GRE_words Flashcards
(200 cards)
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Abscond
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To leave secretly
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Adulterate
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To make impure
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Advocate
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To speak in favor of
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Aggrandize
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To increase in power, influence and reputation
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Amalgamate
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To combine, to mix together
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Anachronism
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Something out of place in time
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Antipathy
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Extreme dislike
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Arbitrate
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To judge a dispute between two opposing parties
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Ardor
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Intense and passionate feeling
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Attenuate
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To reduce in force or degree, to weaken
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Audacious
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Fearless and daring
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Banal
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Predictable, cliched, boring
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Bombastic
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Pompous in speech and manner
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Capricious
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Changing one’s mind quickly and often
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Catalyst
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Something that brings about a change in something else
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Caustic
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Biting wit
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Chauvinist
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Someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belong
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Chicanery
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Deception by means of craft or guile
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Cogent
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Convincing and well reasoned
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Condone
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To overlook, pardon or disregard
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Corroborate
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To provide supporting evidence
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Credulous
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Too trusting; gullible
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Crescendo
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Steadily increasing volume or force
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Decorum
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Propriety; appropriateness of behavior or conduct
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Deference
Respect, courtesy
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Deride
To speak of or treat with contempt; to mock
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Desultory
Jumping from one thing to another; disconnected
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Diatribe
An abusive, condemnatory speech
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Diffident
Lacking self confidence
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Dilate
To make larger; to expand
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Dilatory
Intended to delay
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Dilettante
Someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic
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Dirge
A funeral hymn or mournful speech
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Disabuse
To set right; to free from error
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Discern
To perceive; to recognize
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Disparate
Fundamentally different; entirely unlike
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Dissemble
To present a false appearance; to disguise one's real intentions or character
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Dissonance
A harsh and disagreeable combination, often of sounds
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Dogma
A firmly held opinion,often a religious belief
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Dogmatic
Dictatorial in one's oninions
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Efficacy
Effectiveness
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Elegy
A sorrowful poem or speech
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Eloquent
Persuasive and moving, especially in speech
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Emulate
To copy; to try to equal or excel
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Enervate
To reduce in strength
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Engender
To produce, cause, or bring about
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Equivocate
To use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead
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Erudite
Learned, scholarly, bookish
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Esoteric
Known or understood by only a few
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Estimable
Admirable
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Eulogy
Speech in praise of someone
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Euphemism
Use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one
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Exculpate
To clear from blame; prove innocent
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Exigent
Urgent; requiring immediate action
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Exonerate
To clear from blame
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Explicit
Clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression
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Fanatical
Acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion
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Fawn
To grovel
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Fervid
Intensely emotional; feverish
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Florid
Excessively decorated or embellished
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Foment
To arouse or excite
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Garrulous
Tending to talk a lot
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Gregarious
Outgoing, sociable
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Guile
Deceit or trickery
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Iconoclast
One who opposes established beliefs, customs and institutions
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Imperturbable
Not capable of being disrupted
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Impervious
Impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected
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Impetuous
Quick to act wihtout thinking
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Implacable
Unable to be calmed down or made peaceful
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Inchoate
Not fully formed; disorganized
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Ingenuous
Showing innoved or childlike simplicity
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Inimical
Hostile, unfriendly
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Innocuous
Harmless
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Insipid
Lacking interest or flavor
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Intransigent
Uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled
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Inundate
To overwhelm; to cover with water
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Irascible
Easily made angry
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Laconic
Using few words
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Lavish
To give unsparingly (v); extremely generous or extravagant (adj.)
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Loquacious
Talkative
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Lucid
Clear and easily understood
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Luminous
Bright, brilliant, glowing
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Malinger
To evade responsibility
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Malleable
Capable of being shaped
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Misanthrope
A person who dislikes others
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Mollify
To calm or make less severe
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Obdurate
Hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion
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Obsequious
Overly submissive and eager to please
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Obviate
To prevent; to make unnecessary
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Occlude
To stop up; to prevent the passage of
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Onerous
Troublesome and oppressive; burdensome
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Opaque
Impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light
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Opprobrium
Public disgrace
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Ostentation
Excessive showiness
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Paragon
Model of excellence or perfection
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Pedant
Someone who shows off learning
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Perfidious
Willing to betray one's trust
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Perfunctory
Done in a routine way; indifferent
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Permeate
To penetrate
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Placate
To soothe or pacify
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Plastic
Able to be molded, altered, or bent
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Plethora
Excess
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Pragmatic
Practical as opposed to idealistic
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Precipitate
To throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation
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Prevaricate
To lie or deviate from the truth
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Prodigal
Lavish, wasteful
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Proliferate
To increase in number quickly
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Propitiate
To conciliate; to appease
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Propriety
Correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs
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Prudence
Wisdom, caution, or restraint
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Pungent
Shart and irritating to the sense
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Quiescent
Motionless
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Rarefy
To make thinner or sparser
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Repudiate
To reject the validity of
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Reticent
Silent, reserved
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Rhetoric
Effective writing or speaking
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Satiate
To satisfy fully or overindulge
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Soporific
Causing sleep or lethargy
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Specious
Deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious
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Stolid
Unemotional; lacking sensitivity
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Sublime
Lofty or grand
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Tacit
Done without using word
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Taciturn
Silent, not talkative
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Tirade
Long, harsh speech or verbal attack
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Torpor
Extreme mental and physical sluggishness
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Transitory
Temporary, lasting a brief time
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Vacillate
To sway physically; to be indecisive
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Venerate
To respect deeply
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Veracity
Filled with truth and accuracy
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Verbose
Wordy
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Vex
To annoy
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Whimsical
Acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable
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Zeal
Passion, excitement
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To leave secretly
Abscond
135
To make impure
Adulterate
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To speak in favor of
Advocate
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To increase in power, influence and reputation
Aggrandize
138
To combine, to mix together
Amalgamate
139
Something out of place in time
Anachronism
140
Extreme dislike
Antipathy
141
To judge a dispute between two opposing parties
Arbitrate
142
Intense and passionate feeling
Ardor
143
To reduce in force or degree, to weaken
Attenuate
144
Fearless and daring
Audacious
145
Predictable, cliched, boring
Banal
146
Pompous in speech and manner
Bombastic
147
Changing one's mind quickly and often
Capricious
148
Something that brings about a change in something else
Catalyst
149
Biting wit
Caustic
150
Someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belong
Chauvinist
151
Deception by means of craft or guile
Chicanery
152
Convincing and well reasoned
Cogent
153
To overlook, pardon or disregard
Condone
154
To provide supporting evidence
Corroborate
155
Too trusting; gullible
Credulous
156
Steadily increasing volume or force
Crescendo
157
Propriety; appropriateness of behavior or conduct
Decorum
158
Respect, courtesy
Deference
159
To speak of or treat with contempt; to mock
Deride
160
Jumping from one thing to another; disconnected
Desultory
161
An abusive, condemnatory speech
Diatribe
162
Lacking self confidence
Diffident
163
To make larger; to expand
Dilate
164
Intended to delay
Dilatory
165
Someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic
Dilettante
166
A funeral hymn or mournful speech
Dirge
167
To set right; to free from error
Disabuse
168
To perceive; to recognize
Discern
169
Fundamentally different; entirely unlike
Disparate
170
To present a false appearance; to disguise one's real intentions or character
Dissemble
171
A harsh and disagreeable combination, often of sounds
Dissonance
172
A firmly held opinion,often a religious belief
Dogma
173
Dictatorial in one's oninions
Dogmatic
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Effectiveness
Efficacy
175
A sorrowful poem or speech
Elegy
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Persuasive and moving, especially in speech
Eloquent
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To copy; to try to equal or excel
Emulate
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To reduce in strength
Enervate
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To produce, cause, or bring about
Engender
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To use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead
Equivocate
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Learned, scholarly, bookish
Erudite
182
Known or understood by only a few
Esoteric
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Admirable
Estimable
184
Speech in praise of someone
Eulogy
185
Use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one
Euphemism
186
To clear from blame; prove innocent
Exculpate
187
Urgent; requiring immediate action
Exigent
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To clear from blame
Exonerate
189
Clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression
Explicit
190
Acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion
Fanatical
191
To grovel
Fawn
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Intensely emotional; feverish
Fervid
193
Excessively decorated or embellished
Florid
194
To arouse or excite
Foment
195
Tending to talk a lot
Garrulous
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Outgoing, sociable
Gregarious
197
Deceit or trickery
Guile
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One who opposes established beliefs, customs and institutions
Iconoclast
199
Not capable of being distrubed
Imperturbable
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Impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected
Impervious
