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Vocab 2 Flashcards

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Pulchritudinous

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Physically beautiful/attractive

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Incontrovertible

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Indisputable; irrefutable; undeniable

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Ignominy

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Public shame; humiliation

Eg; “the ignominy of being imprisoned”

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Decadent

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(n. ) Describes someone who is luxuriously self-indulgent

(adj. ) Describes state of moral/cultural decline

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Cadaver

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A corpse

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Penury

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Extreme poverty; destitution

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Peruse

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Carefully read or study something

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Adulterate

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Vitiate something by adding another substance; contaminate

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Assuage

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Alleviate; abate; appease; mitigate; mollify; relieve; palliate

Eg; “The letter assuaged the fears of most members”

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Desiccate

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Remove moisture from something and cause dryness; dehydrated

Eg; “The vegetation was desiccated by months of sun”

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Engender

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Cause or give rise to a feeling, situation, or condition

Eg; “Acts of prejudice engenders animosity”

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Ephemeral

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Lasting for a short-time; fleeting; transient

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Erudite

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Having great knowledge or learning; scholarly

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Fervid

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Extreme enthusiasm or passion

Eg; “The fervid fans chanted his name”

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Laudable

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Something praiseworthy and commendable

Eg; “There were laudable efforts to help the homeless”

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Loquacious

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Talkative; garrulous; voluble

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Pedant

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Formalist; doctrinaire;

Person overly concerned with trivial details

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Placate

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Make someone less angry; calm; appease; pacify

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Pragmatic

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Practical/sensible approach to problems rather than theoretical

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Propriety

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Conforming to conventional standards of behaviour/morals; courtesy; decency; orthodoxy

Eg; “Behave with the upmost propriety”

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Vacillate

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To be indecisive; dither

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Zeal

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Great enthusiasm and dedication for a particular cause/objective

Eg; “His zeal for homeless rights”

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Volatile

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Liable to rapid and unpredictable change, typically negative

Substance that easily evaporates at normal temperatures

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Consummate

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“Mate” (adj.) Showing high degree of skill and flair; complete; perfect; proficient; quintessential

“Met” (v.) Making relationship complete by having sex

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Succinct

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Briefly and clearly expressed; laconic; terse

Eg; “Use short, succinct sentences”

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Bellicose

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Combative; pugnacious; belligerent

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Blithe

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Showing casual and cheerful indifference; improper behaviour

Eg; “A blithe disregard for the driving rules”

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Treachery

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Betrayal of trust; perfidy (deceitfulness)

Eg; “His abandonment was seen as an act of treachery”

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Voluble

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Talkative; loquacious; verbose

Eg; “We had an exciting and voluble discussion”

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Despot

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Cruel or oppressive dictator

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Indignation

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Feeling or showing anger at unfair treatment; resentful

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Munificent

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A gift or sum of money larger or more generous than usual/necessary

Eg; “A munificent gesture”

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Clandestine

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Covert/surreptitious actions, typically illicit

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Nugatory

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Of no value/importance; trivial

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Mendacious

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Lying; deceitful; dishonest; dissemble

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Ersatz

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Artificial; counterfeit; substitute; spurious; fake

Eg; “She has an ersatz eye”

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Ingenuity

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Quality of being clever, original, and inventive

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Iteration

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Repetition of a process/utterance

New version of a piece of computer hardware/software

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Arresting

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Conspicuous; striking or eye-catching

Eg; “At 6ft 6in he was an arresting figure”

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Undue

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Extreme; fulsome; superfluous; unbecoming

Eg; “Undue delays in the hospital is dangerous”

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Solipsism/Solipsistic

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Theory that only the self exists and external world is unsure; extreme ego-centrism

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Sophomoric

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Pretentious and juvenile behaviour

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Gamut

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Complete range/spectrum of something

Eg; “The whole gamut of emotions”

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Ape

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(v.) To absurdly imitate a behavior or manner

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Purport

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(n. ) Meaning/substance of something; essence; gist; implication
(v. ) Falsely claim/appear; profess; pretend

Eg1; “I do not understand the purports of your remark”
Eg2; “She’s not the person she purports to be”

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Baser

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Describes one’s actions/feelings as dishonorable and selfish; immoral; ignoble; sordid

Eg; “Trumps baser instincts of greed and selfishness”

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Cabal

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A secret political clique or small group of people seeking power through intrigue

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Intrigue

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Make secret plans to do something illicit or detrimental to someone

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49
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Hoi Polloi

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The public; common people

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Dulcet

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Sweet-sounding; mellifluous

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Parochial

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Limited and narrow-minded

Eg; “This worldview seems naive and parochial”

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Urbane

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A man who is suave, courteous, and refined in manner; sophisticated; elegant

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Baneful

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Harmful or destructive

Eg; “the baneful effects of envy and jealousy”

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Officious

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Domineering authority, esp with petty/trivial matters; overbearing

Eg; “The security people were very officious”

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Stolid

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Showing little emotion/excitement; phlegmatic

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Whimsical

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Acting or behaving capriciously; fanciful

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Outstrip

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Move faster than and surpass someone; overtake

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Paean

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Song of praise or triumph

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Peccadilloes

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A minor, relatively unimportant offense; misdemeanor

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Faculty

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Inherent mental/physical ability; potential

Eg; “She still holds her faculties in poetry”

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Poultice

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Moist plant spread on cloth - applied to body to relieve soreness/inflammation

Eg; “He poulticed the wound”

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62
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Mores

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Social norms in a particular society/culture

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Puerile

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Immature and trivial; jejune; fatuous; asinine

Eg; “you’re making puerile excuses”

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Abound

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Abundant; plentiful; prolific; munificent

Eg; “The ocean is abound in fish”

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Insipid

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Lacking flavour or vigor/interest; boring; bland

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Humdrum

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Routine and dull - mundane; banal; trite

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Flout

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Disregard or defy a law/convention

Eg; “these companies still flout basic ethical practices”

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Taciturn

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(Adj) Reserved; reticent; quiet

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Amorphic

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Lacking a defined shape/form

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70
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Misanthropic

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Hatred for humankind; cynicism

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Deify

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Worship; revere; extol; exalt; lionize

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Abhor

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Regard with disgust and hatred; loathe; despise

Eg; “They abhorred such trivial arguments”

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Turgid

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  1. Pompous (arrogant) and Bombastic (showy but meaningless) style or language; inflated
  2. Swollen and congested/distended
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Tortuous

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Full of twists and turns

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Sedulous

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Assiduous; attentive; diligent; meticulous; scrupulous; laborious; industrious; punctilious

NOT salacious

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Granularity

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Characterizes level of detail or specificity

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Bravado

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Bold manner/style intended to impress or intimidate; swagger

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Herald

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Person/thing viewed as a sign that something is about to happen; harbinger

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Progeny

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A descendant of something; offspring

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Indigent

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Poor; needy; impecunious

Eg; “A charity for the relief of indigent students”

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Autocratic

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Domineering; despotic; oppressive; peremptory; tyrannical

Eg; “an autocratic management style”

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Assiduous

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Diligent; meticulous; sedulous; punctilious

Eg; “She was assiduous in pointing out every feature”

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Conspicuous

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Attracting attention; clear; visible

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Derivative

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Unoriginal; banal; trite; hackneyed; imitative

Eg; “That artist is not in the slightest bit derivative”

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Ornate

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Describes something excessively intricate/complex; adorned; embellished; rococo

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Specious

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Superficially plausible but wrong; fallacious; misleading

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Astute

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Shrewd; canny; cunning; intuitive; perspicacious; judicious

Eg; “He’s an astute businessman who knows how to take advantage of situations”

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Scrupulous (2)

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  1. Attentive; diligent; meticulous; punctilious; sedulous

2. Honest; moral; honorable

89
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Unscrupulous

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Dishonest; unethical; immoral

90
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Sullen

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Bad-tempered and sulky; gloomy; surly; morose

Eg; “He gave a sullen pout”

91
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Elated

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Happy; thrilled; exhilarated

92
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Tranquil

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Free from disturbance; calm; peaceful

93
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Rapacious

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Acquisitive; avaricious; insatiable; voracious

94
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Credulous/Credulity

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Gullible; naive; impressionable; trusting

95
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Heretofore

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Before now

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Pedestrian

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Lacking excitement; dull; mundane; humdrum; tedious; monotonous

97
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Enthrall

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To captivate/fascinate one’s attention; charm

Eg; “She was so enthralled by the movie she didn’t notice her wallet fell”

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Prosaic

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  1. Lacking poetic beauty; dull; humdrum
  2. Commonplace; ordinary; conventional

Eg; “Prosaic language can’t convey the experience”

99
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Vacillate

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To be indecisive; dither

100
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Colloquial

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Informal, everyday language; unpretentious; idiomatic; demotic; vernacular

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Cloy

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Disgust from excessive sweetness, richness, or sentiment; saccharine; nauseating

Eg; “It was a romantic, rather cloy story”

102
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Acerbic

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Sharp/sarcastic style of speaking
Eg; “His acerbic wit”

Tasting sour or bitter

103
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Sardonic

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Disdainfully humorous; caustic; cynical; mocking; sarcastic; satirical; taunting

104
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Decry

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Publicly denounce; condemn; criticize; censure

105
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Ephemeral

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Lasting for a short time; fleeting

106
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Avarice

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Extreme greed for wealth/material gain; acquisitive

107
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Frivolous

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Trivial; impractical; facetious paltry; superficial

Eg; “Do not engage in frivolous arguments”

108
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Providence

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Protective care of God/nature as a spiritual power

Eg; “They found their trust in divine providence to be a source of comfort”

109
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Fiscal

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Relating to government revenue, especially taxes

110
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Parsimony

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Miserliness; stringiness; illiberality

Eg; “We’re shattered by government parsimony”

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Tawdry

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Flashy but cheap and poor quality; vulgar; paltry; garish; meretricious

112
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Vulgar

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  1. Lacking sophistication or good taste; unrefined

2. Making explicit/offensive references to sex; indecent; rude

113
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Zenith

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Time of peak power/success; acme; apex; prime

114
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Ebb

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  1. Movement of tide out to sea; receding; retreat
  2. Gradually fade or reduce (emotion/quality)

Eg; “My enthusiasm was ebbing away”

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Venerate

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Regard with great respect; reverence

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Candor

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Honesty; frankness; unreserved; bluntness

117
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Self-effacing

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Diffident; reticent; inconspicuous; unpretentious; humble

Eg; “His demeanor was self-effacing and polite”

118
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Garrulous

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Loquacious; voluble; verbose; discursive; prolix

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Forsake

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Abandon; repudiate; renounce; forgo

120
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Promulgate

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Announce; declare; disseminate; promote; proclaim

Eg; “These ideas must be promulgated within the company”

121
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Sycophant

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Someone who acts obsequiously to gain advantage; fawner

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Divest - 2 synonyms

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Deprive someone of something; despoil; reave

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Judicious

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Astute; shrewd; canny; sagacious; prudent

124
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Brevity

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Laconic; terse; succinct; economy

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Imprudent

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Lacking judgment; rash; injudicious; improvident

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Discreet

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Circumspect in one’s speech/action, especially to gain an advantage or avoid an offence

127
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Extol

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Praise enthusiastically; acclaim; laud

128
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Artifice

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Deceit; duplicity; chicanery; guile; trickery

Eg; “Our thoughts are influenced by the artifice of social media”

129
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Chicanery

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Deception; duplicity; sophistry; subterfuge; guile

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Sovereign(ty)

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A supreme power/authority; jurisdiction; supremacy

Authority of state to govern itself; autonomy

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Digress

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To deviate from the subject of attention

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Confer (2 defs)

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1) Consult; discuss; exchange opinions

2) Grant/bestow a title, benefit, or right

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Rebuff

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Abrupt and ungracious rejection; disdain; repudiate

Eg; “My proposal was rebuffed”

134
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Monastic

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Monks/nums (living under religious vows/buildings)

135
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Vernacular

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Casual, everyday language (culture specific); localism; idiolect; colloquial

136
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Insular

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Blinkered; parochial; provincial; intolerant; illiberal

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Amiable

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Affable; friendly and pleasant manner

138
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Hypochondriac

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Describes someone excessively alarmed by minor physical/psychological symptoms

139
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Orator

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A skilled/eloquent public speaker

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Fervent

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Fervid; ardent; earnest; sincere; impassioned; vehement; zealous

141
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Prose

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Ordinary speech; prosaic; unpoetic

142
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Felicitous

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  1. Apposite; apt; pertinent; germane

2. Advantageous; favorable; fortunate

143
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Apt (2 defs)

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  1. Appropriate; apposite; suitable; felicitous

2. Tendency to do something; disposed; predisposed; prone

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Tenacity (tenacious)

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Persistence; perseverance; assiduity; diligence; resolve

145
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Deprecate

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Abhor; censure; condemn, deplore; denounce; detest; disparage; execrate

Eg; “What I deprecate is uncontrolled indulgence”

146
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Revere

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Deep respect or admiration for something

147
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Pithy

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Concise; laconic; terse; taciturn; succinct

148
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Florid

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Elaborately/excessively intricate or complicated; ornate; fancy

Red/flushed complexion

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Foolhardy

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Reckless/rash; injudicious; imprudent; improvidence; heedless

150
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Postulate

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Assume; presuppose; presume; predicate; posit

151
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Vaunt

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Excessively boast/praise; acclaim; extol; flaunt

Eg; “He was initially vaunted by the West for his leadership of the country”

152
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Obtuse

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Annoyingly insensitive or imperceptive/unintelligent

Eg; “Are you being deliberately obtuse?”

153
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Inordinate

A

Disproportionately large/excessive

Eg; “The case has taken up an inordinate amount of time”

154
Q

Inadvertent

A

Unintentional; accidental; unplanned

155
Q

Disquiet

A

Anxiety; distress; trepidation

156
Q

Elegiac

A

Characteristic of an elegy; mournfulness; sorrowful tone

Eg; “Haunting and elegiac poems”

157
Q

Renegade

A

(n. ) Traitor; turncoat; defector; deserter

(adj. ) Treacherous; perfidious; disloyal

158
Q

Craven

A

Lacking courage; cowardly; timorous

159
Q

Laggard

A

Person who makes slow progress and falls behind others; straggler

160
Q

Vanity

A

Arrogance; pride; haughtiness; conceited; narcissism

161
Q

Sedulous

A

Attentive; assiduous; diligent; meticulous; punctilious; scrupulous

162
Q

Genial

A

Friendly and cheerful; affable; amiable; congenial

163
Q

Gluttonous

A

Excessively greedy and insatiable

164
Q

Deplorable

A

Disgraceful; shameful; contemptible

165
Q

Petulant

A

Childish/bad-tempered; choleric; captious; fractious; splenetic; querulous

Eg; “He was moody and petulant”

166
Q

Credulity

A

To be gullible/naive

167
Q

Irascible

A

Irritable and bad-tempered; surly

168
Q

Disdain

A

Unworthy of respect; contempt; condescension; derision

Eg “Her upper lip curled with disdain”

169
Q

Fervor

A

Ardor; enthusiasm; vehemence; zeal

170
Q

Disrepute

A

State of being shamed by the public; disgrace; ignominy; infamy; notoriety

171
Q

Disparage

A

Belittle; opprobrious; denigrate; deprecate; decry; revile

Eg; “He always disparaged his competition”

172
Q

Eclectic

A

Comprehensive; diverse; extensive; multifaceted; miscellaneous

Eg; “Universities offer an eclectic mix of course”

173
Q

Iridescent

A

Shimmering; scintillating, lustrous; opalescent (multicolored)

Eg; “The surface had an iridescent purple sheen”

174
Q

Regime

A

A system or set of rules/norms that regulate the operation of a government and its society

Eg; “the detention centre has a tough physical regime”

175
Q

Cursory

A

Performed quickly and carelessly; not thorough or detailed

176
Q

Solicitous

A

Attentive; mindful; thoughtful; concerned; anxious

Eg; “She was always solicitous about the welfare of her students”

177
Q

Perfunctory

A

Carried out with minimum effort; cursory; desultory; hasty

Eg; “He gave a perfunctory nod”

178
Q

Soporific

A

Calmative; sedative; tranquillizer

179
Q

Moribund

A

In terminal decline; lacking vigor; stagnating; decaying; obsolescent

180
Q

Heathen

A

Label for someone who does not belong to religion; nonbeliever

181
Q

Portent

A

Omen; herald; harbinger; presage

182
Q

Rococo

A

Ornamental/theatrical style of architecture, art, and decoration

183
Q

Peril

A

(N.) Currently in or experiencing immediate danger/harm

184
Q

Irresolute

A

Indecisive; hesitant; tentative; uncertain; vacillating

185
Q

Curio

A

Rare/unusual object of little value; trinket; knickknack; ornament

186
Q

Relegate

A

To be downgraded to a lower rank/position

187
Q

Sublimate

A

Divert/modify an impulse into a socially acceptable activity

188
Q

Zealot

A

Person who is fanatical and rigid in the pursuit of their religious/political beliefs; radical

189
Q

Braggart

A

Describes person who boasts about achievements

190
Q

Founder

A
  1. Fill with water and sink

2. Action/plan that fails miserably

191
Q

Mollify

A

Appease; alleviate; assuage; pacify; placate

192
Q

Plebiscite

A

A vote by the people of a country to decide on a particular proposal/issue

193
Q

Epitaph

A

Short dirge honoring a deceased; elegy; lament

NOT eulogy (speech celebrating deceased)

194
Q

Lapsed

A

No longer valid; expired

195
Q

Consign

A

To send goods to a person/company to sell

196
Q

Avarice

A

Greed for wealth or material gain; acquisitive

197
Q

Baseness

A

Immorality; iniquity; corruption; dissolution; depravity

198
Q

Iniquity

A

Baseness; immorality; impropriety; obscenity

199
Q

Mendacity

A

Untruthfulness; dishonesty; deception

200
Q

Meager

A

Inadequate; scanty; paltry; miserly

201
Q

Nice

A

Fine or subtle; accurate; meticulous; scrupulous

Eg; “That’s a nice description”

202
Q

Boor

A

Unrefined, ill-mannered person; philistine; vulgarian; rowdy

Eg; “He’s a big obnoxious boor”

203
Q

Sodden

A

Soaked; saturated; drenched

Eg’ “His clothes were sodden”

204
Q

Fine or subtle; accurate; meticulous; scrupulous

205
Q

Unrefined, ill-mannered person; philistine; vulgarian; rowdy

206
Q

Soaked; saturated; drenched

207
Q

Convoke

A

Call together; convene; summon

Eg; “She sent messages convoking her group of friends”

208
Q

Commodious

A

Roomy and comfortable; spacious; capacious; ample

Eg; “This house is far more commodious than the last”

209
Q

Maculate

A

Dirty; stained; spotted; impure

Eg; “The used apron appeared maculate”

210
Q

Immaculate

A

Clean; spotless; pristine; pure; flawless

Eg; “The view was immaculate”

211
Q

Aspersion

A

Condemnation; defamation; denigration; vituperation

Eg; “I don’t think anyone is casting aspersions on you”

212
Q

Call together; convene; summon

213
Q

Roomy and comfortable; spacious; capacious; ample

A

Commodious

214
Q

Dirty; stained; spotted; impure

215
Q

Clean; spotless; pristine; pure; flawless

A

Immaculate

216
Q

Condemnation; defamation; denigration; vituperation

GRE Verbal Reasoning (5 decks)

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