GRE VOCAB 12 Flashcards by Sarah McMahon

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contiguous

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touch, neighboring

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continence

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self-control

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contrite

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very sorrowful for a wrong

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contumacious

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disobedient, rebellious

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cozen

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to mislead by trick or fraud; deceive

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credence

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n. acceptance of something as true

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demotic

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pertaining to people

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denigrate

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slur someone’s reputation

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demur

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express doubt

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denouement

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outcome

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denizen

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inhabitant; regular visitor

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Iniquity

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Wicked act

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desuetude

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state of disuse

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desultory

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random, disconnected, rambling

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diatribe

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bitter verbal attach

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deride

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mock

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disabuse

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free from misconception

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discomfit

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to make uneasy, disconcert

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disinterested

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objective and unprejudiced

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dissemble

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to pretend; disguise one’s motives

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distrait

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adj, inattentive, preoccupied

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doctrinaire

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relating to a person who can’t compromise about point of theory or doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding

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divest

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to strip, deprive, rid

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Abrogate

A

Nullify