48 More Top GRE Words Flashcards by Dylan Wirawan

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deference

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respect, courtesy

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bombastic

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pompous in speech and manner

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obsequious

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overly submissive and eager to please

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specious

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seemingly plausible but fallacious

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mollify

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to calm or make less severe

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dirge

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a funeral hymn or mournful speech

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veracity

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truthfulness; accuracy

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disparate

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fundamentally different; entirely unlike

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exigent

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urgent

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castigate

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to punish or criticize harshly

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iconoclast

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one who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions

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amalgamate

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to combine; to mix together

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paragon

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model of excellence of perfection

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chicanery

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deception by means of craft or guile

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occlude

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to stop up; to prevent the passage of

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foment

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to arouse or incite

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quiescent

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motionless

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intransigent

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uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled

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disabuse

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to set right; to free from error

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stolid

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unemotional; lacking sensitivity

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opprobrium

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public disgrace

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florid

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excessively decorated or embellished

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soporific

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causing sleep or lethargy

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dogmatic

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dictatorial in one’s opinions

aggrandize

to increase in power, influence, and reputation

perfunctory

done in a routine way; indifferent

luminous

bright, brilliant, glowing

malinger

to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill

guile

deceit or trickery

esoteric

known or understood by only a few

cogent

convincing and well-reasoned

repudiate

to reject the validity of

torpor

extreme mental and physical sluggishness

taciturn

silent, not talkative

anachronism

something out of place in time

dilettante

someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic

propitiate

to gain favor by appeasing

insipid

lacking interest or flavor

inchoate

just begun so not fully formed or developed

banal

predictable, clichéd, boring

estimable

admirable; worthy of great respect

dilate

to make larger; to expand

diffident

lacking self-confidence

austere

severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance; plain or unadorned

stigma

a mark of disgrace

onerous

oppressively burdensome

inimical

hostile, unfriendly

condone

accept and allow to continue