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unfeigned

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not false; genuine

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brazen

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bold; shameless

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cartography

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science of making maps

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Elysian

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delightful; blissful

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itinerant

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wandering from place to place; unsettled

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pellucid

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transparent; easily understood

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dross

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waste; worthless matter

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complacent

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Self-satisfied

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indeterminate

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uncertain; indefinite

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dichotomy

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division into two usually contradictory parts

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nostalgia

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sentimental longing for a past time

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pungent

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penetrating, caustic, to the point

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accrue

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to accumulate; to grow by additions

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grandiloquent

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pompous; bombastic

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welter

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wallow or roll; toss about; be in turmoil

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transient

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temporary; fleeting

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complement

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something that completes or makes up a whole

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transgression

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act of trespassing or violating a law or rule

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volatile

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tending to vary frequently

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dirge

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funeral hymn

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theocracy

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government by priests representing a god

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insularity

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narrow-mindedness; isolation

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asperity

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severity; harshness; irritability

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facilitate

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to make less difficult

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maverick

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dissenter

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timbre

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voice tone color

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reductionist

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attempting to explain complex phenomena by simple principles

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chasten

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to correct by punishment or reproof; to restrain or subdue

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primordial

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original; existing from the beginning

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axiomatic

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taken for granted; self-evident truth

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maelstrom

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whirlpool; turmoil

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contrite

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very sorrowful for a wrong; seeking forgiveness

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renege

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to go back on one’s word

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anodyne

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something that calms or soothes pain

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compliant

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yielding

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champion

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to defend or support

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contumacious

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disobedient; rebellious

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ruse

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trick; crafty stratagem

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contend

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to assert

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proscribe

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to condemn, forbid, outlaw

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suppliant

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beseeching

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recalcitrant

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resisting authority or control

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luminous

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bright; brilliant; glowing

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gregarious

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outgoing; sociable

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pedantic

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showing off learning

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heuristic

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relating to a speculative formulation guiding the investigator or solution of a problem; educational method in which students learn from their own investigation

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simile

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comparison of one thing with another using “like” or “as”,

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bard

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poet

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alacrity

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cheerful willingness; eagerness; speed

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staccato

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marked by abrupt, clear-cut sounds

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ethnocentric

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based on the attitude that one’s group is superior

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negate

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to cancel out; nullify

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strident

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loud, harsh, unpleasantly noisy

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extrinsic

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not inherent of essential

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eugenics

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study of factors that influence the hereditary qualities of the human race and ways to improve those qualities

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castigation

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punishment; chastisement; criticism

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query

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question

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geniality

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cheerfulness; kindliness; sociability

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multifarious

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diverse

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bawdy

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obscene

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resolve

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determination, firmness of purpose

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elegy

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poem or song expressing lamentation

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salubrious

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healthful

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servile

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submissive; obedient

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preternatural

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supernatural; beyond the normal use of nature

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jaundiced

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having a yellowish discoloration of the skin; affected by envy

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tenet

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belief, doctrine

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prohibitive

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so high as to prevent the purchase or use of, forbidding

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shard

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a piece of broken glass or pottery

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internecine

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deadly to both sides

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spectrum

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band of color; broad range of related ideas or objects

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incorporate

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introduce something into another thing already in existence

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misogynist

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one who hates women

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coda

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concluding part of a literary or musical composition; something that summarizes or concludes

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extemporaneous

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unrehearsed

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alleviate

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to relieve; improve partially

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doctrinaire

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dogmatic; unyielding

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heterodox

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not widely accepted

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repine

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fret, complain

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desuetude

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state of disuse

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disseminate

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to spread; scatter; disperse

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inertia

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inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness

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capricious

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fickle

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nexus

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a means of connection; a center

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Machiavellian

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crafty; double-dealing

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stricture

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something that restrains, negative criticism

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mundane

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worldly as opposed to spiritual; concerned with the ordinary

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forbearance

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patience

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ornithologist

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scientist who studies birds

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apex

A

the highest point

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alloy

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a combination; a mixture of two or more metals

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calumny

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false and malicious accusation; slander

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plutocracy

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society ruled by the wealthy

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aver

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to affirm; declare to be true

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litany

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lengthy recitation; repetitive chant

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raiment

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clothing

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impair

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to damage; injure

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perfidious

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faithless; disloyal; untrustworthy

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supplant

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to replace; substitute

Barron's GRE words (8 decks)

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