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gre2 Flashcards

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cacophony

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hard-sounding mixture of words, voices, sounds

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cadence

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rhythm; the rise and fall of sounds

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cajole

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to persuade someone to do something he or she doesn’t want to

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capitulate

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to surrender, to give up or give in

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recapitulate

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summarize

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castigate

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to criticize severely ; to chastise

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categorical

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unconditional, absolute

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celibacy

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abstinence from sex

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censure

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to condemn severely for doing something bad

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cerebral

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brainy;intellectually refined

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chagrin

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humiliation, embarrassed disappointment

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chimera

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an illusion, a foolish fancy

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choleric

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hot- tempered, quick to anger

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chronicle

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in the order of time/ a history

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circuitous

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roundabout, not following a direct path

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circumscribe

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to draw a line around, to set the limits, to restrict

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circumvent

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to frustrate as though by surrounding

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coerce

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to force someone to do or not to do something

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cogent

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powerfully convincing

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cognizant

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aware, conscious

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coherent

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holding together, making sense

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colloquial

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conversational,informal in language

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collusion

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conspiracy, secret cooperation

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compelling

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forceful, causing to yield

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compendium

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a summary, an abridgment

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complacent

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self-satisfied, overly pleased with oneself contented to a fault

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complement

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to complete or fill up, to be the perfect counterpart

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complicity

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participation in wrongdoing, the act of being an accomplice

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comprehensive

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covering or including everything

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conciliatory

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making peace, attempting to resolve a dispute through good will

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concord

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harmony, agreement

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condone

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to overlook, to permit to happen

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confluence

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a flowing together, especially in rivers, the place where they begin to flow together

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congenial

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agreeably suitable pleasant

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congenital

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describing a trait or condition acquired between conception and birth

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conjecture

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to guess, to deduce or infer on slight evidence

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connoisseur

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an expert, particularly in matters of art or taste

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consonant

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harmonious, in agreement

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construe

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to interpret

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consummate

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perfect, complete, supremely skillful

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contentious

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argumentative,quarrelsome

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contingent

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dependent, possible

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contrite

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admitting guilt, especially feeling remorseful

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contrived

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artificial, labored

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