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Manhattan vocab 1 (w/ details) Flashcards

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formidable

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inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable

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dolorous

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Extremely sorrowful; causing or expressing great sadness or mourning

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prolix

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excessively wordy; tediously lengthy; too long or drawn out

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Intransigent

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Unwilling to change one’s view or to agree about something

GRE instructor: stubborn, stuck, unmoving

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Impetuous

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  1. Impulsive; liable to make decisions without forethought
  2. Moving forcefully or rapidly, characterized by forceful motion
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Opportunism

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The tendency to seek advantage, likely in an unethical, unscrupulous fashion

Ruthlessly taking advantage of opportunities for one’s own greedy interest

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Suffix:
_____(ism)

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Suffix usually indicates the dark side of a neutral word – sexism, racism, opportunism

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Inimical

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  1. Vehemently opposed to something, often in an angry or ill-willed fashion
  2. Hostile; inclined toward enmity
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lugubrious

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Mournful or dark in an exaggerated way; exceptionally grim

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vituperative

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Highly critical (bitter), often in an abuse way

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acerbic

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  1. Sharp, sarcastic, biting
  2. Tasting sour or bitter
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Plausibility

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The condition of being believable or possible; appearing reasonable or true

GRE instructor: Somewhere between probability (likely to be true) and possibility (could be true). Plausibility: believable.

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Disaffection

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Loss of interesting, feeling, or loyalty. Estrangement.

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Suffix: Dis___

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The opposite of something (negative)

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Quotidian

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  1. Occurring on a daily basis
  2. Mundane; ordinary
  3. Everyday
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Serendipitous

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Characterized by chance, luck, or good fortune

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Disconsolate

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  1. Unable to be cheered up or soothed; despondent
  2. Gloomy; causing unhappiness

Without console (comfort someone)

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Dispassionately

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Objectively; without emotional attachment

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Attenuation

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  1. The act of stretching out, making thinner; the state of being stretched, thinned out
  2. (Biology) The process by which an infectious organism, bacteria, or virus becomes less harmful
  3. (Physics) A decrease in energy or other property of a wave or particle as it disperses or scatters
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Frugality

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The state or act of being thrifty; conserving money or resources in a careful manner

Important: Not JUST about money

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Perfunctory

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  1. Merely routine; done only on a surface level
  2. Lacking in excitement; with minimum engagement
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Restive

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  1. Restless; uneasy
  2. Resisting outside control; stubborn
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Immutable

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Unchanging; fixed; cannot be altered

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Pithy

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Strongly worded; memorable; to the point

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Prosaic

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  1. Mundane, ordinary
  2. With the characteristic of prose writing, as opposed to poetry. Often in the sense of being pedestrian and lacking in animation or imagination.

It often implies a lack of poetic or artistic qualities.

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Happenstance

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Chance occurrence or circumstance

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Duplicitous

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Lying; purposefully deceptive

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Solicitous

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  1. Concerned, in an earnest, conscientious way
  2. Concerned, in an anxious, fearful way
  3. Extremely careful and precise
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Practicable

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Something that can be put into practice; useful

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Ribald

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Inappropriate; irreverent; coarse

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Maudlin

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  1. Tearful, emotional, often in an overdone way
  2. Drunk enough to be overwrought (nervous excitement or anxiety) after three.

GRE instructor: Moppy/self-absorbed kind of way

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Formulaic

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Done according to an established pattern; following a formula

Think about the application on two levels: math and personality

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Obdurate

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  1. Stubbornly continuing to behave wrongly
  2. Refusing to be persuaded
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Quixotic

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  1. Likely to make impulsive decisions, often in a romantic or sentimental way
  2. Unpredictable
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Equivocal

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  1. Unable to decide; ambivalent
  2. Subject to multiple interpretations; ambiguous
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Unequivocal

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Leaving no doubt; unambiguous

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Deferential

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Tending to give precedence to others, out of either (1) esteem or (2) desire to integrate oneself

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Canny

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  1. Intelligent, clever
  2. Cautious, wary
  3. Highly skilled, very knowledgeable about a topic
  4. Thrifty
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Uncanny

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Strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way

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Preeminent

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Highly distinguished or important

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Disquieting

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Unsettling; disturbing

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Iconoclastic

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  1. Shatter norms or precedents; attacking long-held beliefs
  2. Smashing images, particularly highly esteemed or religious ones
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Scrupulous

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  1. Highly attentive to detail; careful
  2. Ethical; holding to a high moral standard
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Discredited

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  1. Proved to be false
  2. Stripped of status or prestige
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Trite

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Overused; cliche; unoriginal

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Beholden

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Owing something; obligated or in debt in some way

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Industrious

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Hard-working; consistent; diligent

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Malleable

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  1. Flexible; able to be shaped
  2. Readily influenced
  3. Able to adapt
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Demur

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To object (politely)

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Polemical

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Controversial, particularly as relating to a strong argument against something

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Imperious

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  1. Overbearing; commanding, possibly in an arrogant way
  2. Urgent; immediately compelling
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Opaque

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  1. Fully blocking light; unable to be seen through
  2. Difficult to understand or follow
  3. Lacking intelligence; dim
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Invulnerable

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  1. Unable to be injured or hurt
  2. Able to withstand any attack
  3. Cannot be disproved or argued against
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Anachronism

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Something that appears in the wrong historical time, outside of its proper sequence

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Misnomer

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An incorrect name, or the use of such a name

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Root: trans

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Through or across

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abash

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To embarrass or make ashamed; to disconcert.

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abate

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To reduce in degree or intensity; to diminish.

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abecedarian

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Relating to the alphabet; a beginner or novice.

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aberrant

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Deviating from the usual or normal course; atypical.

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aberrant

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Deviating from the usual or normal course; atypical.

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aberration

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A departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically one that is unwelcome.

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dysphoria

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intense emotional state that can be a symptom of many mental health conditions

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esoteric

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intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest.

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Lolling

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Proffers

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Arduous

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Affable

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Wan

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Impregnable

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  1. Unable to be captured or broken into
  2. Unable to be defeated or destroyed; unassailable
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Prose

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Noun
1. Written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure
2. Another term for sequence

Verb
1. Talk tediously

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Metrical

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  1. Relating to or composed in poetic meter
  2. Of or involving measurement

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