GRE Vocabulary #4 Flashcards

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fecund

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fertile, productive

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hermetic

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airtight

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salubrious

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promoting health

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foster

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to promote the growth or development of

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transitory

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temporary

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cacophoney

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a harsh-sounding mixture of words, voice, or sounds

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goad

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to urge forcefully

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implement

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to carry out

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ingenuous

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free from deceit or guile

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malleable

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easy to shape or bend

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pungent

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sharp or biting to the taste or smell

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savor

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to linger on the taste or smell of something

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correlate

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to find or show the relationship of two things

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14
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facetiuous

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humorous

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kinship

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natural or family relationship

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petulant

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rude

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rampart

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a fortification

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temerity

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boldness

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truclent

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hostile

20
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incisive

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cutting right to the heart of the matter

21
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aberration

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something not typical

22
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abstemious

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moderate especially in eating and drinking

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alacrity

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liveliness

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allocate

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assign

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arid

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extremely dry

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beget

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to cause or produce

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conundrum

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a puzzle

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debacle

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violent breakdown

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doggerel

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comic

30
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exorbitance

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an exceedingly high amount

31
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garrulous

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chatty