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GRE - Manhattan Essential Word List - L5 Flashcards

1
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Abhor

A

Detest, regard with disgust

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Adverse

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(adj) Opposing, harmful

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Ambivalent

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Uncertain; unable to decide, or wanting to do two contradictory things at once

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Arduous

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Very difficult, strenuous; severe, hard to endure

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Autonomous

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Self-governing, independent

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Buffer

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Something that shields, protects, absorbs shock, or cushions

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Castigate

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Criticize severely; punish in order to correct

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Commensurate

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The same in size, extent, etc., equivalent; proportional

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Console

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Lessen the suffering or grief of (v); a control panel, or small table or cabinet (n)

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Convoluted

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Twisted; very complicated

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Craven

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Very cowardly, lacking courage

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Deface

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Vandalize. mar the appearance of

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Desiccate

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Thoroughly dried up, dehydrated

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Discrepancy

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Difference or inconsistency

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Disquieting

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Disturbing, cause anxiety

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Dormat

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Asleep, inactive, on a break

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Elevate

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Raise, lift up; lift the spirits of; move up to a higher rank or status or raise up to a higher spiritual or intellectual plane

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Entitlement

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Having the right to certain privileges; believing, sometimes without cause, that one deserves or has a right to certain privileges

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Eulogy

A

Speech of praise or written work of praise, esp. a speech given at the funeral

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Fallacious

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Containing a fallacy, or mistake in logic; logically unsound; deceptive

21
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foment

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incite, instigate, stir up, promote the growth of; apple medicated liquid to a body part

22
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Gawky

A

Physically awkward (esp. of a tall, skinny person, often used to describe teenagers)

23
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Haven

A

Harbor or port; refuge, safe place

24
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Imminent

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Ready to occur, impending

25
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Incentive

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Something that encourages greater action or effort, such as a reward

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Ingrained

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Deep-rooted, forming part of the very essence; worked into the fiber

27
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Juncture

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Critical point in time, such as a crises or a time when a decision in necessary; a place where two things are joined together

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Laudable

A

Worthy of praise

29
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Lucid

A

Clear, easy to understand; rational, sane

30
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Modest

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humble; simple rather than showy; decent (esp. “covering up” in terms of dress); small, limited

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Nevertheless or Nonetheless

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However, even so, despite that

32
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Offhand

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Casual, informal; done without preparation or forethought; rude in a short way, brusque

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Paradigm

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Model or pattern; worldview, set of shared assumptions, values, etc.

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Pedestrian

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Ordinary, dull, commonplace

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Placate

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Satisfy or calm down (an angry or dissatisfied person), esp. by conciliatory gestures

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Preamble

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Introductory statement, preface

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Probity

A

Honesty, integrity

38
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Propriety

A

Conforming to good manners or appropriate behavior

39
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Ranks

A

Personnel; a group of people considered all together

40
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Requite

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Reciprocate, repay, or revenge

41
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Rife

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Happening frequently, abundant, currently being reported

42
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Saturate

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Soak or imbue thoroughly; cause a substance to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance

43
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Slack

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Loose, negligent, lazy, weak (adj.); neglect to do one’s duties; loosen up, relax (v); period of little work (n)

44
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Spectrum

A

A broad range of nevertheless related qualities or ideas, esp. those that overlap to create a continuous series (as in a color spectrum, where each color blends into the next in a continuous way)

45
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Stolid

A

unemotional, showing little emotion, not easily moved

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Sycophant

A

Servile flatterer, parasitic person who fawns in order to get ahead

47
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Tirade

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Bitter, abusive criticism or verbal attack

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Unearth

A

Dig up, uncover, expose

49
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Virtual

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Existing only in the mind or by means of a computer network; existence in results or in essence but not officially or in name

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