GRE Vocab 4 Flashcards by Helen Lin | Brainscape

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Allay

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reduce intensity

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Whet

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sharpen; intensify

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Assiduous

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hardworking

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Nebulous

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vague

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Odious

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distasteful

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Craven

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lack courage/boldness

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temperate

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mild

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querulous

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habitual

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vitriol

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bitterness

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surreptitious

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sneakily; without being seen

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economic/neatly

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efficiently

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Morose

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gloomy; sullen

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Burgeon

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to grow/expand; to produce; develop quickly

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Mollify

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make less rigid; soothe

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Pith

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vital; essence

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Gainsay

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oppose; prove false

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Occult

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mysterious

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Malediction

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curse

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Zenith

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highest point

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Slake

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reduce intensity

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Artifice

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crafty; cunning

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Veneration

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deep respect

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Dessicate

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to completely dry out

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Ebullience

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liveliness or exuberance

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Tortuous

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complex; tricky

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Din

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loud; noisy

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Vacillate

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to hesitate or waiver in forming an opinion or making a decision

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Distend

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expand from internal pressure

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Discrete

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separate; distinct; individual parts

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Sanction

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penalize

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Veracity

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truthfullness

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Propitate

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gain or regain favor

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Diatribe

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denunciation; bitter abusive criticism

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Inchoate

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incomplete; improperly formed

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Indolent

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lazy

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Foment

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incite

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Tractability

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malleability; ability to learn

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Nadir

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lowest point

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Disabuse

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free someone from a misconception or deception

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Soporific

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drowsiness

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Giddy

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causing dizziness

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Approbation

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commendation; praise

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Lassitude

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weariness

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Fracas

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loud brawl/quarrel

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Extraneous

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no vital; coming form outside; irrelevnat

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Perfidy

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disloyalty; treachery

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Hackneyed

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banal; unoriginal; commonplace

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Beleaguered

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troubled

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Exculpate

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free from guilt

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Garrulous

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talkative