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GRE Vocab Set 2 (Princeton Review) Flashcards

1
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Abate

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To lessen in intensity

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2
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Accolade

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An expression of praise

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3
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Adulation

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Excessive praise; intense adoration

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Aesthetic

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Dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful

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5
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Ameliorate

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To make better or more tolerable

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Ascetic

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One who practices rigid self-denial

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Avarice

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Greed, especially for wealth

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Burgeon

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To grow rapidly or flourish

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Bucolic

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Rustic and pastoral, characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants

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Cacophany

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Harsh, jarring, discordant sound

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Canon

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An established set or principles or code of laws

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12
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Castigation

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Severe criticism or punishment

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13
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Catalyst

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A substance that accelerates the rate of chemical reaction without itself changing

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14
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Caustic

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Burning or stinging

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15
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Chary

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Wary, cautious, sparing

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16
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Cogent

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Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason

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17
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Complaisance

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Willingness to comply with the wishes of others

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18
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Contentious

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Argumentative

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19
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Contrite

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Regretful

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20
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Culpable

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Deserving blame

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21
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Dearth

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Smallness of quantity or number

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22
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Demur

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To question or oppose

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23
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Didactict

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Intended to teach or instruct

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24
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Discretion

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Cautious reserve in speech, ability to make reasonable decisions

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25
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Disinterested

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Free of bias or self-interest

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26
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Dogmatic

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Expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles

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27
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Ebullience

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The quality of lively or enthusiastic expression

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28
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Eclectic

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Composed of elements drawn from various sources

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29
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Elegy

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Mournful poem

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30
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Emollient

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Soothing, especially to the skin

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Empirical

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Based on observation or experiment

32
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Enigmatic

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Mysterious, obscure, difficult to understand

33
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Ephemeral

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Brief and fleeting

34
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Esoteric

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Intended for a small, specific group

35
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Eulogy

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A speech honoring the dead

36
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Exonerate

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To remove blame

37
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Facetious

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Playful and humerous

38
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Fallacy

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Invalid or incorrect notion

39
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Furtive

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Marked by stealth

40
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Gregarious

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Sociable, outgoing, enjoying the company of other people

41
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Harangue

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To delivery a forceful or angry speech

42
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Heretical

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Violating accepted dogma

43
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Hyperbole

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An exaggerated statement

44
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Impecunious

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Lacking funds

45
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Incipient

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Beginning to come into being

46
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Inert

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Unmoving, lethargic

47
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Innocuous

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Harmless, causing no damage

48
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Intransigent

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Refusing to compromise

49
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Inveigle

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To obtain by deception or flattery

50
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Morose

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Sad, sullen, melancholy

51
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Odious

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Evoking intense aversion or dislike

52
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Opaque

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Impenetrable by light

53
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Oscillation

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The act or state of swinging back and forth

54
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Penurious

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Excessively thrifty

55
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Pernicious

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Harmful in a way that is not easily seen

56
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Peruse

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To examine with great care

57
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Pious

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Extremely reverent or devout

58
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Precursor

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One that precedes and indicates or announces another

59
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Preen

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To dress up with elaborate care

60
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Prodigious

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Abundant in size, force, or extent

61
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Prolific

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Large volumes, productive

62
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Putrefy

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To rot or decay

63
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Quaff

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To drink deeply

64
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Quiescence

65
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Redoubtable

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Awe-inspring

66
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Sanction

A

Authoritative permission or approval

67
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Satire

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Literary work that ridicules human vices through humor

68
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Squalid

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Sordid, wretched and dirty

69
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Stoic

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Indifferent to pleasure or pain

70
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Supplant

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To take the place of

71
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Torpid

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Lethargic, sluggish, and dormant

72
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Ubiquitous

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Existing everywhere, widepsread

73
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Urbane

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Sophisticated and refined

74
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Vilify

A

To defame or characterize harshly

75
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Viscous

A

Thick and sticky

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