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1
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Abate

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To make less worsen

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Aberrant

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Deviation from the standard behaviour

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Abjure

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(Objection, my lord) - To reject or renounce

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Abscond

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To run away silently in order to avoid law

Vijay Malya absconded India

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Abstain

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To intentionally refrain from doing something

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Acumen

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Keen judgement and Perception

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Admonish

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To scold or advice severely

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Adulterate

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To contaminate something

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Advocate

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To support

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Aesthetic

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Concerned with the nature of beauty and art

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Affectation

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Fake or artificial behaviour

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Aggrandize

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Sudden increase in something esp. power, wealth and reputation

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Alacrity

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Eagerness and profoundness

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Alleviate

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To release from a problem

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Amalgamte

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To mix two things

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16
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Ambiguous

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Not clear; having more than one meaning

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Ambivalent

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Having mixed or contradictory feelings about something

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Ameliorate

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(Opp. of deteriorate)

To improve a situation

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Amenable

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Easily convinced or persuasive

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Anachronism

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Old fashioned; not belonging to the current time period

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Analogous

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Comparable

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Annoint

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Similar to Appoint

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Anomaly

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Strange, unusual behaviour

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Antipathy

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State of total dislike or hatred

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Antithetical

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Contrary to the very nature

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26
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Apathy

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State of total disinterest or un-enthusiasm

Your apathy is like a wounded soul

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Appease

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To satisfy hunger

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Arbitrary

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Randomly chosen

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29
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Arcane

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Secret; not known by many

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Archaic

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Belonging to old times

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Arduous

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Very difficult, requiring constant effort

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32
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Articulate

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Well spoken; having considerable communication skills

Articulate speech

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Artless

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Untouched, untrained, natural

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Ascetic

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Austere or self-denying

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Assuage

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To relief from a bad feeling

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Astonishment

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Sudden surprise or shock

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Audacious

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Bold and presumptuous

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Austere

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Severe, unadorned

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39
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Avarice

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Greed

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40
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Aver

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To assert or allege

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41
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Banal

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Too boring or cliche

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42
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Belie

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to have a false impression on someone

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43
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Benign

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gentle and harmless

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44
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Biased

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to be partial towards something

45
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Bolster

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to support

46
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Bombastic

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dramatic, overblown

47
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Brazen

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bold enough to be shameless

48
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Bucolic

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Pastoral, rustic

49
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Burgeon

A

expanding very quickly

50
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Cacophony

A

loud and unpleasant noise

51
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Calumny

A

(kaali zubaan)
the making of false and defamatory statements about someone in order to damage their reputation
;slander

52
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Candid

A

open or free

53
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Capricious

A

mercurial, unpredictable

Saras is capricious

54
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Castigate

A

= admonish

to scold severely

55
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Catalyst

A

something which increases the rate

56
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Caustic

A

corrosive, bitte

57
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Censure

A

to object severely

58
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Chauvinist

A

one who thinks that his group is the most superior

59
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Chicanery

A

trickery

60
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Coalesce

A

to bring together things from apart

61
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Cogent

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(agent, spy, sleeps for info)

clearly laid out and persuasive

62
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Commensurate

A

in accordance with, proportional

63
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Compelling

A

captivating

64
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Comprehensive

A

complete and thorough

65
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Condone

A

to approve or allow

66
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Confound

A

= astonish

surprised

67
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Connoisseur

A

someone who has very good cooking or artistic skills

68
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Consequential

A

as a result of

69
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Construe

A

to interpret

70
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Consumption

A

to consume

71
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Contend

A

assert or claim

72
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Contentious

A

controversial

73
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Contrite

A

remorseful

a contrite tone

74
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Convoluted

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not straight, difficult to comprehend

75
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Craft

A

cunning;

a type of skill

76
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Craven

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coward to the point of being shameful

77
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Credence

A

trust; belief

78
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Credulous

A

gullible, naive

79
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Decorum

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state of good manners and well being

80
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Deference

A

respect or polite sumbission

81
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Deflect

A

to change course/path

82
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Deftness

A

skill, acumen

83
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Delineate

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to describe a boundary in a very descriptive way

84
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Demur

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to object or raise concerns

85
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Denigrate

A

to say bad things in a defamatory way

86
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Deride

A

ridicule, joke

87
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Derivative

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to copy something in a way that is unoriginal and uninspiring

88
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Desiccate

A

to dry out

89
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Desultory

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half-heartened, inconsistent

90
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Detachement

A

aloofness

91
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Determinant

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to have a major contribution to an outcome

92
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Diatribe

A

a rant or angry speech

93
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Didactic

A

intended to teach

didactic novel

94
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Diffident

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shy or timid due to lack of self confidence

95
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Discrepancy

A

inconsistency

96
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Disinterested

A

not interested in the outcome

97
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Disparage

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= to belittle

represent as being of little worth

98
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Disparate

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(desparate boy liking girl)

dissimilar to such an extent that comparison is not possible

99
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Disregard

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to ignore, not pay attention

100
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Dissemble

A

to mislead or conceal the truth to respect one’s motive

101
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Disseminate

A

to spread widely

102
Q

Dissonance

A

(resonance => balls)

clash between elements that have the same nature

103
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Diverge

A

to split apart

104
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Dogma

A

beliefs of one social group

105
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Dupe

A

to deceive or fool

106
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Ebullient

A

enthusiastic

107
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Eccentric

A

stange

108
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Efficacy

A

efficient

GRE Vocab - 1 (7 decks)

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