GRE - Word List 4.1 Flashcards by fiona white

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ambivalence

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lack of clarity, wavering, being undecided

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cantankerous

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bad-tampered, quarrelsome

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derogatory

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uncomplimentary

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exemplify

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to serve as a good example

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impecunious

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having no money

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lucid

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clear

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ornate

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highly decorated

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precipice

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steep slope

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salubrious

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health-giving

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truant

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shrink, someone absent without permission

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ambulatory

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able to walk around (used of hospital patients

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capacious

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spacious

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desecrate

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to damage or pollute a holy place

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exhaustive

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complete and through

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impious

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wicked, profane

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ludicrous

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ridiculous, silly

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orthodox

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conventional

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precipitous

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done in a hurry

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salutary

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something which teaches you a lesson, beneficial

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truncate

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cut short

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ameliorate

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make better

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capitulate

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surrender, give in to

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desecration

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spoiling something holy

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exonerates

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acquits, absolves, removes blame

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impoverished

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destitute, poor

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lukewarm

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unenthusiastic, 2 neither hot nor cold

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ossify

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turn to bone, 2. become fixed and rigid

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preclude

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prevent or make impossible

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sanctimonious

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hypocritically holy

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tumult

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uproar, noise

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amelioration

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improvement

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carping

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constant criticism

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desist

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stop, discontinue, cease

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exorcism

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getting free/rid of, eliminating (especially demons)

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impromptu

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unrehearsed, spontaneous

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lummox

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clumsy person

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ostentatious

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showy

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precocious

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developing early

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sanction

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giving approval to

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turpitude

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depravity, wickedness

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amiable

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friendly

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cartographer

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person who makes maps

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despondent

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having no hope, miserable

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expatriate

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refugee, emigrant, someone living away from his own country

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inadvertent

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not intentional

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luscious

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juicy, moist, succulent

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oust

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push out of a position

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predecessor

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one who came before

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sanguinary

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bloodthirsty, bloody

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tyro

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novice, beginner