official gre words to learn Flashcards by Altynbek Ismailov | Brainscape

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defy

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refuse to obey

make impossible

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woo

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try to gain love

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morbid

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indicative of disease

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recondite

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little known. abstruse

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undoing

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the cause of failure

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fecklessness

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lacking strength or character

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scintillating

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sparkling or shining brightly

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incendiary

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a person who sets fire

causing fire

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efflorescence

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reach optimum stage of development

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acquisitiveness

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excessive interest in acquiring money

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exacted a toll

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forced to pay price

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tepid

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showing little enthuiasm

slightly warm

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excise

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a levy of tax

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indictment

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a charge

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feigning

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pretend to be

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dissemble

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conceal ones true motives

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adverse

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preventing success or development

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hortatory

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tending or aiming to exhort

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transgressions

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an act that goes against law

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trifling

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unimportant or trivial

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relish

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great enjoyment

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serendipitous

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occured or discovered by chance

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blemish

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s small mark that spoils

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blandly

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lacking strong features

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commonplace

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ordinary

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kindred

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similar in kind, affiliated

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imperative

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a vital importance, crucial

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commensurate

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in proportion

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heterodox

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not complying to orthodox. iconoclast

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meager

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lacking in quantity and quality

thin

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ruthless

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having or showing no pity

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industrious

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diligent and hard working

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compel

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to oblige or force

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irresolute

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ambivalent

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opulent

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ostentatiously rich

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mundane

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earthly

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recapitulate

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summarize and repeat again

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facetious

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taking serious issues with deliberate humor

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patent

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obvious

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vanquished

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defeat thoroughly

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anoint

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nominate, smear

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goosebumps

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мурашки

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jettison

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throw or drop smth

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startling

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very surprising

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recrudescent

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break out again, recur, resurgent

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succumb

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fail to resist

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scuffle

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a short confused fight

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coonages

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inventions

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foreground

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call attention to

the most important position, передний план

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schism

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a split or divison

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modicum

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a small quantity

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dissent

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hold opinion that varies

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frivolous

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not having serious purpose, irrelevant

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sartorial

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of or relating to clothes

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deflect

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cause something to change direction

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brandish

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wave as a threat

размахивать

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synoptic

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general summary, synopsis, abridged

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extravagance

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profilgate

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aghast

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shock (may have negative meaning)

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menacing

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threatening

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conspicuous

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standing out, clearly visible

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heed

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pay attention to

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condone

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accept or allow

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row

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festering dispute over

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manacled, reined in

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fettered with chains

keep under control

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ploddingly

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slow moving, un exciting

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melding

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blend, combine

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ecstatic

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joyful, elated

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humdrum

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lacking excitement, dull