
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invalidating” or “abolishing
8
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aberration
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depart from what is normal
9
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concatenation
A
a series of interconnected things
10
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inculcation
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instill by persistent instruction
11
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impugned
A
challenged
12
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emblematized (emblematic)
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symbolic representation
13
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approbated
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Approved
14
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grandiloquent
A
pompous
15
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chauvinism
A
extreme patronism
16
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haughty
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conceited, snobbish
17
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intransigence
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refusal of change
18
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insouciance
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carefree
19
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cynosure
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a person at the center of attention
20
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epicures
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food connoisseurs
21
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aficionados
A
knowledgable and enthusiastic about an activity
22
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pundits
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analyst
23
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categorical
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clear or absolute
24
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pragmatic
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practical
25
verbose
wordy
26
dispassionate
unbiased
27
contested
questions, didsputed
28
heterodox
unorthodox, contrary to generally accepted opinion
29
collusion
Conspiracy; working together to plot
30
contingency
unforeseen event
31
corroboration
supporting with evidence
32
minatory
threatening" or "menacing,
33
palliative
soothing
34
evanescent
fleeting” or "quickly vanishing
35
cajoled
gently coaxed, talked into
36
precipitated
Incited, give rise to,
37
doughty
fearless
38
poltroon
coward
39
impassiveness
lacking emotions
40
parlous
full of danger or uncertainty (perilous)
41
pertinacious
stubborn
42
recumbent
laying down
43
repudiated
rejected
44
plenary
complete
45
circuitous
not direct
46
jejune
too simple
47
monolithic
colossal, huge
48
exorbitant
excessive
49
apotheosis
highest point in the development of something
50
discomfiture
embarrassed
51
edifying
instructing
52
expurgating
removing offesive partes
