GRE - Word List 4.2 Flashcards by fiona white

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amity

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friendship

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castigate

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scold strongly

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destitution

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hardship, poverty, misery

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expedient

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convenient, practical

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incantation

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chant, invocation, prayer

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lynch

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assassinate, kill, illegal hanging

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overt

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obvious, not hidden

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predicament

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dilemma, difficult situation

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sanguine

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optimistic, cheerful

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ubiquitous

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found everywhere, omnipresent

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amorphous

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lacking in shape

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catharsis

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purging of pent-up emotions

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deter

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put off, prevent

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expedite

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make faster

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incarceration

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putting in prison

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machination

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plots and plans

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overwrought

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worked up, in an emotional state

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preeminent

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famous, outstanding

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sardonic

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mocking

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unalloyed

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undiluted, total

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analgesic

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medicine to combat pain

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caucus

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type of private political meeting

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deteriorate

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worsen, decline

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exposition

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clear explanation

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incessant

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without stopping

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maelstrom

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whirlpool, storm in the ocean

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palatable

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good to eat, agreeable

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prerogative

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right or privilege

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savant

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person with knowledge

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unctuous

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oily, using excessive flattery

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analogous

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comparable

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caustic

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burning

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detrimental

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harmful

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extol

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praise

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incipient

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just beginning

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magnanimous

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generous, big-hearted

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palisade

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fence made of posts

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prescient

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having fore-knowledge

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scale

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to climb

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undermined

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damaged, attacked

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anarchy

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chaos, lack of government

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cavalcade

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procession of vehicles

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devoured

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greedily eaten/consumed

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extradite

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deport from one country back to the home country

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inclination

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tendency, a leaning toward

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magnate

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powerful businessman

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palliative

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a remedy that improves but doesn’t cure

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presentiment

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a feeling that something might happen

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scapegoat

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person on whom blame is place for faults of others

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underscore

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emphasize