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vii GRE Cards Flashcards

1
Q

Bridle

A

restrain. The curfew has bridled people’s will to go out at night

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2
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Moot

A

irrelevant

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Deign

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to do something past their dignity. Never deigned to answer the servers questions

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4
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Conspicuous

A

obvious

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5
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Proselytize

A

convert someone

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Perspicacious

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insightful

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7
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Construe

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interpret

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Arcane

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understood by few

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Immure

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confine

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Dispensation

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she is given dispensation as she’s the scion of a billionaire

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11
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Magnanimous

A

likely to forgive

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12
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Fastidious

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fussy

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Factitious

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artificial

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Aboveboard

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honest. Syncs CEO was not really aboveboard

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15
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Apotheosis

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height of development

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16
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Exhort

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encourage

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17
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Temerity

A

fearless daring

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Pollyanna

A

overly positive

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19
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Hackneyed

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cliche

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Recrudescence

A

relapse

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Derelict

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avoiding duties

22
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Embroiled

A

in argument

23
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Incumbent

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necessary

24
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Parvenu

A

upstart

25
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Untoward

A

inconvenient. Prospecting in untoward

26
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Grovel

A

show fear

27
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Litany

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long account. Do not need a litany of reasons

28
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Duress

A

compulsory force

29
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Demure

A

modest, shy

30
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Frivolous

A

not serious

31
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Ineluctable

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unavoidable

32
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Culpability

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state of guilt

33
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Paucity

A

lack of

34
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Stultify -

A

sap enthusiasm. Prospecting is stultifying my interest in investing

35
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Redoubtable

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formidable. Redoubtable opponent

36
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Beatific

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blissfully happy. Beatific smile

37
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Desideratum

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necessity

38
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Leery

A

distrustful

39
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Flummox

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bewilder. Anything Ding says is flummoxing me

40
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Expansive

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sociable

41
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Fete

A

celebrated

42
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Infelicitous

A

inappropriate

43
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Fleece

A

deceive

44
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Defray

A

pay cost of

45
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Truculent

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fierce, savage

46
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Smattering -

A

small amount

47
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Simulacrum

A

bad imitation

48
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Pyrrhic

A

costly victory. A pyrrhic victory

49
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Tortuous

A

winding, twisty.

50
Q

Intimate

A

hint at. Intimated that I didn’t like it

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