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GRE Week 1 - Sheet1 Flashcards

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Abate

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To subside; to reduce

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Abet

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help/encourage somebody (in doing wrong)

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Abnegate

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To deny oneself things; to reject; to renounce

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Abridge

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To shorten; to condense

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Abrogate

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repeal or annul by authority

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Absolute

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Total; unlimited; perfect

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Abstemious

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sparing in eating and drinking; temperate

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Abut

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border on

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Acarpous

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effete no longer fertile worn out

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Accretion

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the growing of separate things into one

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Address

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To speak to; to direct ones attention to

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Agog

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eager/excited

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Alcove

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recess/partially enclosed place

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Allege

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To assert without proof

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Allocate

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To distribute; to assign; to allot

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Altruism

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Selflessness; generosity; devotion to the interests of others

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Amalgamate

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combine; unite in one body

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Ambivalent

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Undecided; neutral; wishy-washy

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Amnesty

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An official pardon for a group of people who have violated a law or policy

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Anachronism

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Something out of place in time or history; an incongruity

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Analogous

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comparable

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Antidote

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medicine used against a poison or a disease

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Antithesis

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The direct opposite

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Apartheid

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The abhorrent policy of racial segregation and oppression in the Repubic of South Africa

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Aphorism

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A brief often witty saying; a proverb

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Apocalypse

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A prophetic revelation especially one concerning the end of the world

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Apocryphal

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Of dubious authenticity; fictitious; spurious

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Appreciate

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To increase in value

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Apprise

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inform

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Archetype

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An original model or pattern

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Argot

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jargon slang

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Aristocratic

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Of noble birth; snobbish

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Artifice

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A clever trick; cunning ;

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34
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Aseptic

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surgically clean

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Asterisk

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the mark * (e.g.. omitted letters)

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Astringent

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substance that shrinks

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Astute

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Shrewd; keen in judgment ;

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Atonement

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repayment death of Jesus

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Attrition

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Gradual wearing away weakening or loss; a natural or expected decrease in numbers of size

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Audacity

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Boldness; reckless daring; impertinence ;

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August

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majestic venerable

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Auspicious

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Favorable; promising; pointing to a good result

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Aver

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assert confidently or declare; as used in law, state formally as a fact

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Avid

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eager greedy

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45
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Banal

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Unoriginal; ordinary

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46
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Bedizen

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to adorn especially in a cheap showy manner

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Beguile

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mislead or delude; cheat; pass time

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Belittle

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To make to seem little; to put someone down

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Belligerent

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Combative; quarrelsome; waging war

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Beneficen

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kindly; doing good

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Bereaved

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Deprived or left desolate especially through death

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Blandness

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polite manner comforting uninteresting

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Boggle

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To hesitate as if in fear or doubt

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54
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Bombastic

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pompous; using inflated language

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55
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Brazen

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made of brass

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Brittle

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easily broken

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Brook

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to tolerate endure

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Brummagem

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Cheap and showy

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Cacophony

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Harsh-sounding mixture of words voices or sounds

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Cadence

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Rhythm the rise and fall of sounds

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Calisthenics

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exercises to develop strong bodies

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62
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Callow

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Immature

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63
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Candor

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Truthfulness; sincere honesty

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Cant

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insincere talk/jargon

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Capitulate

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To surrender; to give up or give in

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Capricious

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Unpredictable; like to change at any moment

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67
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Catalyst

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In chemistry~; anyone or anything that makes something happen without being directly involved in it

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Catharsis

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Purification that brings emotional relief or renewal

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Centurion

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leader of a unit of 100 soldiers

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70
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Charisma

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A magical-seeming ability to attract followers or inspire loyalty

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71
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Chastened

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corrected punished

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72
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Chauvinist

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a blindly devoted patriot

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Chicanery

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Trickery; deceitfulness; artifice; especially legal or political

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74
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Circumscribe

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To draw a line around; to set the limits; to define; to restrict.

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Circumvent

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To frustrate as though by surrounding

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Civil

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Polite; civilized; courteous

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77
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Cling

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to resist separation

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78
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Coagulate

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thicken; congeal; clot

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Coda

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concluding section of a musical or literary composition; summarizes or concludes

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Coeval

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of the same period coexisting

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81
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Cogitate

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think deeply mediate

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82
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Cognizant

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Aware; conscious

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83
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Coherent

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Holding together; making sense

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Cohort

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a group or band of people

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Compelling

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Forceful; causing to yield

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Compunction

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feeling of regret for one’s action

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Conceit

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over-high opinion of too much pride

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88
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Confluence

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A flowing together especially of rivers; place where they begin to flow together

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Confound

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confuse; puzzle

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Congenial

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Agreeably suitable; pleasant

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91
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Congenital

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A trait or condition acquired between conception and birth; innate

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Consequential

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pompous self important

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Console

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give comfort or sympathy to

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Conspicuous

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easily seen remarkable

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95
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Constrict

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make tight or smaller

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96
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Consume

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get to the end of

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Contentious

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Argumentative; quarrelsome

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Contrite

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Admitting guilt; especially feeling remorseful

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Convoke

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call together summon

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Corroboration

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additional strengthening evidence

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101
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Covet

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to wish for enviously

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Cower

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crouch shrink back

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103
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Coy

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shy/modest (esp of a girl)

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Crass

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very great (es. stupidity)

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105
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Cravat

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piece of linen worn as a necktie

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106
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Crease

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line made by crushing white line on the ground in cricket

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107
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Cryptic

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mysterious; mystifying; clandestine mysterious;

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108
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Culinary

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relating to cooking or the kitchen

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Culminate

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to climax; to reach full effect

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110
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Culpable

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deserving blame; guilty

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111
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Curriculum

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course of study

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112
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Cynic

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one who deeply distrusts human nature; one who believes humans are motivated only by selfishness

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Debilitate

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to weaken; to cripple

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114
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Decimate

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to kill or destroy a large part of 10:1

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115
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Decorum

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propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners

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116
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Deduce

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to conclude from evidence; to infer

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117
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Deferential

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showing respect

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118
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Degenerate

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to break down; to deteriorate

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119
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Delude

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to deceive

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120
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Demur

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to hesitate raise objections

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121
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Deplete

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use until none remains

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122
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Derivative

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unoriginal; obtained from another source

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123
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Derogatory

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disapproving; degrading

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124
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Desiccant

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substance used to absorb moisture

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125
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Desuetude

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cessation of use disuse

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126
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Detraction

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slandering verbal attack aspersion

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127
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Deviance

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being different in moral standards (from normal)

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128
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Diabolical

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having the qualities of a devil

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129
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Disallow

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refuse to allow or accept as a correct

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Discourse

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speech lecture

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Discrepancy

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lack of consistency; difference

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132
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Discrete

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unconnected; separate; distinct

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133
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Discriminate

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to notice or point out the difference between two or more things; to discern; to differentiate ;

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134
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Dismal

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sad gloomy miserable

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135
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Dissemble

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speak or behave so as to hide something (in mind)

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136
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Dissent

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have a different opinion refuse to assent

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137
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Distend

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to swell; to extend a great deal

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Distraught

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distracted violently upset in mind

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139
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Drowsiness

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feeling sleepy half asleep

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140
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Ebullience

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exuberance outburst of feeling

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Eddy

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circular or spiral movement (e.g.. of wind)

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142
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Edible

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fit to be eaten/not poisonous

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143
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Efficacy

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power to produce desired effect

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144
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Egocentric

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A selfish; believing that one is the center of everything

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145
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Elusive

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Adj hard to pin down; evasive

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Emaciate

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make thin and weak

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Emote

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stir up excite

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Enigma

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N a mystery riddle

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Enzyme

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catalyst

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Epitome

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N a brief summary that captures the meaning of the whole; the perfect example of something; a paradigm ;

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Equanimity

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N composure; calm

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Equitable

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Adj fair

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Eschew

A

avoid

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Euthanasia

A

easy and painless death

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Evasive

A

tending to evade

156
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Excoriation

A

severe criticism

157
Q

Expedite

A

V to speed up or ease the progress of

158
Q

Expiation

A

ending expiring

159
Q

Expostulate

A

argue earnestly to dissuade correct or protest

160
Q

Expurgate

A

to remove obscenity purify censor

161
Q

Extort

A

obtain by threats violence

162
Q

Fawn

A

To seek favor or attention by flattery and obsequious

163
Q

Feint

A

pretend

164
Q

Ferret

A

discover by searching search

165
Q

Fetter

A

V to restrain; to hamper

166
Q

Figurehead

A

carved image on the prow of a ship

167
Q

Finesse

A

N skillful maneuvering; subtlety; craftiness

168
Q

Fledged

A

able to fly trained experienced

169
Q

Floe

A

a sheet of floating ice

170
Q

Fragile

A

easily injured broken or destroyed

171
Q

Froward

A

intractable not willing to yield or comply stubborn

172
Q

Frugality

A

thrift; economy

173
Q

Garble

A

make unfair selection from facts

174
Q

Garner

A

to gather and save to store up

175
Q

Garrulous

A

a talkative; chatty

176
Q

Gouge

A

overcharge; tool for cutting grooves in wood

177
Q

Grievous

A

causing grief or pain serious dire grave

178
Q

Gullible

A

easily deceived

179
Q

Heinous

A

odious (of crime)

180
Q

Hoax

A

mischievous trick played to deceive

181
Q

Hoodwink

A

trick mislead

182
Q

Hospitable

A

liking to give hospitality

183
Q

Immutable

A

a unchangeable

184
Q

Imperial

A

a like an emperor or an empire

185
Q

Impermeable

A

impervious; not permitting passage through its substance

186
Q

Imperviousness

A

haughty arrogant commanding

187
Q

Impiety

A

lack of reverence or dutifulness

188
Q

Implici

A

understood but not stated

189
Q

Impotent

A

a powerless ; helpless ; unable to perform sexual intercourse

190
Q

Impromptu

A

without preparation

191
Q

Impugn

A

v to attack especially to attack the truth or integrity of something

192
Q

Inasmuch

A

since because

193
Q

Inchoate

A

not yet fully formed rudimentary elementary

194
Q

Inchoate adj.

A

recently begun; rudimentary; elementary

195
Q

Incipient

A

a beginning ; emerging

196
Q

Incise

A

engrave make a cut in

197
Q

Incumbents

A

official duties

198
Q

Indifferent

A

a not caring one way or the other ; apathetic ; mediocre

199
Q

Indigenous

A

a native ; originating in that area

200
Q

Indomitable

A

not easily discouraged or subdued

201
Q

Ineffable

A

a incapable of being expressed or described

202
Q

Ineluctable

A

certain inevitable

203
Q

Inert

A

a inactive ; sluggish ; not reacting chemically

204
Q

Infamous

A

a shamefully wicked ; having an extremely bad reputation ; disgraceful

205
Q

Infatuated

A

a foolish ; foolishly passionate or attracted ; made foolish ; foolishly in love

206
Q

Ingest

A

take in by swallowing

207
Q

Inherent

A

a part of the essential nature of something ; intrinsic

208
Q

Inscrutable

A

incapable of being discovered or understood

209
Q

Interdict

A

prohibit forbid

210
Q

Intractable

A

a uncontrollable ; stubborn ; disobedient

211
Q

Intrinsic

A

a part of the essential nature of something ; inherent

212
Q

Introspection

A

examining one’s own thoughts and feelings

213
Q

Introvert

A

one who turns towards himself

214
Q

Irresolute

A

uncertain how to act; weak

215
Q

Itinerant

A

a moving from place to place

216
Q

Itinerary

A

plan of a trip

217
Q

Jejune

A

insubstantial/dull/immature

218
Q

Jocular

A

meant as a joke

219
Q

Kibosh

A

block, halt, stop

220
Q

Laconic

A

a using few words especially to the point of seeming rude

221
Q

Lassitude

A

languor; weariness

222
Q

Lethargic

A

drowsy; dull

223
Q

Lethargy

A

n sluggishness ; laziness ; drowsiness ; indifference

224
Q

Libertine

A

immoral person

225
Q

Lien

A

legal claim until a debt on it is repaid

226
Q

Limn

A

paint portray

227
Q

Lucubrate

A

write in scholarly fashion

228
Q

Luculent

A

easily understood lucid clear

229
Q

Lumber

A

move in a clumsy/noisy way

230
Q

Luminous

A

a giving off light ; glowing ; bright

231
Q

Macabre

A

gruesome suggesting death

232
Q

Magnanimity

A

Generosity

233
Q

Maudlin

A

a silly and overly sentimental

234
Q

Maul

A

hurt by rough handling

235
Q

Mephitic

A

Poisonous; noxious

236
Q

Mesmerize

A

hypnotize

237
Q

Mettle

A

quality of endurance or courage

238
Q

Microcosm

A

n the world in miniature

239
Q

Mien

A

demeanor

240
Q

Misanthropic

A

a hating mankind

241
Q

Muffler

A

cloth worn round the neck/silencer

242
Q

Multifarious

A

varied motley greatly diversified

243
Q

Munificent

A

a very generous ; lavish lavish

244
Q

Myopia

A

a nearsightedness ; lack of foresight ;

245
Q

Narcissism

A

n excessive love of ones body or oneself

246
Q

Nefarious

A

a evil ; flagrantly wicked

247
Q

Nepotism

A

n showing favoritism to friends of family in business or politics

248
Q

Noisome

A

offensive disgusting (smell)

249
Q

Nonchalant

A

not having interest

250
Q

Nostalgia

A

n sentimental longing for the past ; homesickness; homesickness

251
Q

Noxious

A

a harmful ; offensive ;

252
Q

Nugatory

A

trifling/worthless

253
Q

Obdurate adj.

A

stubborn

254
Q

Oblique

A

a indirect ; at an angle ;

255
Q

Obloquy

A

abusively detractive language sharp criticism vituperation

256
Q

Obscure

A

a unknown ; hard to understand ; dark

257
Q

Odious

A

repulsive hateful

258
Q

Opprobrium

A

infamy; vilification

259
Q

Ostensible

A

a apparent but misleading ; professed

260
Q

Ostracism

A

shut out from society refuse to meet talk

261
Q

Pacify

A

v to calm someone down ; to placate

262
Q

Palaver

A

To flatter; to cajole

263
Q

Palliate

A

v to relieve or alleviate something without getting rid of the problem ; to assuage ; to mitigate

264
Q

Palpitate

A

tremble beat rapidly and irregularly

265
Q

Paradox

A

n a true statement or phenomenon that nonetheless seems to contradict itself ; an untrue statement or phenomenon that nonetheless seems logical

266
Q

Parochial

A

a narrow or confined in point of view ; provincial

267
Q

Parody

A

n a satirical imitation

268
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Patron

A

regular customer person who gives support

269
Q

Penurious

A

poor/stingy

270
Q

Perjury

A

n lying under oath

271
Q

Personable

A

pleasing in appearance attractive

272
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Perspicacity

A

quick judging and understanding

273
Q

Pervasive

A

spread throughout

274
Q

Philanthropy

A

n love of mankind especially by doing good deeds

275
Q

Philistine

A

n a smugly ignorant person with no appreciation of intellectual or artistic matters

276
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Pied

A

of mixed colors

277
Q

Piety

A

devoutness; reverence for God

278
Q

Pillage

A

plunder (especially in war)

279
Q

Pique

A

hurt the pride or self-respect stir (curiosity)

280
Q

Platitude

A

n a dull or trite remark ; a cliché

281
Q

Plumb

A

get to the root of

282
Q

Plunge

A

move quickly suddenly and with force

283
Q

Precursor

A

n forerunner ; something that goes before and anticipates or paves the way for whatever it is that follows

284
Q

Preempt

A

v to seize something by prior right

285
Q

Prerogative

A

n a right or privilege connected exclusively with a position a person a class a nation or some other group or classification

286
Q

Privation

A

hardship

287
Q

Proclivity

A

inclination

288
Q

Profess

A

v to declare; to declare falsely or pretend

289
Q

Prolific

A

a abundantly productive; fruitful or fertile

290
Q

Prolix

A

tiring because too long

291
Q

Propitiate

A

appease

292
Q

Protract

A

v to prolong prolong

293
Q

Prudence

A

careful forethought

294
Q

Pucker

A

wrinkle

295
Q

Puerile

A

childish

296
Q

Pugnacious

A

fond of in the habit of fighting

297
Q

Punctilious

A

Meticulous

298
Q

Pungency

A

sharpness stinging quality

299
Q

Putative

A

a commonly accepted; supposed; reputed

300
Q

Quack

A

person dishonestly claiming to something

301
Q

Qualitative

A

a having to do with the quality or qualities of something as opposed to the quantity

302
Q

Qualm

A

feeling of doubt temporary feeling of sickness

303
Q

Quandary

A

state of doubt or perplexity

304
Q

Quiescent

A

at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive

305
Q

Quotidian

A

banal everyday

306
Q

Rabble

A

mob crowd the lower classes of populace

307
Q

Reciprocal

A

a mutual; shared; interchangeable mutual

308
Q

Recrimination

A

n a bitter counteraccusation or the act of making a bitter counteraccusation

309
Q

Refractory

A

stubborn; unmanageable

310
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Relinquish

A

v to release or let go of; to surrender; to stop doing

311
Q

Renowned

A

celebrated famous

312
Q

Reparation

A

n paying back; making amends; compensation ;

313
Q

Resilience

A

quality of quickly recovering the original shape

314
Q

Restive

A

refusing to move reluctant to be controlled

315
Q

Retard

A

check hinder

316
Q

Reticence

A

uncommunicativeness

317
Q

Retrospective

A

Looking back on past

318
Q

Revere

A

v to respect highly; to honor

319
Q

Rife

A

widespread

320
Q

Rift

A

split crack dissension

321
Q

Sacrilege

A

n a violation of something sacred; blasphemy

322
Q

Sadastic

A

Cruel

323
Q

Salutary

A

a healthful; remedial; curative

324
Q

Salvage

A

the saving of property from loss

325
Q

Savor

A

enjoy; have a distinctive flavor, smell, or quality

326
Q

Sawdust

A

tiny bits of wood

327
Q

Scabbard

A

sheath for the blade

328
Q

Secular

A

a having nothing to do with religion or spiritual concerns

329
Q

Sedulous

A

persevering

330
Q

Sequester

A

v to set or keep apart ;

331
Q

Servile

A

submissive and subservient; like a servant

332
Q

Shard

A

fragment, generally of pottery

333
Q

Skit

A

short piece of humorous writing

334
Q

Slander

A

to speak badly about someone publicly; to defame; to spread malicious rumor

335
Q

Slate

A

king of blue-grey stone propose criticize

336
Q

Sober

A

self-controlled

337
Q

Solvent

A

not broke or bankrupt; able to pay ones bills

338
Q

Somatic

A

of the body

339
Q

Sophisticated

A

complex subtle refined

340
Q

Spear

A

weapon with a metal point on a long shaft

341
Q

Specious

A

deceptively plausible or attractive

342
Q

Spectrum

A

colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism

343
Q

Splenetic

A

bad-tempered irritable

344
Q

Spurious

A

false; fake false fake

345
Q

Squalid

A

foul filthy

346
Q

Squat

A

crouch/settle without permission

347
Q

Steeply

A

rising or falling sharply

348
Q

Stentorian

A

extremely loud and powerful

349
Q

Sublime

A

awesome; extremely exalted; lofty; majestic

350
Q

Substantiate

A

establish by evidence; verify; support

351
Q

Subtle

A

not obvious; able to make fine distinctions; ingenious; crafty

352
Q

Succor

A

assistance relief in time of distress

353
Q

Summarily

A

briefly without delay

354
Q

Surrogate

A

substitute

355
Q

Synthesis

A

the combing of parts to form a whole ;

356
Q

Taciturn

A

untalkative by nature

357
Q

Tangential

A

only superficially related to the matter at hand; not especially relevant; peripheral ;

358
Q

Tantamount

A

equivalent to

359
Q

Taunt

A

contemptuous reproach hurtful remark

360
Q

Tautology

A

a repetition a redundancy

361
Q

Tawdry

A

cheap gaudy showy tacky

362
Q

Tenable

A

defensible as in ones position in an argument; capable of being argued successfully; valid

363
Q

Tenet

A

a shared principle or belief

364
Q

Tocsin

A

a signal, especially of alarm

365
Q

Topple

A

be unsteady and overturn

366
Q

Tractable

A

easily controlled or guided

367
Q

Transcend

A

to go beyond or above; to surpass

368
Q

Transgress

A

to violate a law; to sin violate

369
Q

Trenchant

A

forceful effective vigorous extremely perceptive incisive

370
Q

Turpitude

A

shameful wickedness; depravity

371
Q

Turquoise

A

greenish-blue precious stone

372
Q

Urbane

A

poised; sophisticated; refined

373
Q

Veer

A

change direction

374
Q

Venerate

A

to revere; to treat as something holy especially because of great age

375
Q

Verbose

A

using too many words; not succinct; circumlocutory

376
Q

Veritable

A

real rightly named

377
Q

Vindictive

A

seeking revenge

378
Q

Virtuoso

A

a masterful musician; a masterful practitioner in some other field

379
Q

Virulent

A

extremely poisonous; malignant; full of hate

380
Q

Visionary

A

a dreamer; someone with impractical goals or ideas about the future

381
Q

Voluptuous

A

arousing sensual pleasures

382
Q

Waft

A

scent waving movement carry lightly through

383
Q

Warmonger

A

person who stirs up war

384
Q

Wend

A

to go proceed

385
Q

Zealot

A

fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal

GRE Vocab (5 decks)

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