GRE VOCAB 4 Flashcards by Sarah McMahon | Brainscape

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speciousness

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superficial but misleading appearance of correctness

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truculence

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brutally harsh; fierceness

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vituperative

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abusive, venomous, scathing

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vitriolic

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caustic, scathing

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tenuous

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weak, vague, insignificant

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welter

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muddle

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prevaricate

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lie

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precipitate

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a. hasty, rash ex: beating a precipitous retreate

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platitude

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banal comment

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phlegmatic

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not easily disturbed or excited

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perfunctory

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superficial, cursory

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perfidious

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disloyal, deceitful

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penury

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extreme poverty

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pedantic

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showing off one’s learning

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peccadillo

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minor sin, trifling fault

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parsimony

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excessive frugatliy