GRE Princeton 2 Flashcards by Mark lien

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Urbane

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Sophisticate, elegant

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Abate

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To lessen in intensity

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Vilify

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Defame, disparage, denigrate, deprecate

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Torpid

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Lethargic, sluggish, dormant

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Stoic

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Steadfast, unaffected by pleasure or pain

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Squalid

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Sordid, dirty

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Contempt

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To despise, to scorn

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Satire

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Criticize with humor, or derision /contempt

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Redoubtable

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Awe- inspiring

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Quaff

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Drink deeply or heartily

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Putrefying

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Rot, decay

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Prodigious

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Abundant, extraordinary

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Primp

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Tidy, preen

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Pious

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Extremely reverent

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Pernicious

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Extremely harmful

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Penurious

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Penny-pinching, thrifty

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Odious

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Evoke intense aversion

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Morose

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Sullen, melancholy, sad

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Inveigled

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Obtain by deception or flattery

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Incipient

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Beginning to come into being, become apparent

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Impecunious

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Without money

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Hyperbole

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Exaggerated statement

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Harangue

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Deliver tirade, long pompous speech

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Furtive

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Stealth, covert, surreptitious

Enigma

Mysterious

Emollient

Mollify ESP to skin

Ebullience

Lively, enthusiastic

Demur

Question or oppose

Dearth

Scarcity, lack

Culpable

Deserving blame

Penitent

Repent , regret

Complaisance

Willingness to comply

Chary

Wary, sparing

Caustic

Corrosion

Castigation

Criticism or punishment

Canon

An Established set of principles

Bucolic

Character of rural areas and their inhabitants

Avarice

Greedy

Adulation

Excessive praise

Accolade

Praise, approbation

Abate

To lessen

Castigation

Severe criticism