GRE Vocab Flashcards by Khushi Jhunjhunwala | Brainscape

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APATHETIC / APATHY

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Lacking interest

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AUTOCRAT

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Dictator

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BOMBASTIC

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Pompous

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AFFECTED / HAUGHTY

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Arrogantly superior / Proud

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CALLOUS

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Insensitive

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CONCUR

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Agree

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CONTEMPT / DISDAINFUL

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Lack of respect / Haughty

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COSMOPOLITAN / URBANE

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Sophisticated

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DEBACLE

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Faliure

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DIRE

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Urgency

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DISPASSIONATE

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Unemotional

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DORMANT

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Inactive

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ELUDE / EVADE

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Escape

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ELUSIVE

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Difficult to catch

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EPIPHANY

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Sudden realization

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EULOGY / EULOGIZE

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Speech of appreciation

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FALLACY

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False belief

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FOLLY

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Foolishness

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FUTILITY

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Hopelessness

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GLUTTON (OUS)

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Some one that eats and drinks a lot

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HARDY / ROBUST / STURDY

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Capable of enduring difficult conditions, Strong

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HASTEN

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Speed up

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ILLICIT

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Illegal

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INANE

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Senseless, Stupid

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LUCID

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Clear, Easily understood

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LULL

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Short period of calm

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NUANCE

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Subtle differnece

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PROPHET / ORACLE / SEER

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Proclaimer of God

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PAINSTAKING

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Careful

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PLACID

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Calm

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PRECIPITATE

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Outcome

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PROLIFIC

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Fertile / Fruitful

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RAPPORT

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Relationship

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RECESSIVE

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Tending to go backward

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REGRESSIVE

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Tending to return or revert

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REPROACH / SCOLD

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Disapproval or disappointment

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SAGE

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Wise

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SCRUTINIZE

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Examine carefully

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SELF-RIGHTEOUS / SMUG / COMPLACENT

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Self-satisfied, Proud, Selfish

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SERENDIPITY

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Luck

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SLIGHT (VERB) / SNUB

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Insult

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STOCK (ADJECTIVE) / HACKNEYED

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Kept regularly on hand, Standard

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SUCCULENT

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Delicious

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SUSCEPTIBLE

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Someone that’s easily influenced or affected

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TEEM / TEEMING

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Abundant

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TOUT

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Praise

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TRANSIENT

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Lasting for only short period of time (Transient Person- Someone that moves from place to place)

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UNCANNY

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Extraordinary, Weird

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VANQUISH

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Conquer, Defeat

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VISCOUS

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Thick, Sticky

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VOCATION

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Carrer

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WRATH

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Anger

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WRY

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Clever or grim sense of humor

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ADVERSE

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In an opposing direction

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ALIAS

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A name that’s been assumed temporarily

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ANTISEPTIC

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Thoroughly clean, Free of disease-causing germs

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BASHFUL

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Self - consciously timid

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COBBLER

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A person that makes or repairs shoes

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ABYSS

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Enormous chasm, Vast bottomless pit, Space, Hell

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GRIM

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Very serious or gloomy