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GRE - Manhattan Essential Word List - L9 Flashcards

1
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Abstain

A

Hold back, refrain (especially from something bad or unhealthy); decline to vote

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Aggrandize

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Make greater; exaggerate

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Antagonize

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Make hostile or unfriendly

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Ascetic

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Abstinent or austere in lifestyle; a person who leads an austere and simple life without material pleasures, esp. someone who does this for religious reasons

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Belie

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Contradict or misrepresent

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Cacophony

A

Harsh, discordant, or meaningless mixture of sounds

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Chronological

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Arranged in or relating to time order

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Conciliatory

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Reconciling, appeasing, attempting to make the peace

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Contextualize

A

Place in context, such as by giving the background or circumstances

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Counterintuitive

A

Against what one would intuitively expect

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Cynical

A

Thinking the worst of others’ motivations; bitterly pessimistic

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Deleterious

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Harmful, unhealthful

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Didactic

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Intended to instruct; teaching , or teaching a moral lessen

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Disjointed

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Disconnected, not coherent, jerky; having the joints separated

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Distill

A

Purify; extract the essential elements of

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Eclectic

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Selecting the best of everything or from many diverse sources

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Eminent

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Prominent, distinguished, of high rank

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Erratic

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Inconsistent, wandering, having no fixed course

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Exhaustive

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Comprehensive, thorough, exhausting a topic or subject, accounting for all possibilities; draining, tending to exhaust

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Feasible

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Possible, logical or likely, suitable

21
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Fringe

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On the margin, periphery (adj.); the people in a group who hold the most extreme views

22
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Goosebumps

A

The “bumps” created by hairs standing up on the skin in response to cold, fear, etc.

23
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Hierarchy

A

A ranked series; a classification of people according to rank, ability, etc.; a ruling body

24
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Implication

A

Act of implying or that which is implied; close connection, esp. in a incrimination way

25
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Inconsequential

A

Insignificant, unimportant; illogical

26
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intractable

A

Difficult to control, manage, or manipulate; hard to cure; stuborn

27
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Laconic

A

Using few words, concise

28
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Levy

A

Collect tax from, wage war on, or enlist for military service (v); act of collecting tax or amount owed, or the drafting of troops into military service (n)

29
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Maverick

A

Rebel, individualist, dissenter

30
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Mores

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Customs, manners, or morals of a particular group

31
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Objective

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Factual, related to reality or physical objects; not influenced by emotions, unbiased

32
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Opaque

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Not translucent; not allowing light, heat, etc. to pass through; dark, dull, unclear or stupid

33
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Partisan

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Devoted to a particular group, case, etc.(adj); fervent supported of a group, party, idea, etc. guerrilla fighter(b)

34
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Permeate

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Spread or penetrate throughout

35
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Plummet

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Plunge, fall straight down

36
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Preempt

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Prevent; take the place of, supplant; take before someone else can

37
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Profound

A

Very insightful, penetrating deeply into a subject; pervasive, intense, “down to the very bottom”; at the very bottom

38
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Prudent

A

Wise in practical matters, carefully providing for the future

39
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Relegate

A

Send or commit to an inferior place, rank, condition, etc.; exile, banish; assign (task) to someone else

40
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Respectively

A

In the order given

41
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Sagacious

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Wise; showing good judgement and foresight

42
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Secular

A

Not religious or holy; pertaining to worldly things

43
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Soporific

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Causing sleep; sleepy, drowsy (adj.); something that causes sleep (n)

44
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Standing

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Status, rank, reputation (n); existing indefinitely, not movable (adj.)

45
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Substantiate

A

Support with evidence or proof; give a materiel existence to

46
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Taciturn

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Not talking much, reserved; silent, holding back in conversation

47
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Transitory

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Temporary, short-lived, not lasting

48
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Vacilate

A

Waver in one’s mind or opinions, be indecisive

49
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Wary

A

Watchful, motivated by caution, on guard against danger

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