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Manhattan GRE exam 2 Flashcards

1
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Quietus

A

Removal from activity, death

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Sinecure

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A position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit

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Interregnum

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A pause or interruption

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Potlatch

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A wild party

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5
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Rota

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A period of work done in rotation with others

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Betray

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To cheat, be evidence of

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Solicitude

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Care or concern for someone or something

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Supplemental

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Serving to complete or make an addition

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Multifarious

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Many and of various types

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Indignation

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Anger or annoyance provoked by unfair treatment

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Festoon

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A decorative chain or strip hanging between two points

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Innuendo

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An allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive one

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Affable

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Friendly, good natured or easy to work with

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14
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Creed

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A system of religious belief, a faith

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Antagonism

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Active hostility or opposition

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Noteworthy

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Worth paying attention to, interesting or significant

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Gentries

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People of good birth or high social status

18
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Reprobate

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One is who is morally unprincipled

19
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Rogue

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An unprincipled or dishonest person

20
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Vassal

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A person loyal to feudal lord

21
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Bromide

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Commonplace or boring person

22
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Intractable

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Hard to control or deal with, stubborn or difficult(of a person)

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Inerrant

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Incapable of being wrong

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Tenebrous

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Dark, shadowy or obscure

25
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Ineffable

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Too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words

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Opulent

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Ostentatiously costly and luxurious

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Indemnified

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Compensate someone for harm or loss

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Aggravate

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Make worse or more serious, annoy or exasperate

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Proscribe

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Forbid, especially by law

30
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Mirthful

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Joyous, cheerful, jolly

31
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Mote

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A tiny piece of a substance

32
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Tumid

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Swollen, pompous or bombastic

33
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Turbid

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Cloudy, opaque or thick with suspended matter

34
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Jejune

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1) Naïve, simplistic and superficial
2) (of ideas or writings) dry and uninteresting

35
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Rebuffed

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Reject someone or something in an abrupt or ungracious manner

36
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Hasty

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Done with excessive speed or urgency, hurried

37
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Inured

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Accustom someone to something, especially something unpleasant

38
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Purge

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1) Rid of someone or something with unwanted quality, condition or feeling
2) Remove from an organization or a place in an abrupt or violent way

39
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Diachronic

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Concerned with the way in which something has developed and evolved through time

40
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Adulation

A

Excessive admiration or praise

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