GRE - Word List 2 Flashcards by fiona white | Brainscape

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acrid

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sharp, pungent (used of smalls and taste)

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boorish

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ill-mannered

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cynical

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believing that people act only out of selfish motives

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epistle

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a letter (form of communication)

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heresy

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against orthodox opinion

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lance

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spear, spike, javelin

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obscure

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difficult to understand, partially hidden

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poignant

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deeply moving, strongly affecting the emotions

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respite

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a break, intermission

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terse

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concise, to the point

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acrophobia

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fear of heights

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bourgeois

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middle class

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debility

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weakness, incapacity

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epistolary

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concerned with letters, thorough correspondence

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hiatus

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interruption, pause

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languide

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tired, slow

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obscured

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hidden, covered, buried,

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poised

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calm, collected, self-possessed

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resplendent

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shining, glowing

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therapeutic

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medicinal, curative

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acuity

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sharpness (mental or visual)

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braggart

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someone who boasts

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debunking

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exposing false claims or myths

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epitomized

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typified, characterized, personified

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hidebound

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rigid in opinions

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languish

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decay, fade away, get weaker

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obsequious

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servile, submissive

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polemical

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causing debate or argument

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restorative

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a tonic

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thwart

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prevent, frustrate

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adamant

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forceful, inflexible

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brawny

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muscular

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decathlon

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a athletic competition with ten events

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equivocate

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speak ambiguously, avoid telling the truth

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hieroglyphics

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picture writing, 2. writing which is difficult to read or enigmatic

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larceny

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theft, robbery, stealing

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obsession

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a dominating concern

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ponderous

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weighty, slow and heavy

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retention

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preservation, withholding

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timorous

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cowardly, fearful

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adroit

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skillful

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brevity

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being brief

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decorum

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dignified, correct behavior [decorous (a)]

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err

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make a mistake

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hinder

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obstruct

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largess

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generosity

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obsolete

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no longer valid

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pontificate

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speak pompously or dogmatically

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reticent

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restrained, holding something back, uncommunicative

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tirade

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stream of verbal abuse