GRE34 Flashcards
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cadge
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to beg or get by begging
ex) why is that rich guy always trying to cadge a meal?
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cajole
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to flatter, coax, persuade
ex) the teacher cajoled the lazy student into completing his assignment
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calamitous
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disastrous, catastrophic
ex) scientists believe that the effort of pollution on the environment will be calamitous
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callous
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thick-skinned, insensitive
ex) the callous boy laughed at the miserable beggar
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callow
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immature
ex) though still a callow youth, he had~
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calumny
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false&malicious accusation, slander
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camaraderie
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good will and rapport among friends
ex) there’s a great camaraderie in Ms. Smith’s class
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canard
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false, deliberately misleading rumor or story
ex) the comedian likes to repeat the old canard that new jersey is a cultural desert
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canon
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an established principle; standard for judging
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canonize
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to declare a person a saint, raise to highest honors
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cant
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insincere talk; language of a particular group
ex) after the editor removed the cant from the senator’s speech, little was left
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cantankerous
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irritable; ill humored
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canvas
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to examine thoroughly; conduct a poll
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carte blanche
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unrestricted power
ex) the recording studio gave the rock band carte blanche to create the best record they could
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caste
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카스트 제도
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castigate
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to punish, chastize, criticize
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casuistry
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false or excessively subtle reasoning
ex) the judge accused the lawyer of casuistry when she offered ten meanings of the word is
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pseudopsia
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an optical illusion
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pseudodox
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false doctrine
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pseudomorph
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false or irregular form
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pseudocyesis
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false pregnancy
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psyche
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the mind
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psychic
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perceptive of nonmaterial, spiritual forces; originating in the mind
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psychedelic
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mind-expanding
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punctilio
a fine point of etiquette
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punctual
prompt
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punctate
like a point; ending in a point
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putative
suppsoed
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repute
consider; suppose
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reputed
suposed to be such
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inquest
an investigation; court or legal proceeding
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inquistion
an investigation; act of inquiring
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inquirer
one who asks a question
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requisite
required
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erect
fix in an upright position
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erectile
able to be raised to an upright position
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rectitude
moral uprightness
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rectilinear
bounded by straight lines
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recto
right-hand page of a book
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retrograde
having a backward motion or direction
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retroactive
applying to an earlier time
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retrokject
throw back
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retrovirus
a virus that synthesizes DNA from RNA instead of the reverse
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categorical
absolute, without exception
| ex) my answer is categorical; no exception will be made
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catharsis
purification, cleansing
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cathartic
relating to purification, cleansing
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caucus
smaller group within an organization
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causality
cause-and-effect relationship
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cause celebre
any controversy that attracts great public attention
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caustic
sarcastically biting;burning
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cavalier
carefree, happy; showing offhand disregard; dismissive
| ex) his cavalier approach annoys me; i prefer a systematic and careful approach
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caveat
a warning; a qualification or explanation
| ex) the experienced businessman added several important caveats to the contract
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cavort
to frolic/장난치다
| ex) the young couple cavorted on the beach all afternoon
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cede
to surrender possession of something
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celibate
abstaining from sexual intercourse; unmarried
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censorious
severely critical
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cerebral
intellectually sophisticated
| ex) Joe's interests tend toward cerebral subjects sch as literature/science
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cessation
halt
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chagrin
shame, embarrassment
| ex) to his chagrin, john realized he has forgotten to say thank you to the man that saved his life
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chalice
cup
| ex) the winner of golf tournament receives a silver chalice
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charlatan
fake
| ex) ~by the state helps protect the public from charlatans
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chary
cautious
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chauvinism
fanatical patriotism
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cherubic
sweet, innocent, resembling an angel
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chicanery
trickery, fraud
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chide
to scold
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chimera
something that is fantastic; fanciful mental illusion
| ex) tim's goal is a chimera
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chivalry
the qualities idealized by knighthood such as bravery
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choleric
short-tempered
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chromatic
relating to color
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churlish
rude; boorish
| ex) the hotel guest apologized for his churlish behavior
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cipher
1) secret code
| 2) non-entity; worthless person or thing
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circumscribe
to limit narrowly; restrict
| ex) the educator believes that a child's reading should not be circumscribed
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ridibund
easily moved to laughter
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prerogative
a special right or privilege
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rogatory
requesting information
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rogation
solemn prayer
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derogatory
disparaging; belittling
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sanctimonious
pretending to be pious or righteous
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scibile
something that is possible to know
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sciolism
conceited and shallow knowledgeability
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conceit
자만심, 자부심
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prescient
having foresight
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nescient
absence of knowledge; ignorance
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scopic
visual
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periscope
optical instrument used to see things from a position not in at direct line of sight
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colonoscope
long, flexible instrument used to visually examine the colon
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prescribe
set down a rule; recommend a treatment
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nondescript
lacking interesting or distinctive qualities; dull
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secede
withdraw from membership in an alliance
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secretive
not open or frank
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sectile
relating to a mineral that can be cut smoothly by a knife
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intersection
the process or result of cutting across or through
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secant
a straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points
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sequel
something that follows
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inconsequential
insignificant;unimportant
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obsequious
overly submissive
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sequatious
disposed to follow another
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semiterrestial
partially living on land
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semiannual
occurring twice a year
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semiaquatic
not entirely adapted for living in water
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semitaur
in mythology, a creature that is half-man and half-bull
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circumspect
cautious, wary
| hillary has adopted a circumspect approach
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clamber
to climb by crawling
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clamor
noisy outcry
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claustrophobia
fear of small confined places
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clemency
noun) lenient
| ex) the prisoner appealed to the warden for clemency
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cloister
to confine; seclude
| ex) the writer cloistered herself in a cabin
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coagulate
thicken, congeal
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coalesce
```
to cause to become one
ex) the class coalesced as the year went on
```
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coalition
an alliance
| ex) a coalition of nations combined their forces to defeat the aggressor
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coda
concluding part of literary or musical composition; something that summarizes or concludes
ex) the novel's coda suggests several ways to interpret the work
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codification
systematization
| ex) codification of the state's law was completed in 1886
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coercion
use of force
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cognate
related, similar
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cognizant
informed; conscious; aware
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cognomen
a surname; a nickname
| ex) the two-hundred-pound football tackle is known by his cognomen "little john"
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coherence
condition of being intelligible an understandable
| ex) coherence is considered a major virtue
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conhesion
the act or process of sticking together
| ex) crime tends to rise when there is poor social cohesion
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collage
artistic composition of materials pasted over a surface
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colloquy
dialogue,conversation
| ex) the university sponsored a colloquy on social problems
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commiseration
expression of pity
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commodity
something that can be turned to commercial advantage
| ex) information is increasingly becoming a commodity
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comune
to be very sensitive and receptive to something
| ex) the poet went for a walk to commune with nature
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communicable
transmittable
| ex) outbreak of a communicable disease
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compendium
a brief, comprehensive summary
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awash
covered, filled, crowded
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prosthetic
of or relating to artificial body part
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swindle
to cheat out of money
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bugbear
persistent problem or source of annoyance
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paranoia
baseless or excessive suspicion of the motives of others
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redouble
to double, echo
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chummy
friendly; intimate
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gaffe
faux pas, a significant error/ mistake
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sliding scale
차등제
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interlocutor
대화 상대
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exasperate
몹시 화나다
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pillory
강력히 비판하다
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hold water
if a reason, argument, or explanation holds water it is true
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per se
본질적으로
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level
솔직하다
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tarmac
material used for making road surfaces
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noose
올가미/ 자승자박하다
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sensate
perceived by the senses
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sentisection
vivisection preformed without the use of anesthesia
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solarium
room exposed to sunlight
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solarize
expose to sunlight
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solstice
the point of time when the sun in furthest from the equator
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soliterraneous
relating to the meteorological effect of sun and earth
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solarimeter
device that measures the flux of the sun's radiation
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solute
a substance dissolved in another one
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dissolution
disintegration; debauchery
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somnambulance
walking in one's sleep
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somniloquence
talking in one's sleep
