Top GRE Vocab. Words (M-Z) Flashcards

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Malleable

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Capable of being shaped

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Malinger

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To evade responsibility by pretending to be ill

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech comparing two different things; a symbol

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Meticulous

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Extremely careful about details

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Misanthrope

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A person who dislikes others

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Mitigate

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To soften; to lessen

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Mollify

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To calm or make less severe

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Monotony

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Lack of variation

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Naive

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Lacking sophistication or experience

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Obdurate

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Hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion

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Obsequious

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Overly submissive and eager to please

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Obstinate

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Stubborn, unyielding

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Obviate

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To prevent; to make unnecessary

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Occlude

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To stop up; to prevent the passage of

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Onerous

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Troublesome and oppressive; burdensome

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Opaque

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Impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light

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Opprobrium

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Public disgrace

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Ostentation

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Excessive showiness

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Paradox

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A contradiction or dilemma

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Paragon

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Model of excellence or perfection

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Pedant

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Someone who shows off learning

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Perfidious

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Willing to betray one’s trust

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Perfunctory

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Done in a routine way; indifferent

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Permeate

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To penetrate

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Philanthropy

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Charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness

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Placate

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To soothe or pacify

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Plastic

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Able to be molded, altered, or bent

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Plethora

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Excess

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Pragmatic

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Practical as opposed to idealistic

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Precipitate

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To throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation

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Prevaricate

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To lie or deviate from the truth

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Pristine

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Fresh and clean; uncorrupted

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Prodigal

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Lavish, wasteful

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Proliferate

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To increase in number quickly

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Propitiate

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To conciliate; to appease

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Propriety

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Correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs

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Prudence

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Wisdom, caution, or restraint

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Pungent

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Sharp and irritating to the senses

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Quiescent

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Motionless

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Rarefy

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To make thinner or sparser

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Repudiate

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To reject the validity of

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Reticent

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Silent, reserved

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Rhetoric

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Effective writing or speaking

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Satiate

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To satisfy fully or overindulge

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Soporific

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Causing sleep or lethargy

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Specious

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Deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious

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Stigma

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A mark of shame or discredit

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Stolid

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Unemotional; lacking sensitivity

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Sublime

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Lofty or grand

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Tacit

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Done without using words

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Taciturn

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Silent, not talkative

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Tirade

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Long, harsh speech or verbal attack

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Torpor

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Extreme mental and physical sluggishness

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Transitory

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Temporary, lasting a brief time

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Vacillate

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To sway physically; to be indecisive

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Venerate

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To respect deeply

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Veracity

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Filled with truth and accuracy

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Verbose

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Wordy

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Vex

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To annoy

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Volatile

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Easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive

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Waver

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To fluctuate between choices

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Whimsical

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Acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable

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Zeal

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Passion, excitement