GRE Princeton 2 Flashcards by Mark lien | Brainscape

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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

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Enigma

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Mysterious

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Emollient

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Mollify ESP to skin

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Ebullience

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Lively, enthusiastic

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Demur

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Question or oppose

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Dearth

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Scarcity, lack

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Culpable

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Deserving blame

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Penitent

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Repent , regret

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Complaisance

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Willingness to comply

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Chary

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Wary, sparing

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Caustic

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Corrosion

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Castigation

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Criticism or punishment

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Canon

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An Established set of principles

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Bucolic

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Character of rural areas and their inhabitants

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Avarice

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Greedy

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Adulation

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Excessive praise

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Accolade

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Praise, approbation

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Abate

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To lessen

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Castigation

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Severe criticism