GRE WORDS

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Temperance

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(Noun) moderation in action, thought, or feeing (restraint)

The practice of always controlling your thoughts, actions, or feelings so that you do not eat or drink too much, become too angry. Etc.

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Profundity

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(Noun) intellectual depth

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Ethos

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(Noun) character (the guiding beliefs or ideals that characterize a community, nation, or ideology)

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Notoriety

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(Noun) the quality or state of being notorious

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Eminence

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(Noun) a condition of being well known and successful

A person of high rank or achievements

An area of high ground

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Tumultuous

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(Adj) loud, excited, and emotional

involving a lot of violence, confusion, or disorder

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Providential

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(Adj) happening at a good time because of luck

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Imperceptibly

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(Adj) Impossible to see or notice

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Precariously

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(Adj) Not safe, strong, or steady

Depending on the will or pleasure of another

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Orthodox

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(Adj) Accepted as true or correct by most people

Supporting or believing what most people believe is true

Accepting and closely following the traditional beliefs and customs of a religion

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Trifling

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(Adj) Having little value or importance

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Innovative

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(Adj) Introducing or using new ideas or methods – original

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Conventional

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(Adj) Used or accepted by most people; usual or traditional

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Ameliorated

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(Verb) To make (something such as a problem better, less painful, etc.)

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Ascertain

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(Verb) To learn or find out (something such as information or the truth)

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Improvisation

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(Noun) the act or art of improvising

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Prophetic

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(Adj) correctly stating what will happen in the future; foretelling event

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Monotonous

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(Adj) used to describe something that is boring because it is always the same

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Subjective

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(Adj) based on opinions or feelings rather than facts

Relating to the way a person experiences things in his or her own mind

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Stark (adj)

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Having very plain and often cold or empty appearance

Unpleasant and difficult to accept or experience

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Stark (adv)

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Completely or fully

stark naked or stark mad

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Rife

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(Adj) very common and often bad or unpleasant; prevalent especially to an increasing degree

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Apathy

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(Noun) the feeling of not having much emotion or interest

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Affable

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(Adj) friendly and easy to talk to

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Activism

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(Noun) a doctrine or practice that emphasizes direct vigorous action especially in support of or opposition to one side of a controversial issue

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Indifferent

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(Adj) not interested in or concerned about something

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Equitable

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(Adj) just or fair; dealing failry and equally with everyone

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Fortuitous

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(Adj) happening by chance; having or showing good luck

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Incongruous

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(Adj) strange because of not agreeing with what is usual or expected

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Dichotomy

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(Noun) a difference between two opposite things; a division in two opposite groups

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Rhetoric

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(Noun) a language that is intended to influence people and that may not be honest or reasonable; the art of skill of speaking or writing formally and effectively especially as a way to persuade or influence people

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Acumen

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(Noun) The ability to think clearly and make good decisions

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Reverence

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(Noun) honor or respect that is felt for or shown to (someone or something)

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Fastidious

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(Adj) very careful about how you do something liking few things; hard to please Wanting to always be clean, neat, etc

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Didactic

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(Adj) designed or intended to teach people something

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Polemic

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(Noun) a strong written or spoken attack against someone else's opinions, beliefs, or practices, etc.

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Vituperative

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(Adj) Uttering or given to censure (to officially criticize strongly and publicly) Containing or characterized by verbal abuse

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Engender

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(Verb) to be the cause or source of something

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Avarice

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(Noun) insatiable greed for riches; inordinate miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth

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Miser

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(Noun) a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money