GRE Flashcards

(54 cards)

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alloy

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to commingle to debase by mixing with something inferior

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appropriate

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to take for one’s own use to confiscate

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arrest, arresting

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to suspend; to engage holding one’s attention as in arrested adolescence, an arresting portrait

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4
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august

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majestic,venerable

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5
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bent

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leaning,inclination,productivity,tendency

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broach

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to bring up; to announce ; to begin to talk about

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brook

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to tolerate; to endure; to countenance

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cardinal

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major, as in cardinal sin

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9
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chauvinist

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a blindly devoted patriot

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10
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color

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to change as if by dyeing, i.e, to distort, gloss, or affect

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11
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consequential

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pompous,self-important( logically following)

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12
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damp

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to diminish the intensity or check the vibrations of a sound

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13
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die

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a tool used for shaping,as in a tool-and-die shop

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essay

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to test or try; to attempt; to experiment

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exact

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to demand; to call for; to require; to take

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fell(verb)

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to cause fall by striking

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fell (adj)

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inhumanly cruel

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18
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flag

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to sag or droop; to become spiritless ; to decline

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flip

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sarcastic, impertinent, as in flippant;a flip remark

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20
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ford

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to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream

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21
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grouse

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to complain or grumble

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22
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intimate

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to imply, suggest, or insinuate

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list

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to tilt or lean to one side

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lumber

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to move heavily and clumsily

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meet
fitting,proper
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milk
to exploit; to squeeze every last ounce of
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mince
to pronounce or speak affectedly; to euphemize to speak too carefully.alos, to take tiny steps;to tiptoe
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nice
exacting, fastidious, extremely precise
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obtain
to be established, accepted, or customary
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occult
hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension
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pedestrian
commonplace, trite, unremarkable, quotidian
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pied
multicolored, usually in bloctches
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pine
to lose vigor(as through grief); to yearn
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plastic
moldable, pliable, not rigid
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pluck
courage, spunk, fortitude
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prize
to pry, to press or force with lever;something taken by force,spoils
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rail
to complain about bitterly
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rent(verb)
torn (past tense of rend); an opening or tear caused by such
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quail(verb)
to lose courage; to turn frightend
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qualify(verb)
to limit
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sap(verb)
to enervate or weaken the vitality of
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scurvy(adj)
contemptible, despicable
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singular(adj)
exceptional, unusual,odd
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stand(noun)
a group of trees
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steep(verb)
to saturate or completely soak, as in to let tea bag steep
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strut( noun)
the supporting structural cross-part of a wing
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table
to remove from consideration
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tender
to proffer or offer
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waffle
to equivocate; to change one's position
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wag
wit joker
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calumniate
to slander, to make a false accusation
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abjure
to renounce or reject solemnly; to recant to avoid
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adumbrate
to foreshadow vaguely or intimate; to suggest or outline sketchily; to obscure or overshadow
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anathema
a solemn or ecclesiastical (religious)cures; accursed or thoroughly loathed person or thing