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GRE Q of the Day Flashcards

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Descry

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(v) to see (something unclear or distant) by looking carefully; discern; to discover, perceive; detect

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Articulate

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(v) Expressing oneself readily, clearly and effectively

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Terse

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(adj) using few words; devoid of superfluity

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Munificent

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(adj) very liberal in giving or bestowing; lavish

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Obdurate

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(adj) stubbornly persistent in wrong doing; hardened in feelings; resistant to persuasion or softening influences

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Obstinate

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(adj) stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose or course in spite of reason, argument or persuasion

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Verbose

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(adj) containing more words than necessary; wordy

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Opaque

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(adj) blocking the passage of radiant energy and light

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Pique

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(n) a transient feeling of wounded vanity

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Fey

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(adj) marked by a foreboding of death or calamity; marked by an otherworldly air or attitude

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Aeronautics

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(n) a science dealing with the operation of aircraft

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Eccentric

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(adj) deviating from an established or unusual pattern or style

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Pugnacious

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(adj) having a quarrelsome or combative nature; truculent – “pug-nay-sus”

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Imaginative

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(adj) of relating to or characterized by imagination; devoid of truth

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Nonconformist

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(adj) a person who does not conform to a generally accepted pattern of thought or action

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Individualist

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(n) one that pursues a markedly independent course in thought or action; one that advocates or practices individualism

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Muscular

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(adj) of, relating to muscle. Of or relating to physical strength

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Skillful

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(adj) possessed of or displaying skill; expert

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Foolhardy

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(adj) foolishly adventurous and bold

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Hardened

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(v) to confirm in disposition, feeling or action; to make callous. to assume an appearance of harshness or severity

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Valiant

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(adj) possessing or acting with bravery or boldness; courageous

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Stalwart

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(adj) marked by outstanding strength and vigor or body, mind and spirit

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Slovenly

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(adj) untidy especially in appearance

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Matronly

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(adj) a married woman usually marked by dignified maturity or social distinction

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Ostentatious

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(adj) attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness

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Abhorred

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(v) to regard with extreme repugnance. to feel hatred or loathing for

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Ravaged

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(n) violently destructive effect

28
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Embalmed

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(v) to treat a dead body so as to protect from decay

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Peculation

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(v) embezzle

30
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Inebriation

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(v) to exhilarate or stupefy as if by liquor; to make drunk

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Profanities

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(n) the quality or state of being profane; the use of profane language

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Dissimulation

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(v) to hide under a false appearance; to put on the appearance of

33
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Embezzlement

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(v) to appropriate (e.g. property entrusted to one’s care) fraudulently to one’s own use

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Infidelity

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(n) lack of belief in religion; unfaithfulness to a moral obligation

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Charge

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(n) a store of accumulation of impending force \ the ecclesiastical jurisdiction (such as a parish) committed to a clergyman \ the price demanded of something \ a formal assertion of illegality

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Envoy

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(n) a person delegated to represent one gov’t in its dealing with another

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Rector

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(b) one that directs \ a member of the clergy in charge of a parish

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Equity

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(n) justice according to natural law or right; freedom from bias or favoritism \ a risk interest or ownership right in property

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Insistence

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(n) the act or an instance of insisting \ to be emphatic, firm or resolute about something intended, demanded or required

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Apathy

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(n) lack of feeling or emotions; impassiveness \ lack of interest or concern; indifference

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Tyrant

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(n) an absolute ruler unrestrained by law or constitutionµ \ a ruler who exercises absolute power oppressively or brutally

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Martinet

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(n) a strict disciplinarian \ a person who stresses a rigid adherence to the details of forms and methods

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Megalomania

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(n) a mania for great or grandiose performance \ a delusional mental illness that is marked by feelings of personal omnipotence & grandeur

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Parsimonious

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(adj) frugal to the point of stinginess; sparing, restrained

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Pernicious

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(adj) high;y injurious or destructive; deadly

46
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Inadequate

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(adj) not adequate; insufficient

47
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Overwhelming

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(adj) tending or serving to overwhelm

48
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Consuming

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(adj) deeply felt; ardent; engrossing

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Unprincipled

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(adj) lacking moral principles

50
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Incongruous

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(adj) lacking congruity; not harmonious

51
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Reverence

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(n) honor or respect felt or shown

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Fastidiousness

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(adj) having high and capricious standards; difficult to please

53
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Didactic

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(adj) designed or intended to teach; making moral observations

54
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Polemical

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(n) an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another; an aggressive controversialist

55
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Corroborate

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(v) to support with evidence or authority; make more certain

56
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Diffidence

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(n) the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful; shy

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Illiberal

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(adj) not liberal; not broad-minded

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Inconsequential

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(adj) illogical; irrelevant

59
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Injudicious

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(adj) not judicious; unwise; indiscreet

60
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Penitential

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(adj) of or relating to penitence or penance

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Prolix

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(adj) unduly prolonged or drawn out; marked by or using an excess of words

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Impetuous

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(adj) marked by impulsive vehemence or passion; marked by force and violence of movement or action

63
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Taciturn

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(adj) temperamentally disinclined to talk

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Pellucid

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(adj) admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion

65
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Restive

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(adj) stubbornly resisting control; fidgety

66
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Circumscribed

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(v) to constrict the range or activity of definitely and clearly; to define or mark clearly; to draw a line around

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