GRE Flashcards

(34 cards)

1
Q

dupe

A

to deceive a person;someonw who is easily deceived

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2
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duplicity

A

deceitfulness in speech or conduct; double-dealing

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3
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eclectic

A

selecting from or made up from variety of sources

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4
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effigy

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sculpture or model or person

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5
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elegy

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a sorrow poem or speech

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6
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elocution

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art of clear and expressive speech

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7
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enervate

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to reduce in strenght

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8
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engender

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to produce,cause or bring about

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9
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enigmatic

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puzzling;mysterious

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10
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ephemeral

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lasting a short time

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11
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epithet

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a word of phase, use unvectivley as a term of abuse

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12
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equivocate

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to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead

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13
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erudite

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learned;scholarly,bookish

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14
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esoteric

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known or understood by only a few

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15
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estimable

A

admirable

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16
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exculpate

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to clear blame;prove innocent

17
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excerbate

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to increase bitterness or violence

18
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expound

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to set fouth in detail

19
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exultant

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to show or feel triumphant joy

20
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fawn

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to spoil, to lavish extreme attention on

21
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fiduciary

A

of a trust; held or given in trust

22
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foment

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to arouse or incite

23
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forestall

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to prevent by advance action

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gradiloquent

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pompous or inflated in language

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guile
deceit or trickery
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heterodox
holding unorthodox opinions, different from the norm
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iconoclast
pretending to have virtues or qualities one does not have
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impassive
showing or feeling no emotion
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impugn
to challenge as false
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inchoate
not fully formed;disorganized
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inculpate
to charge with fault
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incursion
a hostile entrance into a place
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indolence
being lazy
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ineffable
inexpressable, cannot be put into words