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Kaplan Practice Test 2 Flashcards

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Equivocal

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Open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous

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Querulous

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Complaining in a whining manner

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Piquant

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Having a pleasantly sharp taste or appetizing flavor; pleasantly stimulating or exciting to the mind

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Recreant

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Cowardly

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Dilatory

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Slow to act

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Cache

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Store away in hiding or for future use

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Obstreperous

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Noisy and difficult to control

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Zeal

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Great energy or entusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective

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Cogitation

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The action of thinking deeply about something; contemplation

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Clement

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Mild or merciful

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Implacable

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Unstoppable

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Filial

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From a son or daughter

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Approbation

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Approval or praise

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Decorum

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Behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety

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Astringent

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Sharp or severe in manner or style

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Venerate

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Regard with great respect

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Sacrosanct

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Regarded as too important or valuable to be interfered with

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18
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Obfuscate

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To render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible

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Punctilious

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Showing great attention to detail or correct behavior

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Onerous

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Involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome

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Portent

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A sign or warning that something is likely to happen

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Augury

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A sign of what will happen in the future

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Aggrandize

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To increase power, status, or wealth beyond what is justified

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Vituperate

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To blame or insult in strong or violent language

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Credulous

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Having or showing too great a readiness to believe things

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Contrite

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Affected by guilt; feeling or expressing remorse

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Impecunious

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Having little or no money

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Ephemeral

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Lasting for a very short time

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Insurgent

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(n) a rebel; (v) to revolt

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Innocuous

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Not harmful or offensive

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Noisome

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Unpleasant

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Indomitable

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Impossible to defeat

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Capitulate

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Castigate

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To reprimand someone severely

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Trite

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Lacking originality or freshness

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Abatement

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The ending, reduction, or lessening of something

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Antithetical

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Directly opposed or contrasted

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Apostate

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Abandoning a religious or political belief or principle

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Liminal

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Being at a boundary or threshold

40
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Precipitous

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Dangerously high or steep; done suddenly and without careful consideration

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Sumptuous

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Splendid and expensive-looking

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Accord

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(n) an official agreement or treaty. (v) Give or grant someone power

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Fracas

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A noisy disturbance or quarrel

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Elixir

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A magical or medicinal potion

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Aberration

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A departure from what is normal; typical unwelcome

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Cavalcade

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A formal procession of people

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Peregrination

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Travel or wander from place to place

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Mendacious

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Abjure

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To solemnly renounce

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Languid

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Pleasantly lazy and peaceful OR weak from illness or fatigue

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Incisive

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Accurate and sharply focused

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Capricious

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Changing often and quickly

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Umbrage

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Offense or annoyance

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Lugubrious

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Looking or sounding sad and dismal

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Ersatz

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Used as an inferior substitute for something else

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Semblance

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Apparent and false form of something

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Foible

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A minor weakness in someone’s character

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Patently

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Clearly; without doubt

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Obviate

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To remove (think: Obliviate)

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Presage

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A sign or warning that something bad will happen

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Specious

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Misleadingly attractive

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Pellucid

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Translucently clear; Lucid in style

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Incipient

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Beginning to happen or develop

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Fallacious

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Based on a mistaken belief

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Redolent

A

Reminiscent or suggestive of

*GRE Words (4 decks)

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