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MP4 Practice Test Flashcards

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dally

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act or move slowly

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wane

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decrease in intensity

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promulgate

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make widely known by public declaration

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noisome

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harmful or dangerous

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antiseptic

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protecting against infection / clean sanitized

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nugatory

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of little value, inconsequential

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augur

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prophet

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postulate

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suggest or assume the existence, fact, or truth of (something) as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief

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annihilate

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to destroy something, defeat somebody

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consummate

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to fulfill or make perfect

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supplant

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take the place of

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specious

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falsely appearing to be true

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plausible

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believable, appearing likely to be true

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expeditious

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prompt or quick

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timorous

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showing or suffering from nervousness, fear, or a lack of confidence

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dodge

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elude or evade

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belie

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disguise the true meaning or nature of something

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imply

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to make something understood without expressing it directly

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condone

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allow something although it is considered wrong

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20
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eschewed

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avoided doing something

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21
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conjured

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invoked supernatural forces

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suffused with

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spread over or through something

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deficient in

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lacking in

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24
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laudable

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worthy of praise

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reprehensible

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deserving of harsh criticism

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inconstant

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frequently changing

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abasing

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degrading

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apprising

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advising

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extolling

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praising

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30
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recidivism

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relapse into crime

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31
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abdication

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step down from responsibility

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suppostion

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assumption

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aggrandize

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make great, beyond what is justified

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coddle

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treat in an indulgent way

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excoriate

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to criticize

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impugn

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to challenge

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mitigate

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reduce in severity

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condone

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forgive or approve

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indict

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accuse formally

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forgo

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give up or do without

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condem

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criticize or declare wrong

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undaunted

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not intimated by difficulty or danger

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feckless

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lazy, irresponsible

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feral

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resembling a wild animal

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grave

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serious or solemn

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treacherous

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presenting unpredictable dangers

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staid

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sedate, respectable, and unadventurous

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waggish

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humorous in a playful, mischievous, or facetious manner

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stentorian

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loud and powerful (or a person’s voice)

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untoward

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unexpected/inappropriate

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liberal

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open to new behavior

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grave

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serious and solemn

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despotic

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cruel or oppressive in one’s use of power

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stodginess

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dull and pompous gravity. stuffiness. graveness, gravity, soberness, sobriety, somberness, sombreness - a manner that is serious and solemn

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scrupulous

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(of a person or process) diligent, thorough, and extremely attentive to details

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reflected

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made apparent, express, or manifest

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redoubled

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doubled, made twice as great

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belied

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contradicted, misrepresented

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venality

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capability of being bought or bribed

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proclivity

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an inclination or predisposition

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celerity

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speed, rapidness

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profane

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treat with irreverence or disrespect

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discern

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perceive or understand

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despoil

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sack or desecrate

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propound

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offer or set forth for consideration

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hallow

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respect or revere

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venerate

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dubitable

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refutable

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able to be disproven

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prevalent

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widespread

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licentious

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unconcerned with accepted norms

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paradoxical

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apparently contradictory

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axiomatic

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self evidently true or universally accepted as being true

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devious

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indirect, shifty, crooked

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jocular

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characterized by or given to playful jesting

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cunning

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ingenious or resourceful

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diffident

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prankish

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full of pranks

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stoic

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unaffected by passion or strong feeling/sober

GRE Practice Test Vocab (6 decks)

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