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The Hit Parade #2 Flashcards

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Abate (v)

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to lessen in intensity or degree

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Accolade (n)

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an expression of praise

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Adulation (n)

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excessive praise; intense adoration

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Aesthetic (adj)

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dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful

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Ameliorate (v)

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to make better or more tolerable

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Ascetic (n)

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one who practices rigid self-denial, esp. as an act of religious devotion

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Avarice (n)

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greed, esp. for wealth (adj. form: avaricious)

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Axiom (n)

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a universally recognized principle (adj. form: axiomatic)

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Burgeon (v)

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to grow rapidly or flourish

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Bucolic (adj)

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rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants

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Cacophony (n)

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harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance (adj. form: cacophonous)

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Canon (n)

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an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature (adj. form: canonical)

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Castigation (n)

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severe criticism or punishment (verb form: castigate)

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Catalyst (n)

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a substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing; a person or thing that causes change

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Caustic (adj)

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burning or stinging, causing corrosion

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Chary (adj)

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wary; cautious; sparing

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Cogent (adj)

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appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing

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Complaisance (n)

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the willingness to comply with the wishes of others (adj. form: complaisant)

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Contentious (adj)

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argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement

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Contrite (adj)

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regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness (noun form: contrition)

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Culpable (adj)

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deserving blame (noun form: culpability)

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Dearth (n)

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smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack

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Demur (v)

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to question or oppose

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Didactic (adj)

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intended to teach or instruct

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Discretion (n)
cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions (adj. form: discrete)
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Disinterested (adj)
free of bias or self-interest; impartial
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Dogmatic (adj)
expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles (noun form: dogma)
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Ebullience (n)
the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings (adj. form: ebullient)
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Eclectic (adj)
composed of elements drawn from various sources
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Elegy (n)
a mournful poem, esp. one lamenting the dead (adj. form: elegiac)
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Emollient (adj)/(n)
soothing, esp. to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying; an agent that softens or smooths the skin
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Empirical (adj)
based on observation or experiment
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Enigmatic (adj)
mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand (noun form: enigma)
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Ephemeral (adj)
brief; fleeting
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Esoteric (adj)
intended for or understood by a small, specific group
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Eulogy (n)
a speech honoring the dead (verb form: eulogize)
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Exonerate (v)
to remove blame
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Facetious (adj)
playful; humorous
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Fallacy (n)
an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief (adj. form: fallacious)
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Furtive (adj)
marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious
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Gregarious (adj)
sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people
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Harangue (v)/(n)
to deliver a pompous speech or tirade; a long, pompous speech
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Heretical (adj)
violating accepted dogma or convention (noun form: heresy)
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Hyperbole (n)
an exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech (adj. form: hyperbolic)
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Impecunious (adj)
lacking funds; without money
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Incipient (adj)
beginning to come into being or to become apparent
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Inert (adj)
unmoving; lethargic; sluggish
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Innocuous (adj)
harmless; causing no damage
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Intransigent (adj)
refusing to compromise (noun form: intransigence)
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Inveigle (v)
to obtain by deception or flattery
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Morose (adj)
sad; sullen; melancholy
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Odious (adj)
evoking intense aversion or dislike
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Opaque (adj)
impenetrable by light; not reflecting light
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Oscillation (n)
the act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm (verb form: oscillate)
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Penurious (adj)
penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous
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Pernicious (adj)
extremely harmful; potentially causing death
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Peruse (v)
to examine with great care (noun form: perusal)
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Pious (adj)
extremely reverent or devout; showing strong religious devotion (noun form:piety)
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Precursor (n)
one that precedes and indicates or announces another
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Preen (v)
to dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care
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Prodigious (adj)
abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary
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Prolific (adj)
producing large volumes or amounts; productive
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Putrefy (v)
to rot; to decay and give off a foul odor (adj. form: putrid)
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Quaff (v)
to drink deeply
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Quiescence (n)
stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest (adj. form: quiescent)
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Redoubtable (adj.)
awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
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Sanction (n)/(v)
authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance; to give permission or authority to
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Satire (n)
a literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision (adj. form satirical)
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Squalid (adj)
sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect (noun form: squalor)
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Stoic (adj)
indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast (noun form: stoicism)
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Supplant (v)
to take the place of; to supersede
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Torpid (adj)
lethargic; sluggish; dormant (noun form: torpor)
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Ubiquitous (adj)
existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread
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Urbane (adj)
sophisticated; refined; elegant (noun form: urbanity)
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Vilify (v)
to defame; to characterize harshly
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Viscous (adj)
thick; sticky (noun form: viscosity)

GRE Vocab - "The Hit Parade" (4 decks)

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