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Princeton Review GRE Vocab > Set 4 > Flashcards

Set 4 Flashcards

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1
Q

Amenable

A

Agreeable; responsive to suggestion

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Astringent

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Having a tightening effect on living tissue ; harsh ; severe ; something with a tightening effect on tissue

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3
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Contiguous

A

Sharing a border ; touching ; adjacent

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4
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Convention

A

A generally agreed upon practice or attitude

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Credulous

A

Gullible

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Cynicism

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An attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness

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Derision

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Scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment

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Disparage

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To slight or belittle

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Glib

A

Marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial

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Immutable

A

Not capable of change

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Inimical

A

Damaging; harmful; injurious

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12
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Obfuscate

A

To make confusing

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13
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Presumptuous

A

Overstepping due bounds

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Probity

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Adherence to highest principles; complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness

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Proclivity

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A natural inclination or predisposition

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Profligate

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Excessively wasteful

17
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Prosaic

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Dull

18
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Renege

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To fail to honor a commitment or to go back on a promise

19
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Sedulous

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Diligent and persistent

20
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Rarefy

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To make thin or less dense

21
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Recondite

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Hidden; concealed; difficult to understand

22
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Soporific

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Causing drowsiness

23
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Spendthrift

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One who spends money wastefully

24
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Tacit

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Implied not explicitly stated

25
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Tout

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To publicly praise or promote

26
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Trenchant

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Sharply perceptive, keen, penetrating

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Unfeigned

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Genuine

28
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Untenable

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Indefensible, not viable, uninhabitable

29
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Vituperate

A

To use harsh condemnatory language

Princeton Review GRE Vocab (6 decks)

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