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GRE - Manhattan Essential Word List - L3 Flashcards

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Aberrant

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markedly different from an accepted norm,

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Admonish

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Mildly scold; caution, advise, or remind to do something

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Ambiguous

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Not clear, hard to understand, open to having several meanings of interpretations

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Archaic

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Characteristic of an earlier period, ancient, primitive

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Austere

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Severe in manner or appearance; very self-disciplined, ascetic; without luxury or ease; sober or serious

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Boor

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Rude, ill-mannered, or insensitive person a peasant or a country bumpkin

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Cartography

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Map-making

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Cogent

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Very convincing, logical

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Connoisseur

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Expert, especially in the fine arts; person or educated, redefined tastes

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Conversely

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in opposite way; on the other hand

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Crafty

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Cunning, skillful in deception or underhandled schemes

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Decorous

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Behaving with propriety and good taste; polite

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Deride

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mock. scoff at laugh at contemptuously

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Discerning

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Having good judgement or insight; able to distinguish mentally

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Disperse

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Scatter, spread widely, cause to vanish

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Document

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Support with evidence, cite sources in a detailed way, create documentary evidence of

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Egregious

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Extraordinarily or conspicuously bad; glaring

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Enhance

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Raise to a higher value, desirability, etc.

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Esoteric

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Understood by or intended for only a few; secret

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Facetious

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Joking, humorous, esp. inappropriately; not serious, concerned with frivolous things

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Flag

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Get tired, lose enthusiasm hang limply or droop

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Garrulous

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Talkative, wordy, rambling

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Hackneyed

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So commonplace as to be stale; not fresh or original

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Idiosyncrasy

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Characteristic or habit peculiar to an individual; peculiar quality, quirk

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inasmuch

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In like manner, considering that (contradiction of “in as much”, generally followed by “as”)

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Inform

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Inspire, animate; give substance, essence or context to; be the characteristic quality of

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Jocular

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Joking or given to joking all the time; jolly, playful

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Languid

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Drooping from exhaustion. sluggish, slow; lacking in sprit

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Log

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Keep a record of, write down; travel for or at a certain distance or speed (v); a written record (n)

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Meticulous

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Taking extreme care in regards to details; precise, fussy

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Negate

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Deny or refute; make void or cause to be ineffective

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Obviate

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Prevent, eliminate, or make unnecessary

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Outstrip

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Surpass, exceed; be larger or better than; leave behind

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Paucity

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Scarcity, the state of being small in number

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Pious

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Devout; religiously reverent and dutiful

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Potentate

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Ruler, person of great power

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Principled

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Having high moral standards

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Prologue

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Introductory part to a book, play, etc.

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Quibble

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Make trivial arguments or criticism, find faults in a petty way, esp. to evade something more important

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Reproach

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Blame, disgrace (n); criticize, express disappointment in(v)

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Reverent

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Feeling or expressing very deep respect and awe

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Sap

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The inner fluid of a plant or any essential body fluid; energy; vitality; a person taken advantage of (n); undermine, weaken, tire out (v)

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Skeptic

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Person inclined to doubting or questioning generally accepted beliefs

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Spearhead

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Be the leader of

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Stingy

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Not generous with money, reluctant to spend or give

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Surfeit

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Excess, excessive amount, overindulgence

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Timely

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Well-timed, happening at a suitable time

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Undermine

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Weaken, cause to collapse by digging away at the foundation (of a building or an argument ); injure or attack in a secretive or underhanded way

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Viable

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Capable of living (or growing, developing, etc.); practical, workable

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Zeal

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Great fervor or enthusiasm for a cause, person, etc., tireless diligence in furthering that cause; passion, ardor

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