GRE Vocab 3 Flashcards by Helen Lin

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Pithy

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concise and forcefully expressive

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Macabre

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gruesome

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Scurvy

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mean; despicable

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Effrontery

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bold; insolence; rude; presumptuous

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Insipid

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lacking interest

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Impetuous

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quick to act without thinking

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Malinger

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to evade responsibility; pretending to be ill

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Obviate

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to prevent

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Opprobrium

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severe criticism; public disgrace

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Obsequious

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overly submissive; eager to please

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Exigent

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urgent; requires immediate action

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Dilettante

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someone who has superficial interest in a topic

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Dilatory

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intending to delay

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Lament

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to express sorrow

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Diffident

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lacking self confidence

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Attenuate

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to weaken; to reduce in force/degree

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Deference

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deeply respect

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Elegy

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sorrowful poem or speech

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Guile

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craft; trickery; deceit

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Iconclast

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one who opposes established beliefs, customs and institutions

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Implacable

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unable to be calmed down

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Obstinate

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stubborn; unyielding

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Laudable

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praise worthy; deserving praise or commendation

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Succored

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helped

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Abase

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degrade; humble; lower in rank

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Cajolery

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persuade using flattery

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Invectives

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long angry speech

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Martinet

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someone who follows the rules; disciplinarian

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Pedant

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making an excessive display of learning

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Derision

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scorn; ridicule

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Specious

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Falsely appearing true, genuine, plausible

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Aver

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to assert; affirm positively

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Apocryphal

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of questionable authenticity or origin

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Felicitous

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appropriately and pleasingly expressed

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Impecunious

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poor

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Imperturbation

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calmness; stillness

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Trepidation

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fearful

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Furtively

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secretly

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Fetid

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offensive odor

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Imbibe

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consume through eating or drinking

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Caustic

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sarcastic; sharp

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Sinercure

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position requiring little to no work

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laconic

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concise; extreme sparing with words

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Rarefy

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purify; make less dense

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Neophyte

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someone new to a skill

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Assuage

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soothe; appease; make less intense

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Lucid

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sane; understandable; intelligible

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Intrepid

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fearlessness; undaunted

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Enervate

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to sap the strength; to weaken

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Placate

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to soothe the anger of; to appease