GRE High Frequency Words (Magoosh) Flashcards
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Aberrant
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Deviation from what is normal or expected
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Abstain
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Choose not to consume or take part in
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Abstruse
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Difficult to understand, incomprehensible
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Accolade
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An award or praise granted as a special honor
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Acerbic
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Harsh in tone
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Acrimony
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Bitterness and ill will
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Adamant
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Refusing to change one’s mind
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Admonish
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To warn strongly, even to the point of reprimanding
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Admonitory
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Serving to warn
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Aesthete
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One who professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art and nature
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Aesthetic
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Concerned with the appreciation of beauty
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Amalgam
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A mixture of multiple things
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Ambiguous
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Open to more than one interpretation
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Ambivalent
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Mixed or conflicting emotions
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Ameliorate
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To make something bad better
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Amenable
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Easily persuaded
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Amorphous
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Shapeless
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Antipathy
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An intense feeling of dislike
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Antithetical
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Sharply contrasted in character or purpose
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Apathetic
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Marked by a lack of interest
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Apocryphal
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Being of questionable authenticity
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Appease
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Pacify by acceding to the demands of
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Arbitrary
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Random, groundless decision
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Arduous
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Strenuous and Taxing
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Artful
Clever, exhibiting artistic skill
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Ascetic
One who practices self-denial
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Askance
A look of suspicion or disapproval
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Audacious
Willing to be bold in social situations
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Audacity
Aggressive boldness
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Auspicious
Favorable
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Austere
Practicing self-denial; harsh in temperament
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Avaricious
Excessively greedy
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Banal
Repeated too often
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Belie
To give a false representation
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Belligerent
Characteristic of one eager to fight
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Betray
To reveal or make something known
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Blatant
Completely obvious
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Bolster
To support or strengthen
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Brazen
Unrestrained
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Bucolic
Relating to the pleasant aspects of the country
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Bumbling
Clumsy, especially with hands
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Burgeon
Grow and flourish
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Calumny
Make a false statement meant to attack a reputation
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Capricious
Determined by chance or impulse rather than necessity
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Castigate
To reprimand harshly
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Censure
To disapprove strongly
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Chastise
To reprimand harshly
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Chortle
To chuckle
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Circumscribe
To restrict
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Circumvent
To find away out of one's duties or obligations
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Commensurate
To be in proportion in degree or amount
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Concede
To admit
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Confound
Be confusing or perplexing to
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Conspicious
Completely obvious
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Constituent
An abstract part of something
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Construe
Interpreted in a particular way
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Contingent
A gather of persons representative of a larger group
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Contrition
The feeling of remorse or guilt that comes from doing something bad
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Contrive
To pull off a plan or scheme
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Copious
An abundant supply
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Craven
Cowardly
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Cryptic
Mysterious or vague
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Culminate
To reach the highest point
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Culpability
The state of guilt
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Decorous
Characterized by good taste
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Decorum
Propriety in manners and conduct
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Deferential
Showing respect
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Deleterious
Harmful to living things
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Delineate
Describe in detail
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Demur
To object or show reluctance
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Denigrate
Attack the good name and reputation of someone
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Denote
To be a sign or indication of
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Derivative
Not original but a work of another person
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Dictatorial
Expecting unquestioning obedience
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Didactic
Instructive
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Diffident
Lacking self-confidence
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Dilatory
Wasting time
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Dilettante
An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions
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Disaffected
Discontent towards authority
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Discrete
A separate entity or part
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Disinterested
Unbiased, neutral
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Dispassionate
Unaffected by strong emotions or prejudice
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Disseminate
Cause to become widely known
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Dogmatic
Not accepting your belief may not be correct
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Duress
Compulsory force or threat
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Eclectic
Comprised of a variety of styles
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Economical
Efficient
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Edifying
Enlightening or uplifting
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Efficacious
producing the intended result
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Egregious
Shockingly bad
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Elicit
Call forth (emotions and feelings)
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Elucidate
Make clearer
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Eminent
Standing above others in quality
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Enervate
To sap energy from
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Engender
Give rise to
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Entrenched
Fixed firmly or securely
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Ephemeral
Brief and fleeting
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Equivocal
Confusing or ambiguous
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Eradicate
To completely destroy
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Erudite
Profound knowledge
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Eschew
Avoid and stay away from
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Esoteric
Confined to and understandable only by a small circle
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Espouse
To adopt or support an idea or cause
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Exacerbate
To make worse
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Exacting
Requiring and demanding accuracy
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Exalt
Praise or glorify
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Exonerate
Pronounce not guilty
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Expound
Add details or explanation
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Extant
Still living (opposite of extinct)
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Fallacious
Belief that is based on faulty reasoning
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Fastidious
Overly concerned with details, fussy
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Flux
A state of uncertainty about what should be done
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Foment
Try to stir up public opinion
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Forlorn
Marked by or showing hopelessness
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Forthcoming
At ease in talking to others
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Fortuitious
Occurring by happy chance
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Frivolous
Not serious in content or attitude or behavior
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Frugal
Not spending much money
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Frustrate
Hinder or prevent
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Furtive
Quiet, caution, and secrecy
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Gainsay
Deny or contradict, speak against or oppose
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Gail
The trait of being rude and impertinent, deep and bitter anger
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Galvanize
To excite or inspire to action
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Garrulous
Full of trivial conversation
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Gauche
Lacking social polish
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Germane
Relavent and appropriate
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Glut
Excessive supply
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Gossamer
Characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy
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Gregarious
Likely to socialize with others
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Guileless
Free of deceit
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Hackneyed
Lacking significance after becoming overused
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Haphazard
Marked by great carlessness
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Harangue
Long pompous speech, tirade
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Harried
Troubled persistently with petty annoyances
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Haughty
Having or showing arrogant superiority
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Hegemony
Consistant dominance of one state over another
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Heretic
A person who holds unorthodox opinions
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Iconoclast
One who attacks beliefs or institutions
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Idiosyncrasy
Behavioral attribute distinct and peculiar to one person
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Ignoble
Dishonorable
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Ignominious
Deserving or bringing disgrace and shame
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Immutable
Not able to be changed
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Impartial
Free from undue bias or preconceived opinipns
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Impertient
Being disrespectful
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Implacable
Incapable of making less angry or hostile
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Implausible
Describing a statement that is not believable
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Imprudent
Not wise
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Impudent
Improperly forward
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Incisive
Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
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Incongruous
Lacking in harmony or compatability
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Incorrigible
Impervious to correction by punishment
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Indecorous
Not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper
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Indifference
Seeming not to care
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Inexorable
Impossible to stop or prevent
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Ingenuous
To be naive and innocent
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Ingratiate
Gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts
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Inimical
Hostile conditions
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Innocuous
Harmless with no ill effects
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Inscrutable
Not easily understood
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Insidious
Working in a subtle but destructive way
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Insolent
Rude and arrogant
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Intimate
To suggested something subtly
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Intransigent
Unwilling to change one's beliefs
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Intrepid
Fearless
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Inveterate
Habitual
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Involved
Complicated and difficult to comprehend
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Irrevocable
Incapable of being retracted or revoked
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Itinerant
Traveling from place to place to work
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Jingoism
Fanatical patriotism
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Jovial
High spirited merriment
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Jubilant
Full of high-spirited delight because of triumph or success
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Juxtapose
Place side by side
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Laconic
One who says very few words
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Lambast
Criticize several or angrily
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Languid
Not inclined towards physical exertion or effort; slow and relaxed
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Largess
Extreme generosity and giving
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Laudable
Worthy of high praise
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Lionize
Assign great importance to
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Magnanimous
Noble and generous in spirit
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Maintain
To assert
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Maladroit
Clumsy, with hands
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Maverick
Someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action
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Mawkish
Overly sentimental to the point that it is disgusting
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Mendacity
Untruthful
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Mercurial
Unexpected and unpredictable changes in mood
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Miscontrue
Interpret in the wrong way
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Mitigate
Lessen the severity of an offense
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Mollify
To make someone angry less angry
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Mundane
Repetitive and boring
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Munifcent
Very generous
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Myopic
Lacking foresight
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Myriad
A large indefinite number
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Nonplussed
Unsure how to act or respond
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Nuance
A subtle difference in meaning or opinion
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Obscure
Make unclear
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Obsequious
Attentive in a servile manner; attempting to win favor by flattery
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Opaque
Not clearly understood
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Opulence
Wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living
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Ostentatious
Intended to attract notice and impress others
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Ostracize
Exclude from a community or group
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Panache
Distinctive and stylish elegance
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Parochial
Restricted in scope or outlook
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Parsimonious
Extremely frugal
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Pedantic
Focusing on trivial details of learning
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Pedestrian
Lacking imagination
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Pejorative
Expressing disapproval
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Perfidy
An act of deliberate betrayal, beach of trust
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Pernicious
Exceedingly harmful
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Petulant
Easily irritated or annoyed
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Placate
Gain the good will of
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Platitude
Trite or obvious remark
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Poignant
Emotionally touching
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Polemic
A strong verbal or written attack
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Posit
Assume as a fact
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Pragmatic
Practical experience and observation rather than theory
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Precipituous
Done with very great haste and without due deliberation
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Preclude
Keep from happening or arising
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Precocious
Characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity
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Predilection
A strong liking
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Prescience
Power to forsee the future`
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Prevaricate
To speak in an evasive way
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Prodigal
Wastefully extravagant
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Prodigious
So great in size or force
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Profligate
Recklessly wasteful
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Prolific
Intellectually productive
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Propitious
presenting favorable circumstances
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Provincial
Characteristic of the limited perspective
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Pundit
Someone who is a member in a scholarly field
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Qualify
To make less sever or to limit
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Querulous
Habitually complaining
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Quotidian
Ordinary course of events
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Ravenous
Extremely hungry
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Rebuke
Criticize severely, censure
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Reconcile
To make one thing compatible with another
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Recondite
Incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding
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Refractory
Stubbornly resistant to authority or control
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Refute
Prove to be false or incorrect
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Reproach
To express criticism towards
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Repudiate
Reject as untrue or unfounded
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Rescind
Cancel officially
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Restive
Restless
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Resurgent
Rising again as to new life and vigor
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Reticent
Reluctant to draw attention to yourself
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Reverent
Feeling or showing profound respect or veneration
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Rudimentary
Being in the earliest stages of development
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Rustic
Characteristic of rural life
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Sanction
Give authority or permission to
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Scrupulous
Characterized by extreme care and great effort
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Soporific
Inducing sleep
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Specious
Deceptively pleasing (suspicious)
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Sporadic
Recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances
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Spurious
Plausible but false
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Staunch
Firm and dependable
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Stringent
Demanding strict attention to rules and procedures
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Subsume
Contain or include
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Subversive
In opposition to a civil authority or government
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Sullen
Showing a brooding ill humor
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Superfluous
Serving no useful purpose
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Supplant
Take the place or move into the position of
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Sycophant
A parasite
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Taciturn
Habitually reserved and uncommunicative
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Tantamount
Being essentially equal to something
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Temperance
Trait of avoiding excesses
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Tempered
Moderated in effect
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Tenacious
Stubbornly unyielding
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Timorous
Timid by nature or revealing fear and nervousness
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Torpor
Inactivity from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy
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Tortuous
Twisting and winding
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Tractable
Readily reacting to suggestions and influences
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Transient
Lasting a very short time
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Travesty
An absurd presentation of something
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Treacherous
Tending to betray
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Trite
Repeated too often; overfamiliar
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Truncate
Reduce the length of something
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Undermine
To weaken
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Underscore
Give extra weight to
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Unequivocal
Admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding
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Unscrupulous
Without principles
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Upbraid
To censure, to scold
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Vacillate
To waver between conflicting positions
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Vehement
Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions
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Venality
The condition of being susceptible to brines or corruption
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Venerate
To respect deeply
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Veracious
Truthful
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Vilify
Spread negative information about
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Vindicate
To clear of accusation, blame, suspicion
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Vociferous
Conspicuously and offensively loud
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Volubility
The quality of talking or writing easily and continuously
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Wanting
Lacking
