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GRE Vocab Flashcards D4

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precipitate

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hurried, rushed; to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation

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prevaricate

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to lie or deviate from the truth

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pristine

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fresh and clean; uncorrupted

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prodigal

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lavish, wasteful

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proliferate

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to grow & spread quickly

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propitiate

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to pacify or conciliate; to appease or calm

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propriety

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correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs

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prudence

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wisdom, caution, or restraint

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pungent

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sharp and irritating to the senses

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quaff

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to drink deeply, guzzle

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quail

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to shrink back in fear, lose courage; cower

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qualify

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to limit

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qualms

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misgivings, reservations, causes for hesitancy

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queries

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questions, inquires, reservations

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querulous

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prone to complaining or grumbling, quarrelsome

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quiescent

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motionless

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quotidian

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habitual, commonplace; occurring or recurring daily; ordinary

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rail

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to complain bitterly; berate, abuse

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ramify

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to be divided, to branch out; diverge

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rancorous

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characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment; hatred

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rapacious

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voracious, greedy, plundering, subsisting on prey; maraud, ravenous

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rarefy

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to make thinner or sparser

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rebus

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riddle

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recalcitrant

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obstinately defiant of authority, stubborn; difficult to manage; disobedient, rebellious

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recant

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to retract previously held belief

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recapitulate

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to summarize, to repeat concisely

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repudiate

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to reject the validity of; disown

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reticent

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silent, reserved; reluctant to talk

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rhetoric

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effective writing and speaking

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sagacious

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having sound judgment, perspective, wise; very insightful or smart

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salacious

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appealing to or causing sexual desire; erotic, raunchy

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salient

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prominent, protruding, conspicuous, highly relevant or pertinent

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salubrious

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promoting health or well-being

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salutary

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beneficial to one’s health; remedial, wholesome

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sanctimony

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self-righteousness, pretended piety or reverence; hypocritical

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sanguine

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cheerful, confident, optimistic

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sap

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to weaken the vitality of

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satiate

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to satisfy fully or overindulge

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soporific

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causing sleep or lethargy

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specious

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deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious; sophistry

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stigma

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a mark of shame or discredit

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stolid

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unemotional; lacking sensitivity

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sublime

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lofty or grand

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table

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to remove from consideration

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tacit

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implied or unspoken; done without using words

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taciturn

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silent, not talkative

47
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talisman

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something believed to have magic power or bestowed good luck

48
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tamp

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to plug; to drive in or down by a series of blows, ram

49
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tautology

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repetition, a redundancy, a circular argument

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tawdry

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cheap, gaudy, showy, tacky, indecent

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tenacity

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stubborn; persistent to something

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tender

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to offer formally

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tirade

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long, harsh speech or verbal attack

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torpor

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state of low physical or mental energy; apathy

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transitory

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temporary, lasting a brief time

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ubiquitous

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existing everywhere at same time; widespread

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umbrage

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offense, resentment

58
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undulate

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to move in wavelike fashion, fluctuate

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unfeigned

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genuine, not false or hypocritical

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untenable

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indefensible, not viable, uninhabitable

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untoward

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troublesome, unruly, unseemly, adverse

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upbraid

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to scold, reprimand, chastise, blame

63
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urbane

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sophisticated, refined, elegant

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vacillate

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to sway physically; fluctuate or to be indecisive

64
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variegated

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multicolored, variety of patches of different color

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vaunt

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to brag or boast

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venal

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capable of being bought or bribed

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venerate

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to revere, respect

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veracity

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truthfulness, accuracy

69
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verbose

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wordy

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verisimilitude

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appearing true or real

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veritable

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authentic, real, genuine

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vex

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to annoy or bother

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volatile

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easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive

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waft

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light breeze, a puff

75
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waver

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to fluctuate between choices

76
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welter

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to toss about, to writhe; to be in turmoil

77
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wend

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to go, proceed, walk

78
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whet

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to sharpen or stimulate

79
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whimsical

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acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable

80
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zeal

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passion, excitement

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