GRE Princeton Flashcards by Mark lien

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Clandestinely

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Done secretly or kept secret, abscond

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Alacrity

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Eager and enthusiastic willingness

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Voracious

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Insatiable appetite for activity, ravenous

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Truculent

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Fierce and cruel, eager to fight

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Tortuous

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Winding, excessively complicated, convolute

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Preclude

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To prevent the presence or existence of

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Stymie

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To block, to thwart

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Stupefy

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To stun, baffle, amaze

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Sordid

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Filth, grime, squalor, foul

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Solicit

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Try to obtain something from someone

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Relegate

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To forcibly assign to lower place or position

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Recant

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To retract to previous belief

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Qualms

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Misgiving, reservations, causes for hesitancy

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Prattle

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To babble meaninglessly

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Perspicacious

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Shrewd, astute

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Tenaciously

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Firmly holding onto something

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Pertinacious

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Resolute

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Peruse

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Read with thoroughness or care

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Approbation

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An expression of approval or praise

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Arduous

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Strenuous, taxing, requiring significant effort

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Ascetic

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Austere, without adornment, strictly self-discipline avoid luxury

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Axiomatic

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Self evident truth

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Censure

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Rebuke severely

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Connoisseur

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Expert, astute judgment, shrewd

Disabuse

Undeceived , set right

Effrontery

Presumptuous, disrespectful boldness

Ennui

Dissatisfaction and restlessness result from boredom or apathy

Exculpate

Exonerate, clear of blame

Exigency

Urgency

Extemporaneous

Improvise, done without preparation

Filibuster

Intentional obstruction, ESP to delay legislative action

Fulminate

Loudly attack/ denounce

Ingenuous

Artless, frank and candid, lack sophistication

Inured

Accustomed to accepting something undesirable

Irascible

Easily angered

Lucid

Clear, easily understood

Nascent

Coming into being

Neologism

A new word or senses

Onerous

Troubling, burdensome

Paean

A song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving

Perfidy

Intentional breach of faith, treachery

Cursory

Perfunctory

Parody

A humorous imitation intended for ridicule

Canonical

In agreement with accepted traditional standards