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Magoosh 1 Flashcards

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Alacrity

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Eager willingness to do something

The first 3 weeks at his new job Mark worked with such alacrity that upper management knew they would be giving him a promotion

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Prosaic

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Dull and lacking imagination

Unlike the talented artists in his workshop, Paul had no such bent for the visual medium that he ended up with a prosaic mosaic

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Veracity

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Truthful

After years of political scandals the congressman was hardly known for his veracity.

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Paucity

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Lack of something

There is a paucity of jobs hiring today that require menial skills, since most jobs have either been automated or outsourced

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Maintain

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To assert

The scientist maintained that the extinction of dinosaurs was most likely brought by drastic change in climate

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Contrite

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To be remorseful

Though he stole his sisters licorice with glee, Chuck soon became contrite when she wouldn’t stop crying

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Laconic

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Says few words

While Martha always swooned over the hunky laconic types in romantic comedies, her bfs were very talkative and not very hunky

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Pugnacious

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Aggressively argue about everything

The comedian told one flat joke after another and when the audience started booing he pugnaciously spat back Hey you think this is easy

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Disparate

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Fundamentally different

With the advent of machines capable of looking inside the brain, fields as disparate as religion and biology have been brought together as scientists try to understand what happens in the brain when people have a religious experience

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Egregious

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Standing out in a bad way

The dictators abuse of human rights was so egregious that many world leaders asked that he be tried in an international court for genocide

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Innocuous

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Harmless without ill effects

Everyone found Nancy’s banter innocuous except for Mike who felt like she was intentionally picking on him

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Erratic

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Unpredictable, Strange/Unconventional

It came no surprise to pundits that the presidents attempt at re-election floundered; even during his term support for his policies was erratic with an approval rating jumping from 30 to 60

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Bleak

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Depressing take on life

Unremitting overcast skies tend to lead people to create bleak literature compared to England’s band Radiohead to any band from southern California

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Profuse

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Pours out in abundance

During mile 20 of the marathon Dwayne was sweating profusely that he stopped to take off his shirt

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Extant

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Existent

Despite many bookstores closing experts predict that some form of book dealing will still be extant generations from now

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Contentious

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Like to argue

Grandpa became very contentious during the summer when only re-runs were on TV

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Auspicious

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Favorable

Despite an auspicious beginning, Mikes road trip became a series of mishaps and he was soon stranded without a car

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Enervate

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Sap the energy from

John preferred to avoid equatorial countries as the intense sun would always leave him enervated

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Equivocate

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Speak vaguely usually with intention to mislead

The findings of the study were equivocal, the two researchers had divergent opinions on what the results signified

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Ambivalent

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Mixed or conflicting emotions about something

Sam was ambivalent about studying for the GRE because it ate up a lot of her time yet he learned many words.

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Sedulous

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Anything but idle

Harold sedulously amassed a collection of coins from over 100 countries an endeavor that took over 15 years

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Stem

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Limit the flow/growth of something

To stem the tide of applications, the prestigious Ivy schools require that each applicant score at least 330 on the revised GRE

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Blinkered

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Limited outlook or understanding

In gambling the addict is easily blinkered by past success or failure forgetting that the outcome of any one game is independent of the other

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Unchecked

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Something undesirable that has grown out of control

Deserted for 6 months, the property began to look like an unchecked jungle

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Checkered

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Marked by disreputable happenings

One by one the presidential candidates dropped out of the race, their respective checkered pasts from embezzlement to infidelity, sabotaged their campaigns

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Raft

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Large number of something

Despite a raft of city ordinances passed by an overzealous council, noise pollution continued unabated in the megalopolis

Large number of rafts: a raft of rafts

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Involved

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Difficult to comprehend

The physics lecture became so involved that the undergraduates eyes glazed over

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Retiring

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Shy and inclined to retract from company

Nelson was always the first to leave, he was retiring and preferred solitude

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Expansive

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Communicative and prone to talking in a sociable manner

After a few sips of cognac the mayor shed his irascible demeanor and became expansive, speaking fondly of the good old days

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Moment

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Significant and important

Despite the initial hullabaloo the play was of no great moment in Hampton’s writing career and within a few years the public forgot about him.

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Base

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Without any moral principle/contemptible/ignoble

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Imbibe

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Intake of knowledge or information

Plato imbibed Socrates teaching to such an extent that he was able to write volumes of work that he directly attributed to him

33
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Inundate

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To flood /overwhelmed by too many people or things

The newsroom was inundated by false reports that only made it more difficult for the casters to proivde an objective account of the robbery

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Scintillating

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Give off sparks; someone brilliant/lively

Richard was renowned for his scintillating lectures

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Benighted

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State of ignorance

Far from being a period of utter benightedness, the medieval ages produced inestimable works of theological speculation

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Galvanize

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excite to action/spur on

At mile 23 of the marathon, Kyle had given up until he noticed his family holding a banner; Galvanized he broke into a gallop finishing the race

37
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Flush

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In abundance/drive out of hiding

The GRE comprehension is a flush of words that you may have only learned yesterday

38
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Fell

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Terribly evil

Fans of the Harry Potter series the fell Lord Voldemort who terrorized harry has been vanquished by the forces of good.

39
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Arch

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Deliberately teasing/chief/principal

The baroness was arch making playful asides to the townspeople; yet because they couldn’t pick up her dry humor they thought her supercilious

40
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Beg

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Evade a question, invite an obvious question, ask a question that makes unwarranted assumptions

By assuming Charlie was headed to collage, Maggie begged the question when she asked him which school he was going to

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Tender

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Offer it up

The government was loath to tender more money in the fear that it might set off inflation

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Intimate

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Suggest subtly

At first Mikes teachers intimated to his parents that he was not suited to skip a grade, when they protested they explicitly told them he was too immature.

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Wanting

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Lacking

She did not find her vocabulary wanting, yet there was so many GRE words she did not know

44
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Start

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Suddenly move or dart in a particular direction

All alone in the mansion, Hope started when she heard a sound

45
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Fleece

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To deceive

Many have been fleeced by internet scams and have never received their money back

46
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Telling

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Significant and revealing of another factor

Her unbecoming dress was very telling when it came to her sense of fashion

47
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Wax

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To increase

Her enthusiasm for the diva’s new album only waxed with each song

48
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Check

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To limit

When government abuses are not taken in check, that government is likely to become autocratic

49
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Qualify

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To limit

50
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Becoming

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Appropriate and matches nicely

Her dress was becoming and made her look even more beautiful

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