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GRE Barron's 21-22 Flashcards

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gait

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manner of walking or running; speed. The lame man walked with an uneven gait.

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gale

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windstorm; gust of wind; emotional outburst (laughter, teats). The Weather Channel warned viewers about a rising gale, with winds of up to 60 mies per hour.

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gall

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bitterness; nerve. The knowledge of his failure filled him with gall.

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galvanize

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stimulate by shock; stir up; revitalize. News that the prince was almost at their door galvanized the ugly stepsisters into a frenzy of combing and primping.

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gamely

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in a spirited manner; with courage. Because he had fought gamely against a much superior boxer, the crowd gave him a standing ovation when he left the arena.

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gamut

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entire range. In a classic put-down of actress Katharine Hepburn, the critic Dorothy Parker wrote that the actress ran the gamut of emotions from A to B.

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gape

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open widely. The huge pit gaped before him; if he stumbled, he would fall in. Slack-jawed in wonder, Huck gaped at the huge stalactites hanging from the ceiling of the limestone cavern.

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gargantuan

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huge; enormous. The gargantuan wrestler was terrified of mice.

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garish

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overbright in color; gaudy. She wore a rhinestone necklace with a garish red and gold dress trimmed with sequins.

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garner

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gather; store up. In her long career as an actress, Katharine Hepburn garnered many awards, including the coveted Oscar.

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garnish

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decorate. Parsley was used to garnish the boiled potato.

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gaudy

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flashy; showy. The newest Trump skyscraper is typically gaudy, covered in gilded panels that gleam in the sun.

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gawk

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stare foolishly; look in open-mouthed awe. The country boy gawked at the skyscrapers and neon lights of the big city.

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genealogy

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record of descent; lineage. He was proud of his genealogy and constantly referred to the achievements of his ancestors.

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genteel

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Well-bred; elegant. We are looking for a man with a genteel appearance who can inspire confidence by his cultivated manner.

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gentility

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those of gentle birth; refinement; 育ちの良さ. Her family was proud of its gentility and elegance.

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genuflect

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bend the knee as in worship. A proud democrat, he refused to genuflect to any man.

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germane

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pertinent; bearing upon the case at hand. The lawyer objected that the testimony being offered was not germane to the case at hand.

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germinal

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pertaining to a germ; creative; (発達段階の)初期の. Such an idea is germinal; I am certain that it will influence thinkers and and philosophers for many generations.

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germinate

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cause to sprout; sprout. After the seeds germinate and develop their permanent leaves, the plants may be removed from the cold frames and transplanted to the garden.

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gestate

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evolve, as in prenatal growth. While this scheme was being gestated by the conspirators, they maintained complete silence about their intentions.

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ghastly

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horrible. The murdered man was a ghastly sight.

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gibberish

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nonsense; babbling. Did you hear that foolish boy spouting gibberish about monsters from outer space?

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gibe

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mock; からかう、ばかにする. As you gibe at their superstitious beliefs, do you realize that you, too, are guilty of similarly foolish thoughts?

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giddy

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Light-hearted; dizzy. He felt his giddy youth was past.

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gingerly

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very carefully. To separate egg whites, first crash the egg gingerly.

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girth

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distance around something; circumference. It took an extra-large cummerbund to fit around Andrew Carnegie’s considerable girth.

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gist

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essence. She was asked to give the gist of the essay in two sentences.

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glaring

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highly conspicuous; harshly bright; ギラギラ輝く、明白な. Glaring spelling or grammatical errors in your resume will unfavorably impress potential employers.

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glaze

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cover with a thin and shiny surface. The freezing rain glazed the streets and made driving hazardous.

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glean

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gather leavings. After the crops had been harvested by the machines, the peasants were permitted to glean the wheat left in the fields.

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glimmer

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shine erratically; twinkle. In the darkness of the cavern, the glowworms hanging from the cavern roof glimmered like distant stars.

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gloat

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express evil satisfaction; view malevolently. As you gloat over your ill-gotten wealth, do you think of the many victims you have defrauded?

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gloss over

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explain away. No matter how hard he tried to talk around the issue, President Bush could not gloss over the fact that he had raised taxes after all.

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glossy

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smooth and shining. I want this photograph printed on glossy paper, not matte.

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glower

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scowl; 睨みつける. The angry boy glowered at his father.

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glutinous

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sticky; viscous. Molasses is a glutinous substance.

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gorge

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stuff oneself. The gluttonous guest gorged himself with food as though he had not eaten for days.

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gory

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bloody. The audience shuddered as they listened to the details of the gory massacre

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graduated

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arranged by degrees (of height, difficulty, etc.). Margaret loved her graduated set of Russian hollow wooden dolls; she spent hours happily putting the smaller dolls into their larger counterparts.

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grandeur

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impressiveness; stateliness; majesty. No matter how often he hiked through the mountains, David never failed to be struck by the grandeur of the Sierra Nevada range.

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grandiose

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pretentious; high-flown; ridiculously exaggerated; impressive. The aged matinee idol still had grandiose notions of his supposed importance in the theatrical world.

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grapple

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wrestle; come to grips with. He grappled with the burglar and overpowered him.

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grate

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make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; shred. The screams of the quarreling children grated on her nerves.

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gratify

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please. Lori’s parents were gratified by her successful performance on the GRE.

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gratis

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free. The company offered to give one package gratis to every purchaser of one of their products.

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gratuitous

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given freely; unwarranted; uncalled for. Quit making gratuitous comments about my driving; no one asked you for your opinion.

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grievance

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cause of complaint. When her supervisor ignored her complaint, she took her grievance to the union.

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grill

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question severely. In violation of the Miranda law, the police grilled the suspect for several hours before reading him his rights.

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grisly

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ghastly. She shuddered at the grisly sight.

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grovel

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crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate; 腹這う、ひれ伏す. Even though we have been defeated, we do not have to grovel before our conquerors.

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grudging

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unwilling; reluctant; stingy. We received only grudging support from the mayor despite his earlier promises of aid.

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grueling

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exhausting. The marathon is a grueling race.

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gruff

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rough-mannered. Although he was blunt and gruff with most people, he was always gentle with children.

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gull

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trick; hoodwink. Confident no one could gull him, Pul prided himself on his skeptical disposition.

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gusto

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enjoyment; enthusiasm. He accepted the assignment with such gusto that I feel he would have been satisfied with a smaller salary.

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gusty

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windy. The gusty weather made sailing precarious.

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habituate

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accustom or familiarize; addict. Macbeth gradually habituated himself to murder, shedding his scruples as he grew accustomed to his bloody deeds.

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hackneyed

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commonplace; trite. When the reviewer criticized the movie for its hackneyed plot, we agreed; we had seen similar stories hundreds of times before.

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haggard

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wasted away; gaunt; やつれた. After his long illness, he was pale and haggard.

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haggle

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argue about prices. I prefer to shop in a store that has a one-price policy because, whenever I haggle with a shopkeeper, I am never certain that I paid a fair price for the articles I purchased.

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hale

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healthy. After a brief illness, he was soon hale.

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halting

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hesitant; faltering. Novice extemporaneous speakers often talk in a halting fashion as they grope for the right words.

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hamper

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obstruct. The new mother hadn’t realized how much the effort of caring for an infant would hamper her ability to keep an immaculate house.

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hap

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chance; luck. In his poem Hap, Thomas Hardy objects to the part chance plays in our lives.

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haphazard

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random; by chance. His haphazard reading left him unacquainted with many classic books.

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hapless

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unfortunate. This hapless creature had never known a moment’s pleasure.

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harbinger

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forerunner; 先駆者、前触れ. The crocus is an early harbinger of spring.

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harbor

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provide a refuge for; hide. The church harbored illegal aliens who were political refugees.

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hardy

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sturdy; robust; able to stand inclement weather; 頑丈な、たくましい、図々しい. We asked the gardening expert to recommend particularly hardy plants that could withstand our harsh New England winters.

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harping

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tiresome dwelling on a subject. After he had reminded me several times about what he had done for me I told him to stop his harping on my indebtedness to him.

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harry

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harass, annoy, torment; raid. The guerrilla band harried the enemy nightly.

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haughtiness

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pride; arrogance. When she realized that Darcy believed himself too good to dance with his inferiors, Elizabeth took great offense at his haughtiness.

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haven

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place of safety; refuge. For Ricardo, the school library became his haven, a place to which he could retreat during chaotic times.

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hazy

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slightly obscure. In hazy weather, you cannot see the top of this mountain.

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headlong

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hasty; rash. The slave seized the unexpected chance to make a headlong dash across the border to freedom.

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heckler

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person who verbally harasses others. The heckler kept interrupting the speaker with rude remarks.

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hedonist

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one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life. A thoroughgoing hedonist, he considered only his own pleasure and ignored any claims others had on his money or time.

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heedless

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not noticing; disregarding. She drove on, heedless of the warnings that the road was dangerous.

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hegemony

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dominance, especially of one nation over others. As one Eastern European nation after another declared its independence, commentators marveled at the sudden breakdown of the once monolithic Soviet hegemony.

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heinous

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atrocious; hatefully bad. Hitler’s heinous crimes will never be forgotten.

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heresy

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opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion. Galileo’s assertion that the earth moved around the sun directly contradicted the religious teachings of his day; as a result, he was tried for heresy.

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hermitage

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home of a hermit; 隠者の住処、隠れ家. Even in his remote hermitage he could not escape completely from the world.

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hiatus

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gap; pause. Except for a brief two-year hiatus, during which she enrolled in the Peace Corps, Ms. Clements has devoted herself to her medical career.

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