GRE and SAT5 Flashcards
(156 cards)
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gouge
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an impression in a surface, as made by a blow
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levee
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an embankment built to prevent a river from overflowing
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abstemious
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marked by temperance in indulgence
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commensurate
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corresponding in size or degree or extent
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distill
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undergo condensation
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grandiloquent
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lofty in style
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levity
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a manner lacking seriousness
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admonish
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scold or reprimand; take to task
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compendium
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a publication containing a variety of works
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diverge
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move or draw apart
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gregarious
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temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
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log
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a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
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adulterate
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make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
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complaisant
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showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others
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divest
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take away possessions from someone
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guileless
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free of deceit
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loquacious
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full of trivial conversation
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aesthetic
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characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
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compliant
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disposed to act in accordance with someone’s wishes
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document
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a representation of a person’s thinking with symbolic marks
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gullible
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naive and easily deceived or tricked
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lucid
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transparently clear; easily understandable
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aggregate
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a sum total of many heterogeneous things taken together
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conciliatory
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making or willing to make concessions
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dogmatic
pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
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harangue
a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
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luminous
softly bright or radiant
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alacrity
liveliness and eagerness
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condone
excuse, overlook, or make allowances for
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dormant
inactive but capable of becoming active
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homogeneous
all of the same or similar kind or nature
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magnanimity
liberality in bestowing gifts
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alleviate
provide physical relief, as from pain
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confound
be confusing or perplexing to
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dupe
fool or hoax
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hyperbole
extravagant exaggeration
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malingerer
someone shirking duty by feigning illness or incapacity
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amalgamate
to bring or combine together or with something else
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connoisseur
an expert able to appreciate a field
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ebullient
joyously unrestrained
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iconoclastic
characterized by attack on established beliefs
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malleable
capable of being shaped or bent
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ambiguous
having more than one possible meaning
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contention
the act of competing as for profit or a prize
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eclectic
selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
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idolatry
the worship of idols or images that are not God
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maverick
someone who exhibits independence in thought and action
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ambivalence
mixed feelings or emotions
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contentious
showing an inclination to disagree
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efficacy
capacity or power to produce a desired effect
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immutable
not subject or susceptible to change or variation
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mendacious
given to lying
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ameliorate
to make better
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contrite
feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
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effrontery
audacious behavior that you have no right to
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impair
make worse or less effective
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metamorphosis
striking change in appearance or character or circumstances
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anachronism
something located at a time when it could not have existed
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conundrum
a difficult problem
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elegy
a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
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impassive
having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
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meticulous
marked by precise accordance with details
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analogous
similar or equivalent in some respects
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converge
be adjacent or come together
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elicit
call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
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impede
be a hindrance or obstacle to
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misanthrope
someone who dislikes people in general
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anarchy
a state of lawlessness and disorder
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convoluted
rolled longitudinally upon itself
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embellish
make more attractive, as by adding ornament or color
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impermeable
preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through
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mitigate
lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
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anomalous
deviating from the general or common order or type
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craven
lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
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empirical
derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
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imperturbable
marked by extreme calm and composure
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mollify
cause to be more favorably inclined
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antipathy
a feeling of intense dislike
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daunt
cause to lose courage
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emulate
strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
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impervious
not admitting of passage or capable of being affected
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morose
showing a brooding ill humor
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apathy
an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
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decorum
propriety in manners and conduct
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endemic
native to or confined to a certain region
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implacable
incapable of being appeased or pacified
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mundane
found in the ordinary course of events
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appease
make peace with
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default
an option that is selected automatically
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enervate
weaken mentally or morally
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implicit
suggested though not directly expressed
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negate
make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
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apprise
inform somebody of something
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deference
courteous regard for people's feelings
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engender
make children
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implode
burst inward
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neophyte
any new participant in some activity
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approbation
official approval
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delineate
represented accurately or precisely
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enhance
increase
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inadvertently
without knowledge or intention
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obdurate
stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
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appropriate
suitable for a particular person, place, or situation
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denigrate
charge falsely or with malicious intent
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ephemeral
anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
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inchoate
only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
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obsequious
attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
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arduous
characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
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deride
treat or speak of with contempt
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equanimity
steadiness of mind under stress
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incongruity
the quality of disagreeing
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obviate
do away with
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artless
simple and natural; without cunning or deceit
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derivative
a compound obtained from another compound
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equivocate
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
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inconsequential
lacking worth or importance
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occlude
block passage through
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ascetic
someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
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desiccate
lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
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erudite
having or showing profound knowledge
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incorporate
make into a whole or make part of a whole
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officious
intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
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assiduous
marked by care and persistent effort
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desultory
marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose
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esoteric
understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
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indeterminate
not fixed or known in advance
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onerous
not easily borne; wearing
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assuage
provide physical relief, as from pain
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deterrent
something immaterial that interferes with action or progress
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eulogy
a formal expression of praise for someone who has died
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indigence
a state of extreme poverty or destitution
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opprobrium
a state of extreme dishonor
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attenuate
become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude
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diatribe
thunderous verbal attack
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euphemism
an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
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indolent
disinclined to work or exertion
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oscillate
move or swing from side to side regularly
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audacious
disposed to venture or take risks
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dichotomy
being twofold
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exacerbate
make worse
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inert
unable to move or resist motion
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ostentatious
intended to attract notice and impress others
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austere
of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
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diffidence
lack of self-assurance
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exculpate
pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
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pate
liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned
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ingenuous
lacking in sophistication or worldliness
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paragon
a perfect embodiment of a concept
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autonomous
existing as an independent entity
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diffuse
spread out; not concentrated in one place
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exigency
a pressing or urgent situation
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inherent
existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
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partisan
a fervent and even militant proponent of something
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aver
to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
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digression
a message that departs from the main subject
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extrapolation
an inference about the future based on known facts
