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Vocabulary: Group 3 Flashcards

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Adulterate

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(Verb) to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

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Acumen

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(Noun) keen, accurate judgement or insight

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Amalgamate

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(Verb) to combine several elements into a whole

[noun form: amalgamation]

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Archaic

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(Adj.) outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time

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Aver

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(Verb) to state as a fact; to declare or assert

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Bolster

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(Verb) to provide support or reinforcement

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Bombastic

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(Adj.) pompous; grandiloquent

[noun form: bombast]

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Diatribe

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(Noun) a harsh denunciation

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Dissemble

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(Verb) to disguise or conceal; to mislead

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Eccentric

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(Adj.) departing from norms or conventions

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Endemic

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(Adj.) characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people

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Evanescent

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(Adj.) tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing

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Exacerbate

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(Verb) to make worse or more severe

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Fervent

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(Adj.) greatly emotional or zealous

[noun form: fervor]

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Fortuitous

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(Adj.) happening by accident or chance

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Germane

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(Adj.) relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter

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Grandiloquence

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(Noun) pompous speech or expression

[adj. form: grandiloquent]

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Hackneyed

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(Adj.) rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage

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Halcyon

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(Adj.) calm and peaceful

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Hedonism

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(Noun) devotion to pleasurable pursuits, especially to the pleasures of the senses

*a hedonist is someone who pursues pleasure

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Hegemony

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(Noun) the consistent dominance of one state or group over others

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Iconoclast

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(Noun) one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions

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Idolatrous

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(Adj.) given to intense or excessive devotion to something

[noun form: idolatry]

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Impassive

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(Adj.) revealing no emotion

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Imperturbable
(Adj.) marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness
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Implacable
(Adj.) not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
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Impunity
(Noun) immunity from punishment penalty
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Inchoate
(Adj.) in an initial stage; not fully formed
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Infelicitous
(Adj.) unfortunate; inappropriate
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Insipid
(Adj.) lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge
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Loquacious
(Adj.) extremely talkative [noun form: loquacity]
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Luminous
(Adj.) characterized by brightness and emission of light
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Malevolent
(Adj.) having or showing often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred [noun form: malevolence]
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Malleable
(Adj.) capable of being shaped or formed; tractable; pliable
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Mendacity
(Noun) the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty [adj. form: mendacious]
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Meticulous
(Adj.) characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
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Misanthrope
(Noun) one who hates all other humans [adj. form: misanthropic]
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Mitigate
(Verb) to make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
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Obdurate
(Adj.) unyielding; hardhearted; intractable
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Obsequious
(Adj.) exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
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Occlude
(Verb) to obstruct or block
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Opprobrium
(Noun) disgrace; contempt; scorn
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Pedagogy
(Noun) the profession or principles of teaching, or instructing
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Pedantic
(Adj.) overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education; show-offish about one's knowledge
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Penury
(Noun) poverty; destitution
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Pervasive
(Adj.) having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
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Pine
(Verb) to yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor
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Pirate
(Verb) to illegally use or reproduce
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Pith
(Noun) the essential or central part
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Pithy
(Adj.) precise and brief
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Placate
(Verb) to appease; to calm by making concessions
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Platitude
(Noun) a superficial remark, especially one offered as meaningful
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Plummet
(Verb) to plunge or drop straight down
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Polemical
(Adj.) controversial; argumentative
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Prodigal
(Adj.) recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
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Profuse
(Adj.) given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant
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Proliferate
(Verb) to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
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Queries
(Noun) questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind; reservations
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Querulous
(Adj.) prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish
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Rancorous
(Adj.) characterized by bitter,long-lasting resentment [noun form: rancor]
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Recalcitrant
(Adj.) obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
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Repudiate
(Verb) to refuse to have anything to do with; to disown
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Rescind
(Verb) to invalidate; to repeal; to retract
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Reverent
(Adj.) marked by, feeling,or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect [noun form: reverence]
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Rhetoric
(Noun) the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion
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Salubrious
(Adj.) promoting health or well-being
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Solvent
(Adj.) able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another sustance
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Specious
(Adj.) seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false
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Spurious
(Adj.) lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
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Subpoena
(Noun) a court order requiring appearance and/or testimony
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Succinct
(Adj.) brief; concise
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Superfluous
(Adj.) exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
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Surfeit
(Verb) an overabundant supply: excess; to feed or supply to excess [noun form: a surfeit of supplies]
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Tenacity
(Noun) the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued; persistent determination [adj. form: tenacious]
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Tenuous
(Adj.) having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak
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Tirade
(Noun) along and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation
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Transient
(Adj.) fleeting; passing quickly; brief
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Zealous
(Adj.) fervent; ardent; impassioned, devoted to a cause *a zealot is a zealous person

GRE 2014-2015 (6 decks)

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