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Vocabulary: Group 2 Flashcards

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Accolade

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(Noun) an expression of praise

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Abate

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(Verb) to lessen in intensity or degree

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Adulation

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(Noun) excessive praise; intense adoration

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Aesthetic

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(Adj.) dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful

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Ameliorate

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(Verb) to make better or more tolerable

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Ascetic

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(Noun) one who practices rigid self-denial, especially as an act of religious devotion

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Avarice

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(Noun) greed, especially for wealth

[adj. form: avaricious]

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Axiom

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(Noun) a universally recognized principle

[adj. form: axiomatic]

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Burgeon

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(Verb) to grow rapidly or flourish

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Bucolic

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(Adj.) rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants

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Cacophony

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(Noun) harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance

[adj. form: cacophonous]

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Canon

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(Noun) an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature

[adj. form: canonical]

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Castigation

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(Noun) severe criticism or punishment

[verb form: castigate]

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Catalyst

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(Noun) a substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing; a person or thing that causes change

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Caustic

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(Adj.) burning or stinging; causing corrosion

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Chary

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(Adj.) wary; cautious; sparing

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Cogent

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(Adj.) appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing

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Complaisance

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(Noun) the willingness to comply with the wishes of others

[adj. form: complaisant]

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Contentious

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(Adj.) argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement

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Contrite

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(Adj.) regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness

[noun form: contrition]

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Culpable

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(Adj.) deserving blame

[noun form: culpability]

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Dearth

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(Noun) smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack

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Demur

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(Verb) to question of oppose

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Didactic

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(Adj.) intended to teach or instruct

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Discretion
(Noun) cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions [adj. form: discreet]
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Disinterested
(Adj.) free of bias or self-interest; impartial
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Dogmatic
(Adj.) expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles [noun form: dogma]
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Ebullience
(Noun) the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings [adj. form: ebullient]
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Eclectic
(Adj.) composed of elements drawn from various sources
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Elegy
(Noun) a mournful poem, especially one lamenting the dead [adj. form: elegiac]
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Emollient
(Adj. / Noun) soothing, especially to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying; an agent that softens or smoothes the skin
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Empirical
(Adj.) based on observation or experiment
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Enigmatic
(Adj.) mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand [noun form: enigma]
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Ephemeral
(Adj.) brief; fleeting
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Esoteric
(Adj.) intended for or understood by a small, specific group
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Eulogy
(Noun) a speech honoring the dead [verb form: eulogize]
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Exonerate
(Verb) to remove blame
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Facetious
(Adj.) playful; humorous
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Fallacy
(Noun) an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief [adj. form: fallacious]
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Furtive
(Adj.) marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious
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Gregarious
(Adj.) sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people
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Harangue
(Verb / Noun) to deliver a pompous speech or tirade; a long, pompous speech
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Heretical
(Adj.) violating accepted dogma or convention [noun form: heresy]
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Hyperbole
(Noun) an exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech [adj. form: hyperbolic]
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Impecunious
(Adj.) lacking funds; without money
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Incipient
(Adj.) beginning to come into being or to become apparent
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Inert
(Adj.) unmoving; lethargic; sluggish
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Innocuous
(Adj.) harmless; causing no damage
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Intransigent
(Adj.) refusing to compromise [noun form: intransigence]
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Inveigle
(Verb) to obtain by deception or flattery
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Morose
(Adj.) sad; sullen; melancholy
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Odious
(Adj.) evoking intense aversion or dislike
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Opaque
(Adj.) impenetrable by light; not reflecting light
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Oscillation
(Noun) the act or state of swinging back and forth with steady, uninterrupted rhythm [verb form: oscillate]
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Penurious
(Adj.) penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous
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Pernicious
(Adj.) extremely harmful in a way that is not easily seen or noticed
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Peruse
(Verb) to examine with great care [noun form: perusal]
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Pious
(Adj.) extremely reverent or devout; showing strong religious devotion [noun form: piety]
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Precursor
(Noun) one that precedes and indicates or announces another
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Preen
(Verb) to dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care
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Prodigious
(Adj.) abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary
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Prolific
(Adj.) producing large volumes or amounts; productive
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Putrefy
(Verb) to rot; to decay and give off a foul order [adj. form: putrid]
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Quaff
(Verb) to drink deeply
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Quiescence
(Noun) stillness; motionless; quality of being at rest [adj. form: quiescent]
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Redoubtable
(Adj.) awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
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Sanction
(Noun / Verb) authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance; to give permission or authority
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Satire
(Noun) a literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision [adj. form: satirical]
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Squalid
(Adj.) sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect [noun form: squalor]
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Stoic
(Adj.) indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast [noun form: stoicism]
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Supplant
(Verb) to take the place of; to supersede
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Torpid
(Adj.) lethargic; sluggish; dormant [noun form: torpor]
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Ubiquitous
(Adj.) existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread
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Urbane
(Adj.) sophisticated; refined; elegant [noun form: urbanity]
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Vilify
(Verb) to defame; to characterize harshly
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Viscous
(Adj.) thick; sticky [noun form: viscosity]

GRE 2014-2015 (6 decks)

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