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GRE Vocab 5 Flashcards

1
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Chimerical

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Imaginary

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Somatic

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pertaining to the body

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3
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Prodigious

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marvelous; impressive; eliciting excitment

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4
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Aduterate

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make impure by adding something of inferior quality

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5
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Curtailed

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reduce in quality; impose a restriction on

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6
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Enigmatic

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mysterious

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7
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Disparate

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things so different they can’t be compared

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8
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Ubiquitous

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found everywhere

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9
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Clangorous

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making continuous loud sounds

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10
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Dogmatism

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strong expression of opinions as if they were fact

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11
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Foreground

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make something the most prominent or important feature

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12
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Satorial

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pertaining to tailored clothing

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13
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Augment

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increase

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14
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Adroit

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skillful or clever in handling a situation

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15
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Dissemble

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concealing one’s motives/feelings/beliefs

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16
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Idiosycratic

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characteristic/mannerism particular to an individual

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17
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Bucolic

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relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life

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18
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Perfunctory

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something done with minimum effort

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19
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Trifling

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trivial/ unimportant

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Brandish

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wave or flourish something as a threat; in anger

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21
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Prescience

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foreknowledge

22
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Mercurial

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subject to unpredictable change in moods or mind

23
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Braggart

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someone who brags

24
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Rhapsody

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effusively enthusiastic expression of feeling

25
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Appropriate

A

take something usually without permission

26
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Sycophant

A

self seeking flatter

27
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Adulator

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flatter

28
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Prolix

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speech or writing using too many words

29
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Taciturnity

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uncommunicative

30
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Phlegmatic

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unemotional; calm disposition

31
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Caprice

A

sudden change of mood or behavior

32
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Surly

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ill tempered; not friendly

33
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Tepid

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little enthusiasm

34
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Evanescent

A

vanshing

35
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Begnign

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not harmful; gentle

36
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Indemnified

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compensate for loss or harm

37
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Penitential

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expressive of penitence or repentance

38
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Manacled

A

shackle up someone

39
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Intransigent

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unwilling to change one’s beliefs

40
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Ruminate

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to ponder; chew over and over

41
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Volubility

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talkative

42
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Prosaic

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commonplace; dull

43
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Restive/Skittish

A

restlessness

44
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Circumscribe

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to enclose, limit, markoff

45
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Immured

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confine someone against their will

46
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Avarice

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extreme greed for wealth or material gain

47
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Indecorous

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inappropriate behavior; not having good taste

48
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Obdurancy

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stubborn; unwilling to be persuaded

49
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Perspicacity

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shrewdness; insightful

50
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Blithe

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lacking due thought or consideration; of happy lighthearted character or disposition

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