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GRE Vocab List 12 Flashcards

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1
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Patent

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Glaringly obvious

Eg- His disregard for our presence was patent.

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Irascible

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Easily angered

Eg- Underneath that kind appearance lived an irascible man.

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Ascribe

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attribute or accredit

Eg- He ascribed her bad temper to her headache.

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Eclectic

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wider ranging or having a variety from diff sources

Eg- Universities these days offer an eclectic mix of course.

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Disseminate

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Spread

Eg- Before the effects of the anesthesia were disseminated, the surgery began.

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Verisimilitude

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Appearance of truth

Eg- The detailed description of the city gives some verisimilitude to the city.

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Prolific

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Productive, creative or inventive

Eg- Mozart was one of the most prolific pianists of his time.

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Hauteur

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Extreme pride

Eg- She walked into the room with hauteur.

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Inviolate

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Untouched, undamaged, or sacred.

Eg- The temple must remain inviolate.

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Stalwart

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Dependable

Eg- Despite his blunders, bhakts remain modis stalwart supporters.

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Firebrand

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Radical or troublemaker

Eg- Bhagat singh was a firebrand who believed in the cause of free india.

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Abjure

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Give up or renounce

Eg- The church abjured galileos work and labelled him as a heretic.

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Percipient

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Perceptive

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Obstreperous

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noisy and defiant

Eg- James is an obstreperous child.

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Imponderable

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Difficult to assess

Eg- Making changes to our health system to make it more effective is an imponderable task.

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Officious

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Meddlesome or interfering

Eg- An officious backseat driver is very annoying.

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Voracious

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Very hungry

Eg- I am voracious for knowledge.

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Proscribe

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Ban

Eg- The doctor strictly proscribed most of the foods from my diet.

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Humdrum

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Lacking Excitement

Eg- Khanna is a humdrum town where nothing ever happens.

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Deleterious

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Harmful

Eg- Divorce has a deleterious effect on children.

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Browbeat

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boss around or bully

Eg- The police browbeat the suspect violently into signing a false confession.

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Self-effacing

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modest and retiring

Eg- His behavior was erudite and self effacing,

23
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Dearth

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Shortage or paucity

Eg- The case was closed due to dearth of evidence.

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Asperity

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Harshness of tone or manner

Eg- The boss pointed out my mistakes with asperity.

25
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Bromide

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platitude or cliched remark

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