GRE VOCAB Pt4 Flashcards by grace lackey | Brainscape

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exorbitant

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unreasonably high

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bewildering

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confused

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floundering

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struggling

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apogee

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highest point of a career

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impasse

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a situation in which no progress was made

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capitulate

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surrender

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impugn

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call into question the truth

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sinecure

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easy job or position

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acrimony

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bitterness or ill feeling

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elusive

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difficult to achieve

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impede

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delay

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paltry

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small

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abhorrent

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hateful

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parsimonious

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unwilling to spend money or resources

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truculent

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eager or quick to fight

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circumvent

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find a way around

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adversaries

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rival opponent

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sojourners

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resides temporarily in a place

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sacrosanct

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sacred

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injudicious

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showing very poor judgement

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subterranean

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beneath the earths surface

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postulate

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suggest or assume the existence of truth

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enimity

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the feeling of being actively opposed