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GRE Vocab Week 1 Flashcards

1
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abstemious

A

self denying(like abstain from)

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2
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abstruse

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complex, abstract

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3
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acquiescent

A

submissive

to acquiesce is to please

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4
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adulate

A

praise

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5
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allay

A

pacify

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6
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aspersion

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abuse

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7
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baleful

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harmful

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8
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belies

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contradicts

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9
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bucolic

A

rustic

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10
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candor

A

frankness

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11
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cavalcade

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processsion

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12
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cavalier

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condescending

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13
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compunction

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regret

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14
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convivial

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cheerful

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15
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delectable

A

delicious

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16
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demure

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reserved

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17
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derisive

A

ridiculing

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18
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diffident

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hesitant

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19
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dilettante

A

amateurish

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20
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disseminating

A

spread widely

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21
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effete

A

burnt out, corrupt

like feeble

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22
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eschew

A

avoid

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23
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euphony

A

harmony

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24
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exhort

A

urge, warn

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25
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expeditious

A

speedy

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26
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extant

A

surviving

the manuscript is no longer extant

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27
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florid

A

elaborate

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28
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fulminate

A

vehement protest
criticize harshly
explode/flash like lightning

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29
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fulsome

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sickeningly extravagant

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30
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halting

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hesitant

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31
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hidebound

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rigid, outdated

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32
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imperious

A

arrogant, bossy

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33
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impetus

34
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imprecation

A

curse, cuss

to imprecate is to curse/invoke evil

35
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indelible

A

indestructible

36
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intransigent

A

uncompromising

37
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itinerant

38
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jingoistic

A

fighting, extreme patriotism, war propaganda

39
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liminal

A

beginning stage

40
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misanthrope

A

cynic, person who hates others

41
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obstreperous

42
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paucity

43
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pendulous

44
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peripatetic

A

nomadic, traveling from place to place

45
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portentous

A

foreboding

46
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preclude

47
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precocious

A

early childhood development

48
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prognosticator

A

fortune-teller

49
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prurient

A

erotic, sexual

50
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rectitude

51
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redolent

A

aromatic, suggestive

52
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repudiate

53
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ruminative

A

thoughtful

54
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soporific

A

to make sleepy

55
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stilted

A

pompous, artificial

56
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subversive

A

undermining

57
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succor

A

assistance, sustenance

58
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sybaritic

59
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voracious

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hungry, greedy

60
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abscond

A

steal away

61
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abeyance

A

suspension/temporary disuse

like abate

62
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anachronism

A

wrong historical period, literally wrong time

63
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anodyne

A

bland, inoffensive

64
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blithe

65
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calumny

66
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cogent

A

logical, well-constructed argument

67
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diaphanous

A

filmy, sheer

68
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endemic

69
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expurgate

70
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hegemony

A

overwhelming dominance of a single group

71
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implacable

A

unable to be calmed

72
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inchoate

A

undeveloped, unformed

73
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malfeasance

A

wrong doing, literally wrong do

74
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malinger

A

person who pretends to be ill

75
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obtrude

76
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redolent

A

reminiscent/suggestive of

something was redolent of the 80s

77
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remonstrate

A

to plead or beg in protest

78
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rue

79
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tyro

80
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watershed

A

tipping point

81
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winnow

A

filter out, remove unwanted elements

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