GRE Vocab Flashcards

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Exiguous

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Inadequate

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Inveterate

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Habitual

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Feckless

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Incompetent; Lazy

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Runic

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Mysterious; Secret in meaning

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Equanimity

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Calmness; Composure

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Portent

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Warning; Sign

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Eulogistically

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in a praising way

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Digress

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to deviate

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Voracious

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especially eager; having a large appetite

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Obtrusive

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blatant; obvious

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Eshew

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to avoid

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Exacting

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demanding

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Truculent

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aggressive

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Protracted

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prolonged

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Obfuscating

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confusing

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Discerning

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showing good judgment

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Patronize

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treat in a condescending way

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Levity

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lightness of manner

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Bohomie

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friendliness; pleasant

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Fealty

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loyalty

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Assailed

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attack

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Fatuous

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complacently foolish

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Asperity

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Severity; harshness

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Magnamity

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forgiving; generous

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Admonish

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warns

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Abstemiously

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moderation; avoiding excess

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Convalescent

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recovering

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Acquiescent

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submissive agreeing

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Confound

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confuse; prove wrong

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Tenuous

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weak, lacking strength, thin

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Obstreperous

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noisy

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Fitfully

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unpredictably

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Obsolescence

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obsolete; outdated

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Seditious

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rebellious

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Ardent

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passionate

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Recalcitrant

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stubbornly resisting or defying authority

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Credulous

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gullible

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Pertinacious

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stubborn

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dirge

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funeral hymn; mournful speech

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Ponderous

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labored, lifeless; of great weight

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Desultory

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jumping from one thing to another

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Irascribe

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easily made angry

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Apprise

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to tell; inform

44
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Blandishments

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flatter

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Indelible

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permanent

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Pejorative

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disparaging; belittle

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Scourge

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something that cause affliction

48
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Emaciate

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waste away, enfeebled; made extremely thin

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Inundate

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to overwhelm; to cover with water

50
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Occlude

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to stop up; prevent the passage of