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Vocabulary: Group 1 Flashcards

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Aberrant

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(Adj.) deviating from the norm

[noun form: aberration]

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Abscond

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(Verb) to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide

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Alacrity

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(Noun) eager and enthusiastic willingness

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Anomaly

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(Noun) deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality

[adj. form: anomalous]

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Approbation

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(Noun) an expression of approval or praise

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Arduous

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(Adj.) strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort

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Assuage

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(Verb) to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify

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Audacious

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(Adj.) daring and fearless; recklessly bold

[noun form: audacity]

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Austere

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(Adj.) without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic

[noun form: austerity]

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Axiomatic

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(Adj.) taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth

[noun form: axiom]

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Canonical

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(Adj.) following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards

[noun form: canon]

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Capricious

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(Adj.) inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable

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Censure

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(Verb) to criticize severely; to officially rebuke

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Chicanery

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(Noun) trickery or subterfuge

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Connoisseur

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(Adj.) an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert

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Convoluted

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(Adj.) complex or complicated

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Disabuse

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(Verb) to undeceive; to set right

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Discordant

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(Adj.) conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound

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Disparate

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(Adj.) fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

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Effrontery

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(Noun) extreme boldness; presumptuousness

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Eloquent

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(Adj.) well-spoken, expressive, articulate

[noun form: eloquence]

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Enervate

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(Adj.) to weaken; to reduce in vitality

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Ennui

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(Noun) dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

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Equivocate

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(Verb) to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

[adj. form: equivocal]

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Erudite
(Adj.) very learned; scholarly [noun form: erudition]
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Exculpate
(Verb) exonerate; to clear of blame
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Exigent
(Adj.) urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
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Extemporaneous
(Adj.) improvised; done without preparation
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Filibuster
(Noun) intentional obstruction, especially using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
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Fulminate
(Verb) to loudly attack or denounce
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Ingenuous
(Adj.) artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
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Inured
(Adj.) accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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Irascible
(Adj.) easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
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Laud
(Verb) to praise highly [adj. form: laudatory]
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Lucid
(Adj.) clear; easily understood
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Magnanimity
(Noun) the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, especially in forgiving [adj. form: magnanimous]
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Martial
(Adj.) associated with war and the armed forces
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Mundane
(Adj.) of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary
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Nascent
(Adj.) coming into being; in early developmental stages
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Nebulous
(Adj.) vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
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Neologism
(Noun) a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses
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Noxious
(Adj.) harmful, injurious
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Obtuse
(Adj.) lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
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Obviate
(Verb) to anticipate and make unnecessary
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Onerous
(Adj.) troubling; burdensome
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Paean
(Noun) a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
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Parody
(Noun) a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, especially in literature and art
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Perennial
(Adj.) recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
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Perfidy
(Noun) intentional breach of faith; treachery [adj. form: perfidious]
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Perfunctory
(Adj.) cursory; done without care or interest
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Perspicacious
(Adj.) acutely perceptive; having keen discernment [noun form: perspicacity]
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Prattle
(Verb) to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
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Precipitate
(Adj.) acting with excessive haste or impulse (Verb) to cause or happen before anticipated or required
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Predilection
(Noun) a disposition in favor of something; preference
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Prescience
(Noun) foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring [adj. form; prescient]
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Prevaricate
(Verb) to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
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Qualms
(Noun) misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
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Recant
(Verb) to retract, especially a previously held belief
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Refute
(Verb) to disprove; to successfully argue against
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Relegate
(Verb) to forcibly assign, especially to a lower place or position
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Reticent
(Adj.) quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
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Solicitous
(Adj.) concerned and attentive; eager
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Sordid
(Adj.) characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul
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Sporadic
(Adj.) occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances
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Squander
(Verb) to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
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Static
(Adj.) not moving, active, or in motion; at rest
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Stupefy
(Verb) to stun, baffle, or amaze
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Stymie
(Verb) to block; to thwart
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Synthesis
(Noun) the combination of parts to make a whole [verb form: synthesize]
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Torque
(Noun) a force that causes rotation
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Tortuous
(Adj.) winding, twisting; excessively complicated
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Truculent
(Adj.) fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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Veracity
(Noun) truthfulness, honesty
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Virulent
(Adj.) extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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Voracious
(Adj.) having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
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Waver
(Verb) to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion

GRE 2014-2015 (6 decks)

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