TOP GRE 1 Flashcards

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Zeal

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Passion, excitement

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Whimisical

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Acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable

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Waver

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To fluctuate between choices

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Volatile

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Easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive

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5
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Vex

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To annoy

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Verbose

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Wordy

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Veracity

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Filled with truth and accuracy

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Venerate

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To respect deeply

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Vacillate

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To sway physically; to be indecisive

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Transitory

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Temporary, lasting a brief time

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Torpor

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Extreme mental and physical sluggishness

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Tirade

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Long, harsh speech or verbal attack

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Taciturn

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Silent, not talkitive

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14
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Tacit

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Done without using words

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15
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Sublime

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Lofty or grand

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Stolid

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Unemotional; lacking sensitivity

17
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Stigma

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A mark of shame or discredit

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Specious

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Deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious

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Soporific

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Causing sleep or lethargy

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Satiate

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To satisfy fully or overindulge

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Rhetoric

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Effective writing or speaking

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Reticent

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Silent, reserved

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Repudiate

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To reject the validity of

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Rarefy

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To make thinner or sparser

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Quiescent

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Motionless

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Pungent

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Sharp and irritating to the senses

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Prudence

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Wisdom, caution, or restraint

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Propriety

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Correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs

29
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Propitiate

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To conciliate; to appease

30
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Proliferate

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To increase in number quickly

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Prodigal

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Lavish, wasteful

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Pristine

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Fresh and clean; uncorrupted

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Precipitate

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To throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation

34
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Pragmatic

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Practical as opposed to idealistic

35
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Plethora

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Excess