GRE VOCAB 11 Flashcards by Sarah McMahon

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bucolic

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characteristic of the countryside; rustic

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burgeon

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flourish

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burnish

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polish

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calumny

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slander

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canard

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false, deliberately misleading story

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canon

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n and adj (canonical); an established principle

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carnal

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of the body

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capricious

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fickle

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cant

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insincere talk; language of a particular group

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captious

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fault-finding (caprice)

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castigation

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punishment; chastisement; criticism

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despot

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a king with absolute power (despotic)

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centripetal

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moving towards the center

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categorical

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absolute, without exception

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churlish

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rude, boorish

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codify

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to systematize

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compunction

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uneasiness caused by guilt

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conciliatory

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overcoming distrust or hostility

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condone

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to overlook voluntarily

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Stodgy

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Being old-fashioned; boring, dull; moving in a plodding fashion, especially due to physical bulkiness

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consecrate

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to declare sacred