GRE 2 1-30 Flashcards
(32 cards)
1
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sinecure
A
easy job
2
Q
mendicant
A
beggar
3
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panacea
A
solution for all disease
4
Q
prolix
A
using too many words
5
Q
cantakerous
A
bad tempered
6
Q
timorous
A
lack of confidence
7
Q
prevaricate
A
indirect
8
Q
histrionic
A
melodramatic
9
Q
corporeal
A
having a body
10
Q
heterodoxy
A
opinion
11
Q
hegemony
A
dominion
12
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impotence
A
can’t have sex
13
Q
solicitous
A
eager or anxious
14
Q
glib
A
insincere
15
Q
extemporize
A
improvise
16
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expatiate
A
speak/write at length in detail
17
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exagitate
A
agitate
18
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apocryphal
A
doubtful authenticity
19
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chasten
A
subdue
20
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bellicose
A
aggression
21
Q
encomium
A
writing that praises something
22
Q
tout
A
pester someone
23
Q
calumniate
A
make false statements about somethign
24
Q
pillory
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attack and ridicule
25
picaresque
dishonest but appealing hero in fiction
26
lambaste
criticize
27
pith
essence of something
28
dross
worthless
29
surfeit
excessive amount
30
reconnoitered
observation
31
hodwinked
tricked
32
vitiate
impair quality of something
