GRE Advanced Vocab II Flashcards
(99 cards)
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Sagacious
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Having good judgement and acute insight
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Insouciance
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Lack of concern
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Encumber
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To hold back; to hinder
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Inimitable
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Defying imitations; matchless
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Solecism
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A socially awkward and tactless act; gaffe
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Apposite
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Remarkably appropriate
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Machinate
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To engage in plotting; to enter into conspiracy
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Antic
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Ludicrously odd
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Hagiographic
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Excessively flattering toward someone’s life or work
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Unstinting
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Very generous
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Intimation
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An indirect suggestion; result of intimating
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Unpropitious
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Describing a circumstance with little chance of success
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Doleful
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Filled with sadness
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Flippant
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Showing inappropriate levity
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Lampoon
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Ridicule with satire
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Puissant
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Powerful
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Gambit
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A maneuver or risk in a game designed to secure an advantage
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Obstreperous
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Noisily and stubbornly defiant
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Flummox
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To bewilder
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Truculence
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Defiant aggressiveness
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Effervescent
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Marked by high spirits or excitement
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Duplicity
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Deceitfulness; pretending to want one thig but interested in something else
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Raconteur
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A person skilled in telling anecdotes
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Probity
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Integrity; strong moral principles
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Decry
To express strong disapproval of
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Moribund
Being on the verge of death; losing all momentum
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Magisterial
Offensively self-assured; exercising unwarranted power
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Pith
The most essential part of something
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Spartan
Uncompromising in discipline; extreme self-denial
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Chimera
Something desired but impossible to be achieved
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Unprepossessing
Creating an unfavorable or neutral first impression
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Imperious
Showing arrogant superiority and disdain toward the unworthy
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Recapitulation
A summary
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Ribald
Humorously vulgar
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Sinecure
An office that involves minimal duties
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Brook
To put up with something or somebody unpleasant
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Ossify
To make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
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Apothegm
A short, pithy instructive saying; aphorism
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Unflappable
Not easily perturbed or excited; stolid
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Litany
Long and tedious account of something
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Artifice
Cunning tricks used to deceive others
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Hoary
Ancient
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Dovetail
To fit together tightly
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Charlatan
A flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks and jokes
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Impetuous
Characterized by undue haste and lack of deliberation
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Prolixity
Boring verbosity; garrulousness
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Disingenuous
Giving a false appearance of frankness; not straightforward
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Untenable
Incapable of being defended or justified
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Bemoan
To express discontent or strong regret
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Meteoric
Like a meteor in speed, brilliance, or transience
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Chagrin
Strong feelings of embarrassment; to cause shame
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Presentiment
Feeling of evil to come
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Rapprochement
The reestablishment of cordial relations
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Embryonic
In an early stage of development
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Corollary
A practical consequence that follows naturally
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Umbrage
Feeling of anger caused by being offended
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Tempestuous
As if driven by conflicting emotions; highly energetic; wildly fluctuating
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Inviolate
Must be kept sacred
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Perspicacious
Acutely insightful and wise
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Peripatetic
Traveling by foot
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Dispensation
An exemption from a rule or obligation
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Firebrand
Someone who deliberately causes trouble
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Maunder
To wander aimlessly; to speak rapidly and incessantly
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Quail
To show fear or pain or apprehension
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Subterfuge
Something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
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Enjoin
To give instructions with authority
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Puerile
Characteristic of a child; displaying immaturity
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Lacerate
To deeply hurt the feelings of; to distress
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Grandiloquent
Puffed up with vanity
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Inure
To make accustomed to something unpleasant
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Ersatz
Not genuine; phony
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Vitriolic
Harsh or corrosive in tone
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Cosset
To treat with excessive indulgence
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Pecuniary
Relating to money
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Incontrovertible
Necessarily or demonstrably true; impossible to deny
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Hobble
To impede; to hold back the progress of something
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Objurgate
To express strong disapproval of
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Temerity
Fearless daring
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Asperity
Harshness of manner
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Punctilious
Marked by precise accordance with details
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Debonair
Having a sophisticated charm
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Redoubtable
Inspiring fear or awe
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Crestfallen
Brought low in spirit
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Rarefied
Subtle or refined
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Impute
To attribute responsibility or fault to something
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Recrimination
Mutual accusations
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Ineffable
Too sacred to be uttered; defying expression
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Reprisal
Retaliatory action against an enemy
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Lugubrious
Excessively mournful
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Baleful
Threatening evil or tragic developments
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Importune
To beg persistently and urgently
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Provident
Carefully self-interested; preparing carefully for the future
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Celerity
Speed; rapidity
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Surreptitious
Stealthy; taking pains to not be detected
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Unforthcoming
Uncooperative; not willing to give up information
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Immure
To enclose, usually within walls
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Invidious
Likely to cause resentment
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Untrammeled
Not confined or limited
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Effrontery
Audacious behavior; impertinence
