gre2 Flashcards
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cacophony
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hard-sounding mixture of words, voices, sounds
2
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cadence
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rhythm; the rise and fall of sounds
3
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cajole
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to persuade someone to do something he or she doesn’t want to
4
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capitulate
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to surrender, to give up or give in
5
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recapitulate
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summarize
6
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castigate
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to criticize severely ; to chastise
7
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categorical
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unconditional, absolute
8
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celibacy
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abstinence from sex
9
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censure
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to condemn severely for doing something bad
10
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cerebral
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brainy;intellectually refined
11
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chagrin
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humiliation, embarrassed disappointment
12
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chimera
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an illusion, a foolish fancy
13
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choleric
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hot- tempered, quick to anger
14
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chronicle
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in the order of time/ a history
15
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circuitous
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roundabout, not following a direct path
16
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circumscribe
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to draw a line around, to set the limits, to restrict
17
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circumvent
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to frustrate as though by surrounding
