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Advanced GRE Word List 11 Flashcards

1
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Abjure

A

Renounce; swear to refrain from something.

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Blandishment

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Words used to coax or flatter.

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Cardinal

A

High ranking official of the Catholic Church or major; important.

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Deliberate

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Slow (adj.); to think over (v.); on purpose (adj.).

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Feckless

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Feeble; helpless; lacking in initiative.

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Meretricious

A

Falsely attractive; tawdry.

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Augury

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Prediction, looking for omens.

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Boycott

A

Refuse to have dealing with.

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Glib

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Slick; superficial (in speech); fluent and voluble but insincere and shallow.

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Incise

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To cut into.

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Ostracism

A

Shunning; social isolation.

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Penchant

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Inclination; leaning towards; predilection.

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Rarefy

A

Make less dense.

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14
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Repine

A

Fret; be discontented.

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15
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Stipulate

A

Specify.

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16
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Diaphanous

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Transparent; thin and delicate.

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17
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Feint

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Pretend attack; a move intended to deceive.

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Inured

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Hardened; habituated.

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19
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Puissance

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Power or great influence.

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20
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Recondite

A

Obscure.

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21
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Stygian

A

Very dark. Of or relating to the river Styx.

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22
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Touting

A

Advertising; supporting.

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23
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Virtuosity

A

Skill; expertise.

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24
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Volubility

A

Excessive talkativeness.

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25
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Caret

A

Punctuation mark signifying omission.

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Contiguous

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Adjacent; touching; abutting. Next or together in sequence.

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27
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Ellipsis

A

Omission of essential words.

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28
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Extirpation

A

Wiping out; complete destruction.

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29
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Foppish

A

Behaving or dressing like a dandy; excessively concerned with fashion.

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30
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Gaffe

A

Blunder; social mistake.

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Hortatory

A

Encouraging; exhorting.

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Opprobrius

A

Expressing great scorn.

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33
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Recumbent

A

Reclining; lying down.

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34
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Discernment

A

Judgement; perceptiveness.

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Encomium

A

Praise. Eulogy.

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36
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Inveigle

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Coax; cajole; wheedle; entice.

37
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Minatory

A

Threatening.

38
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Ossified

A

Turned to bone; become rigid.

39
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Plumb

A

Measure the depth of.

40
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Quintessential

A

Most typical; the perfect example of.

41
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Runic

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Mysterious; magical.

42
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Accretion

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Accumulation of matter; growth produced by adding from the outside.

43
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Anachronistic

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Occurring in the wrong period of time. Esp. something that is conspicuously old fashioned.

44
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Chronic

A

Long lasting (often in description of disease).

45
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Churlishness

A

Rudeness; Ill mannered behavior.

46
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Demagogue

A

A political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than rational argument.

47
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Effrontery

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Daring; audacity (has a negative connotation).

48
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Idyll

A

Story or incident in a peaceful or ideal setting.

49
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Interregnum

A

Interval between reigns or governments.

50
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Nugatory

A

Of minor significance; futile.

51
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Sinecure

A

Job that pays salary but requires little effort.

52
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Anodized

A

Electroplated; coated with a thin layer of metal.

53
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Aphoristic

A

Expressed tersely or briefly.

54
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Canonical

A

Orthodox.

55
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Commensurate

A

Of equal significance.

56
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Dexterity

A

Skill, esp. with hands.

57
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Extant

A

Still in existence (opposite of extinct).

58
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Impugned

A

Challenged; called in to question.

59
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Probity

A

Uprightness; honesty.

60
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Ranconteur

A

A person who tells anecdotes in a skillful way.

61
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Solicitous

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Kindly; expressing care and concern.

62
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Amalgamate

A

To join; consolidate.

63
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Baleful

A

Evil.

64
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Coerce

A

Force.

65
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Inchoate

A

Undeveloped; nascent.

66
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Iniquitous.

A

Evil; unjust.

67
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Libertine

A
  1. A person, esp. a man, who behaves without moral principle, esp. in sexual matters.
  2. A person who rejects accepted matters of religion; freethinker.
68
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Millinery

A

Hats and hat making.

69
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Natty

A

Neat; dapper; smart.

70
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Occluded

A

Obscured; blocked.

71
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Sidereal

A

Of or with respect to the distant stars.

72
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Avaricious

A

Greedy for money.

73
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Extirpate

A

Wipe out entirely

74
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Halcyon

A

Peaceful and happy; calm.

75
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List

A

To lean to one side or to write in order.

76
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Maudlin

A

Sad; sentimental; inclined to weep.

77
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Refulgent

A

Glowing; radiant.

78
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Subliminal

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Below the threshold of consciousness.

79
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Viteruperate

A

Attack bitterly.

80
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Whittle

A
  1. Carve with a knife.

2. Reduce step by step.

81
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Colander

A

Bowl with holes used to drain vegetables.

82
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Cumbersome

A

Bulky; difficult to carry.

83
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Epistemology

A

Theory of knowledge, esp. with regard to its methods, validity, and scope. The investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion.

84
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Froward

A

Difficult to deal with; disobedient.

85
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Supine

A

Lying flat on ones back.

86
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Untoward

A

Unexpected.

87
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Verisimilar

A

True to life; giving the appearance of reality.

88
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Abate

A

Reduce intensity.

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