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1
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Abate

A

Lessen in intensity or degree

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Accolade

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an expression of praise

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Audlation

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excessive praise

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Aesthetic

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dealing with art/the beautiful

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Ascetic

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one who practices rigid self-denial, religious devotion

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Avarice

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greed, especially for wealth

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Axiom

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universally recognized principle

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Burgeon

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grow rapidly or flourish

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Bucolic

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rustic and pastoral

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Cacophony

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harsh, jarring discordant sound

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Canon

A

established set or principles or code of laws

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Castigation

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severe criticism or punishment

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Catalyst

A

substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing

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Caustic

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burning or stinging

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Chary

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wary, cautious

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Cogent

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appealing forcibly to reason

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Complaisance

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willingness to comply with the wishes of others

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Contentious

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argumentative, quarrelsome

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Contrite

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regretful, penitent

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Culpable

A

deserving blame

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21
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Dearth

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smallness of quantity, scarcity

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Demur

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to question or oppose

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Didactic

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intending to teach or instruct

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Discretion

A

cautious reserve in speech, ability to make responsible decisions

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Disinterested

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free of bias or self-interest

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Dogmatic

A

expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles

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Ebullience

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lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts or feelings

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Eclectic

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composed of elements drawn from various sources

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Elegy

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mournful poem for the dead

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Emollient

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soothing (to the skin)

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Empirical

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based on observation or experience

32
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Enigmatic

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mysterious, obscure

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Ephemeral

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brief, fleeting

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Esoteric

A

intended for or understood by a small, specific group

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Eulogy

A

speech honoring the dead

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Exonerate

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to remove blame

37
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Facetious

A

playful, humorous

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Fallacy

A

invalid or incorrect notion

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Furtive

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marked by stealth, covert

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Gregarioius

A

sociable, outgoing

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Harangue

A

deliver a pompous speech or tirade

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Heretical

A

violating accepted dogma or convention

43
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Hyperbole

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an exaggerated statement (used as a figure of speech)

44
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Impecunious

A

lacking funds, no $$

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Incipient

A

beginning to come into being or to become apparent

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Inert

A

unmoving, lethargic

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Innocuous

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Intransigent

A

refusing to compromise

49
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Inveigle

A

obtain by deception or flattery

50
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Morose

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sad, sullen

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Odious

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evoking intense aversion or dislike

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Opaque

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impenetrable by light

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Oscillation

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act of steadily swinging back and forth

54
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Penurious

A

excessively thrifty

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Pernicious

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extremely harmful

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Peruse

A

examine with great care

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Pious

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extremely reverent or devout

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Precursor

A

one that precedes and indicates another

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Preen

A

dress up, primp

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Prodigious

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abundant in size, force and extent

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Prolific

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producing large volumes or amounts

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Putrefy

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rot, decay and give off a foul odor

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Quaff

A

drink deeply

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Quiescence

A

stillness, motionlessness

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Redoubtable

A

awe-inspiring

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Sanction

A

authoritative permission or approval OR a penalty intended to enforce compliance

67
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Satire

A

literary work that criticizes or ridicules a human vice through humor or derision

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Squalid

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sordid, wretched/dirty from neglect

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Stoic

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indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain

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Supplant

A

take the place of

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Torpid

A

lethargic, sluggish

72
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Ubiquitous

A

existing everywhere at the same time, constantly encountered (Antonym: esoteric)

73
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Urbane

A

sophisticated, refined

74
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Vilify

A

defame, characterize harsly

75
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Viscous

A

thick, sticky

GRE Vocab Words (3 decks)

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