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Verbal Reasoning Practice Set 1 (One) Flashcards

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Decry

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To express strong disapproval

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Aspersion

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An abusive attack on a persons character

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Deride

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To treat or speak with contempt

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Diatribe

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A thunderous verbal attack

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Excoriate

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Censure or criticize severely

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Censure

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Express severe disapproval of

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Impugn

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To dispute the validity or honesty of a statement

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Inveigh

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To speak or write about something with great hostility

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Objurgate

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To rebuke or scold severely

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Obloquy

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A strong public criticism or verbal abuse

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Opprobrium

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Harsh criticism or censure

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Pillory

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To attack or reticule publicly

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Remonstrate

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To make a forcefully reproachful protest

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13
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Reproachful

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Expressing disapproval or disappointment

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14
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Reprove

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To reprimand or censure somebody

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Revile

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To criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner

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Vituperate

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To blame or insult someone with strong language

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17
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Vouchsafed

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To give or grant someone something in a gracious manner

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Lauded

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To praise highly in a public context

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19
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Canard

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An unfounded rumor or story

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20
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Chicanery

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The use of trickery to gain a legal, financial, or political purpose

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Equivocate

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Using ambiguous language to conceal the truth

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22
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Ersatz

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Not real or genuine

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Feigned

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Insincere

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Mendacious

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Lying, not telling the truth

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Perfidy

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Untrustworthiness

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Specious

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Superficially possible, but actually wrong

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Spurious

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False or fake, not being what it purports to be

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Purports

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To appear or claim to be something

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Mendacity

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Untruthfullness

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Levity

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Humor or frivolity

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Histrionics

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Over-theatrical or melodramatic

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Peruse

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Reading something in a typically thorough manner

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Intuit

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Understand or work out by instinct

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PLAC (root)

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To please

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Placebo

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A measure designed to calm or please someone

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CIRCUM (root)

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Around

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Circuitous

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Longer than the most direct way

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Panoptic

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Showing or seeing the whole at one view

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PAN (root)

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All

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OPTIC (root)

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To see or observe

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Parsing

A

Analyze a sentence into its parts

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Panacea

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A solution or remedy for all difficulties

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Affinity

A

An attractive force

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FIN (root)

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End

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DEM (root)

A

People

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VEN/VENT (root)

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To come/to move toward

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Venal

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Motivated by susceptibility to bribery

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VENAL (root)

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Corrupt

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Advent

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The arrival of a notable person

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Aberrations

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A departure from what is normal

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Equivocal

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Open to more than one interpretation

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Erudite

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Having great knowledge

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Prodigal

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Spending money or resources freely and recklessly

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Desiccate

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To remove moisture from something usually to preserve it

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Pedant

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A person who is excessively worried about minor rules or details

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Capricious

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Given to sudden or unaccountable changes of mood or behavior

57
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Loquacious

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Tending to talk a great deal

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Volatile

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Liable to change rapidly

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Corroborate

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To confirm or give support to a finding

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Antiquated

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Old fashion or outdated

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Quixotic

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Foolishly idealistic

62
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Calumny

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The making of false claims to hurt someone’s reputation

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Commendation

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Praise

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Salubrious

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Health giving, healthy

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Opprobrious

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Expressing offense or reproach

GRE Workbook Vocab (9 decks)

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