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GRE Vocabulary 9 Flashcards

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Mendacity (n)

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Dishonesty.

People publicly castigated for past mendacity.

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Consequential (adj)

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Pompous self importance.

The new congress lacked consequential leaders.

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Tremulous (adj)

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Fearful.

Barbara’s voice was tremulous.

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Mendicant (n)

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Beggar.

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Egress (v)

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The act or an instance of going, especially from an enclosed place.

Direct means of access and egress for passengers.

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Preternatural (adj)

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Out of the ordinary.

Autumn had arrived with preternatural speed.

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Fulminate (v)

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To issue or pronounce with vehement denunciation, condemnation

The minister fulminated against legalized vice.

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Gull (v)

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To deceive, trick, or cheat.

He had been gulled into believing that the documents were authentic.

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Rebus (n)

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A representation of a word or phrase by pictures, symbols, etc.

Two gates and a head is a rebus for Gateshead.

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Pedestrian (adj)

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Commonplace or dull.

Disenchantment with their pedestrian lives.

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Distrait (adj)

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Inattentive because of distracting worries, fears, etc.

Irene was grave and distrait this morning, with a chilly reserve about her

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Nefarious (adj)

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Harmful, deceitful.

The nefarious activities of the organized-crime syndicates.

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Factious (adj)

[fak-shuh s]

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Given to causing factions.

A factious group was trying to undermine the government.

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Ignoble (adj)

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Of low character, aims.

His ignoble purposes.

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Epithet (n)

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Any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality.

“Richard the Lion-Hearted” is an epithet of Richard I.

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Anodyne (n)

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A medicine that relieves or allays pain.

She had even refused anodynes.

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Jejune (adj)

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Juvenile, immature, childish

Jejune behavior.

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Conciliatory

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Intended or likely to placate or pacify.

A conciliatory approach.

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Diaspora (n)

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The settlement of a native people away from the homeland.

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Welter (n)

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A confused mass, a jumble or muddle

A welter of anxious faces.

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Ruminate (v)

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To meditate or muse, ponder.

We sat ruminating on the nature of existence.

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Maudlin (adj)

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Tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental.

A maudlin story of a little orphan.

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Convoke (v)

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To come together in a conference.

She sent messages convoking a Council of Ministers.

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Effluence (v)

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The act of flowing out especially of a liquid.

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Eschew (v)

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To abstain or keep away from, shun.

To eschew evil.

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Ambulatory (adj)

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Related to walking or capable of walking.

An ambulatory ophthalmic service.

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Rigmarole (n)

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Tedious, exacting procedure

He went through the rigmarole of securing the front door.

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Forswear (v)

A

To reject or renounce under oath.

To forswear an injurious habit.

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Gastronomy (n)

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The art or science of good eating.

Traditional American gastronomy.

30
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Jibe (v)

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To taunt, deride.

A jibe at his old rival.

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Stentorian (adj)

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Very loud or powerful in sound.

A stentorian voice.

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Lachrymose (adj)

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Tearful.

She was pink-eyed and lachrymose.

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Abrogate (n)

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To abolish by formal or official means

To abrogate a law.

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Bemuse (v)

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Confuse, bewilder.

Her bemused expression.

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Expurgate (v)

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To purge or cleanse of moral offensiveness.

An expurgated English translation.

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Tumid (adj)

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Swollen, or affected with swelling, as a part of the body.

A tumid belly.

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Natty (adj)

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Neatly or trimly smart in dress or appearance

A natty white uniform.

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Sentinel (n)

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A person or thing that watches or stands as if watching.

Soldiers stood sentinel with their muskets.

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Winsome (adj)

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Sweetly or innocently charming, engaging.

A winsome smile.

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Reconnoiter (v)

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To inspect, observe, or survey.

We are to reconnoiter along this road and down toward that bridge.

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Malfeasance (n)

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Bad public behavior.

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Halcyon (adj)

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Idyllic happy and peaceful.

The halcyon days of the mid 1980s, when profits were soaring.

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Plenipotentiary (n)

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A body or individual with proxy powers to act on behalf of another especially a government.

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Filch (v)

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To steal (especially something of small value), pilfer.

To filch ashtrays from fancy restaurants.

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Fastness (adj)

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The state of being fixed or firm.

The fastness of democratic institutions.

46
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Bellwether (adj)

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A person or thing that assumes the leadership or forefront, as of a profession or industry.

Paris is a bellwether of the fashion industry.

47
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Camarilla (n)

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A group of unofficial or private advisers to a person of authority, especially a group much given to intrigues and secret plots.

48
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Interregnum (n)

A

Any period during which a state has no ruler or only a temporary executive.

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