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GRE Exam - Verbal 6 Flashcards

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Tractable

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Easily managed

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Plummet

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Drop sharply

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Propriety

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Correct behavior

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Resolution

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A decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner

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Stigma

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A symbol of disgrace or infamy

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Transgression

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The violation of a law or a duty or moral principle

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Porous

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Full of vessels or holes

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Proscribe

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Command against

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Resolve

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Find a solution or answer

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Stint

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Supply sparingly and with restricted quantities

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Truculence

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Obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness

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Pragmatic

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Concerned with practical matters

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Pungent

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Strong and sharp

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Reticent

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Reluctant to draw attention to yourself

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Stipulate

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Make an express demand or provision in an agreement

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Vacillate

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Be undecided about something

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Preamble

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A preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution

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Qualified

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Meeting the proper standards and requirements for a task

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Reverent

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Feeling or showing profound respect or veneration

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Stolid

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Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility

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Venerate

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Regard with feelings of respect and reverence

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Precarious

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Not secure; beset with difficulties

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Quibble

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Evade the truth of a point by raising irrelevant objections

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Sage

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A mentor in spiritual a philosophical topics

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Striate

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Marked with stripes

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Veracious

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Habitually speaking the truth

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Precipitate

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Bring about abruptly

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Quiescent

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Being quiet or still or inactive

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Salubrious

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Promoting health

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Strut

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To walk with a lofty proud gait

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Verbose

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Using or containing too many words

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Precursor

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Something indicating the approach of something or someone

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Rarefied

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Of high moral or intellectual value

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Sanction

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Official permission or approval

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Subpoena

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A writ issued to compel the attendance of a witness

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Viable

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Capable of life or normal growth and development

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Presumptuous

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Excessively forward

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Recalcitrant

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Stubbornly resistant to authority or control

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Satiate

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Fill to satisfaction

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Subside

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Sink to a lower level or form a depression

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Viscous

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Having a relatively high resistance to flow

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Prevaricate

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Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear

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Recant

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Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief

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Saturate

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Infuse or fill completely

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Substantiate

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Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

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Vituperative

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Marked by harshly abusive criticism

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Pristine

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Immaculately clean and unused

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Recluse

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One who lives in solitude

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Savor

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The taste experience when a savory condiment is tasted

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Supersede

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Take the place or move into the position of

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