Top GRE Vocab. Words (F-L) Flashcards

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Fawn

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To grovel

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Fanatical

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Acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion

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Fervid

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Intensely emotional; feverish

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Florid

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Excessive decorated or embellished

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Foment

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To arouse or incite

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Frugality

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A tendency to be thrifty or cheap

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Garrulous

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Tending to talk a lot

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Gregarious

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Outgoing, sociable

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Guile

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Deceit or trickery

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Gullible

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Easily deceived

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Homogenous

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Of a similar kind

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Iconoclast

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One who opposes establish beliefs, customs, and institutions

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Imperturbable

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Not capable of being disturbed

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Impervious

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Impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected

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Impetuous

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Quick to act without thinking

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Implacable

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Unable to be calmed down or made peaceful

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Inchoate

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Not fully formed; disorganized

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Ingenuous

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Showing innocence or childlike simplicity

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Inimical

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Hostile, unfriendly

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Innocuous

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Harmless

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Insipid

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Lacking interest or flavor

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Intransigent

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Uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled

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Inundate

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To overwhelm; to cover with water

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Irascible

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Easily made angry

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Laconic

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Using few words

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Lament

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To express sorrow; to grieve

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Laud

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To give praise; to glorify

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Lavish

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To give unsparingly (v.); extremely generous or extravagant (adj.)

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Lethargic

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Acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner

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Loquacious

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Talkative

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Lucid

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Clear and easily understood

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Luminous

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Bright, brilliant, glowing