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Cracking the New GRE > Hit Parade Group 3 > Flashcards

Hit Parade Group 3 Flashcards

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acumen

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keen, accurate judgement or insight

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adulterate

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reduce purity by combining inferior ingredients

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amalgamate

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combine several elements into a whole

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aver

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state as a fact; assert

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5
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bolster

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provide support or reinforcement

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bombastic

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pompous; grandiloquent

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diatribe

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harsh denunciation

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dissemble

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disguise or conceal; mislead

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eccentric

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departing from norms or conventions

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endemic

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characteristic of particular locality or people

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evanescent

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tending to vanish

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12
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exacerbate

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make worse or more severe

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fervent

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greatly emotional or zealous

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14
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fortuitous

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happening by accident or chance

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15
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germane

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relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter

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grandiloquence

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pompous speech or expression

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17
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hackneyed

A

rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage; cliche

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halcyon

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calm and peaceful

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hegemony

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consistent dominance of one state or ideology

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iconoclast

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one who attacks traditional conventions or institutions

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21
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idolatrous

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given to intense or excessive devotion to something

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impassive

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revealing no emotion

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imperturbable

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marked by extreme calm and steadiness

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implacable

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incapable of appeasement or change

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impunity

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immunity from punishment

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inchoate

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initial stage, not fully formed

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infelicitous

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unfortunate; inappropriate

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insipid

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without taste or flavor; bland; lacking in spirit

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loquacious

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extremely talkative

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mendacity

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condition of dishonesty

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misanthrope

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one who hates all other humans

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obdurate

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unyielding; stubborn; hardhearted; intractable

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obsequious

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exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

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occlude

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obstruct, block

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opprobrium

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disgrace, contempt, scorn

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pedagogy

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profession or principles of teaching

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pedantic

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overly concerned with trivial; show-offish about one’s knowledge

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penury

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poverty, destitution

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pine

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yearn intensely; languish; lose vigor

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languish

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grow weak; fail to succeed or make progress

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pith

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essential, central part

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pithy

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precise, brief

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placate

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platitude

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superficial remark, offered as meaningful

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polemical

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controversial; argumentative

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prodigal

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recklessly wasteful; extravagant; lavish

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profuse

48
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proliferate

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grow abundantly and swiftly

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querulous

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prone to complaining; peevish

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peevish

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easily irritated by unimportant things

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rancorous

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characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment

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recalcitrant

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obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage

53
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obstinate

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stubbornly refusing to change opinion

54
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repudiate

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refuse to have anything to do with; disown

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rescind

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retract, repeal, invalidate

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reverent

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marked by feeling of profound awe

57
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salubrious

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promoting health

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solvent

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meeting financial obligation; dissolve another substance

59
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specious

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seeming true but actually fallacious; misleadingly attractive

60
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spurious

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false; counterfeit

61
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subpoena

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court order requiring attendance

62
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superfluous

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exceeding what is necessary

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surfeit

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overabundant supply

64
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tenacity

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quality of persistent determination

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tenuous

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flimsy, weak

66
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tirade

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long and extremely critical speech; harsh denunciation

67
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transient

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fleeting, brief

68
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zealous

A

impassioned; devoted to cause

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