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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 outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time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

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(Adj.) marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness

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Implacable

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(Adj.) not capable of being appeased or significantly changed

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Impunity

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(Noun) immunity from punishment penalty

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Inchoate

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(Adj.) in an initial stage; not fully formed

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Infelicitous

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(Adj.) unfortunate; inappropriate

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Insipid

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(Adj.) lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge

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Loquacious

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(Adj.) extremely talkative

[noun form: loquacity]

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Luminous

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(Adj.) characterized by brightness and emission of light

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Malevolent

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(Adj.) having or showing often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred

[noun form: malevolence]

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Malleable

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(Adj.) capable of being shaped or formed; tractable; pliable

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Mendacity

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(Noun) the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty

[adj. form: mendacious]

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Meticulous

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(Adj.) characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail

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Misanthrope

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(Noun) one who hates all other humans

[adj. form: misanthropic]

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Mitigate

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(Verb) to make or become less severe or intense; to moderate

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Obdurate

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(Adj.) unyielding; hardhearted; intractable

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Obsequious

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(Adj.) exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

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Occlude

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(Verb) to obstruct or block

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Opprobrium

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(Noun) disgrace; contempt; scorn

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Pedagogy

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(Noun) the profession or principles of teaching, or instructing

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Pedantic

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(Adj.) overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education; show-offish about one’s knowledge

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Penury

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(Noun) poverty; destitution

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Pervasive

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(Adj.) having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout

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Pine

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(Verb) to yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor

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Pirate

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(Verb) to illegally use or reproduce

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Pith

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(Noun) the essential or central part

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Pithy

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(Adj.) precise and brief

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Placate

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(Verb) to appease; to calm by making concessions

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Platitude

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(Noun) a superficial remark, especially one offered as meaningful

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Plummet

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(Verb) to plunge or drop straight down

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Polemical

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(Adj.) controversial; argumentative

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Prodigal

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(Adj.) recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish

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Profuse

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(Adj.) given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant

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Proliferate

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(Verb) to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly

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Queries

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(Noun) questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind; reservations

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Querulous

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(Adj.) prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish

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Rancorous

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(Adj.) characterized by bitter,long-lasting resentment

[noun form: rancor]

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Recalcitrant

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(Adj.) obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage

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Repudiate

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(Verb) to refuse to have anything to do with; to disown

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Rescind

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(Verb) to invalidate; to repeal; to retract

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Reverent

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(Adj.) marked by, feeling,or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect

[noun form: reverence]

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Rhetoric

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(Noun) the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion

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Salubrious

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(Adj.) promoting health or well-being

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Solvent

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(Adj.) able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another sustance

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Specious

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(Adj.) seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false

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Spurious

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(Adj.) lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit

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Subpoena

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(Noun) a court order requiring appearance and/or testimony

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Succinct

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(Adj.) brief; concise

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Superfluous

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(Adj.) exceeding what is sufficient or necessary

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Surfeit

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(Verb) an overabundant supply: excess; to feed or supply to excess

[noun form: a surfeit of supplies]

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Tenacity

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(Noun) the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued; persistent determination

[adj. form: tenacious]

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Tenuous

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(Adj.) having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak

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Tirade

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(Noun) along and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation

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Transient

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(Adj.) fleeting; passing quickly; brief

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Zealous

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(Adj.) fervent; ardent; impassioned, devoted to a cause

*a zealot is a zealous person

GRE 2014-2015 (6 decks)

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