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Abrogate

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Repeal or to do away with or abolish

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Denominate

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Call/ name ; be expressed in a specific monetary unit

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Pejorative

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Having a disparaging derogatory or belittling effect

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Substantiation

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Support/ evidence

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Concurrence

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Agreement

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Cupidity

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Greed or excessive desire to possess something

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Wizened

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Shrunken or wrinkled with age

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Sojourn

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A short trip

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Sedation

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A state of calm

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Insolent

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Disrespectful

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Nonplussed

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At a loss

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Disconsolate

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Inconsolable

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Hemicircle

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Semicircle form

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Malaise

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Illness

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Immure

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To imprison

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Effluent

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Wastewater

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Ramparts

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Fortifications

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Hauteur

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Haughtiness

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Cynosure

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Center of attention

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Insouciance

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Carefree

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Categorical

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Clear and direct

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Recondite

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Obscure

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Protracted

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Extended

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Reviled

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Abused verbally

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Licentious

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Immoral

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Amity

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Friendship

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Deferential

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Respectful/ polite

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Malinger

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To fake an illness in order to escape work

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Depose

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Overthrow

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Systemic

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Pertaining to the whole

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Provisional

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Conditional

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Lucrative

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Financially profitable

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Fixtures

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Sources

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Hedges

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Evasions / excuses

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Raucous

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Harsh or rowdy

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Portent

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Omen

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Auspicious

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Promising success, fortunate

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Augural

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Predictive

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Rapport

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Positive connection

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Buoyed

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Raised

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Admonish

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To advise or to scold

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Abstemiously

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Characterized by moderation

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Described

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Discovered

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Ascertained

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Verified

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Envisaged

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Visualized

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Nondescript

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Vague or unclear

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Temporal

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Material/ worldly

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Secular

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Not dealing with religion/ material/ worldly possessions

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Elucidatory

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Clarifying

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Desultory

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Lacking in consistency/ unconnected with the main subject

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Vitiate

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Morally corrupt

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Arresting

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Shocking

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Uncouth

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Vulgar

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Untenable

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Incapable of being defended

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Insuperable

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Insurmountable

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Mellifluous

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Honeyed

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Anathema

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Abomination

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Temperate

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Moderate

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Dubious

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Questionable

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Predestined

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Predetermined

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Machination

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Intrigue

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Droll

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Amusing

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Salacious

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Lustful

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Lecherous

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Lustful

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Aggrieved

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Troubled

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Cerebral

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Intellectual

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Jocund

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Cheerful

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Cajole

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Coax

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Malevolent

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Wishing harm on others or evil

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Indelible

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Permanent

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Incorrigible

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Bad beyond correction or reform

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Denigration

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Defamation

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Retribution

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Vengeance

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Supplications

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Humble requests

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Gaffes

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Errors

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Multianimous

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Multifaceted

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Sabbatical

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Leave of absence

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Liaison

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Meeting

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Jejune

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Childish, immature, boring

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Obsolescence

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Outdated

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Idiomatic

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Filled wig idioms (dialectical sayings)

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Paradigmatic

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Exemplary

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Hectoring

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Harassing

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Adjured

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Begged or commanded

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Presentiment

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A feeling of anticipation over a future event

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Supposition

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Assumption

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Aegis

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Guidance/ protection

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Cursory

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Hasty/ superficial

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Penultimate

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Next to last

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Vilipended

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Disparaged

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Latent

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Undeveloped

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Beguiling

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Appealing or pleasant

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Efficacious

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Effective or helpful

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Nefarious

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Evil

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Apostasies

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Renunciations of faith

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Restive

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On edge

Princeton Review GRE Vocab (6 decks)

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