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GRE Vocab Set 4 (Princeton Review) Flashcards

1
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Acerbic

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Having a sour or bitter taste

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Aggrandize

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To increase in intensity, power, influence, or prestige

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Alchemy

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Medieval science aimed at the transmutation of metals

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Amenable

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Aggreable, responsive to suggestion

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Anachronism

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Something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological

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Astringent

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Having a tightening effect on living tissue

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Contiguous

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Sharing a border

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Convention

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An agreed upon practice

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Credulous

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Tending to believe too readily, gullible

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Cynicism

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Belief that people are motivated by selfishness

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Decorum

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Polite or appropriate conduct or behavior

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Derision

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Scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment

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Desiccate

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To dry out or dehydrate

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14
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Dilettante

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One with superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge

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Disparage

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To slight or belittle

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16
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Divulge

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To disclose something secret

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17
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Fawn

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To flatter or praise excessively

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18
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Flout

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To show contempt for, as in a rule or convention

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Garrulous

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Pointlessly talkative, talking too much

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Glib

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Marked by ease or informality, lacking in depth

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Hubris

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Overbearing presumption or pride, arrogance

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Imminent

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About to happen; impending

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Immutable

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Not capable of change

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Impetuous

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Hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement

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Indifferent

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Having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice

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Inimical

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Damaging, harmful, injurious

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Intractable

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Not easily managed or directed, stubborn

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Intrepid

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Steadfast and courageous

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Laconic

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Using few words

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Maverick

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An independent individual who does not go along with a group or party

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Mercurial

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Characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood

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Mollify

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To calm or soothe

33
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Neophyte

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A recent convert, a beginner, a novice

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Obfuscate

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To deliberately obscure and make confusing

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Obstinate

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Stubborn, hard-headed

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Ostentatious

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Characterized by a pretentious display

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Pervade

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To permeate throughout

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Phlegmatic

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Calm, sluggish, unemotional

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Plethora

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Pragmatic

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Practical rather than idealistic

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Presumptuous

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Overstepping boundaries, taking liberties

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Pristine

43
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Probity

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Adherence to highest principles, complete and confirmed integrity

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Proclivity

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A natural predisposition

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Profligate

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Excessively wasteful, recklessly extravagant

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Propensity

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A natural inclination or tendency

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Prosaic

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Dull, lacking in spirit

48
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Pungent

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Strong sharp smell or taste

49
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Quixotic

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Foolishly impractical, lofty romantic ideals

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Quotidian

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Occurring daily, commonplace

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Rarefy

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To make or become thin, less dense, to refine

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Recondite

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Hidden, concealed, difficult to understand, obscure

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Refulgent

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Radiant, shiny, brilliant

54
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Renege

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To fail to honor a commitment, to go back on a promise

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Sedulous

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Diligent, persistent, hard-working

56
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Shard

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A piece of broken pottery or glass

57
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Soporific

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Causing drowsiness, tending to induce sleep

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Sparse

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Thin, not dense, arranged widely

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Spendthrift

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One who spends money wastefully

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Subtle

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Not obvious

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Tacit

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Terse

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Brief and concise in wording

63
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Tout

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To publicly praise or promote

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Trenchant

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Sharply perceptive

65
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Unfeinged

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Genuine, not false or hypocritical

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Untenable

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Indefensible, not viable

67
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Vacillate

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To waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another

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Variegated

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Multicolored, a variety of patches of different color

69
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Vexation

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Annoyance, irritation

70
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Vigilant

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Alertly watchful

71
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Vituperate

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To use harsh, abusive language, to berate

72
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Volatile

A

Readily changing to vapor, changeable, fickle, explosive

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