GRE High Frequency (253 Words) Flashcards
(242 cards)
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abate
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subside or moderate
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aberrant
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abnormal or deviant
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abeyance
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suspended action
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abscond
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depart secretly and hide
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abstemious
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sparing in eating/drinking; temperate
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admonish
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warn
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adulterate
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make impure by adding inferiour substances
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aesthetic
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artistic
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aggregate
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gather
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alacrity
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eagerness
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alleviate
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relieve
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amalgamate
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combine
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ambiguous
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unclear in meaning
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ambivalence
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conflicting emotional attitudes
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ameliorate
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improve
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anachronism
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misplaced in time
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analogous
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comparable
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anarchy
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state of disorder
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anomalous
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abnormal
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antipathy
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dislike; aversion
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apathy
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lack of caring
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appease
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pacify
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apprise
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inform
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approbation
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approval
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appropriate
acquire
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arduous
hard
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artless
without guile; open and honest
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ascetic
practicing self-denial; austere
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assiduous
diligent
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assuage
ease or lesson; satisfy hunger; soothe anger
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attenuate
make tinner; weaken; lessen
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audacious
daring
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austere
stern
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autonomous
self-governing
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aver
assert confidently or declare; law term
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banal
commonplace; trite
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belie
contradict
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beneficent
kindly; doing good
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bolster
support
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bombastic
pompous
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boorish
rude
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burgeon
go forth; send out buds
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burnish
polish
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buttress
support
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cacophonous
inharmonious
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capricious
unpredictable
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castignation
punishment
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catalyst
influences chemical reaction
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caustic
burning; biting
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chicanery
deception
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coagulate
congeal
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coda
end of music or literary composition; concludes
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cogent
convincing
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commensurate
proportionate
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compendium
brief
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complaisant
trying to please
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conciliatory
reconciling
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condone
forgive
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confound
confuse
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connoisseur
competent to act as judge
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contention
claim
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contentious
quarrelsome
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contrite
penitent
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conundrum
riddle
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convoluted
intricate
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craven
cowardly
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daunt
intimidate
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decorum
good taste in manners
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deference
courteous regard for another's wish
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delineate
portray
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deride
ridicule
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derivative
unoriginal; from other source
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desiccate
dry up
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desultory
aimless
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deterrent
discourages
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diatribe
bitter scolding
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dichotomy
split in two
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diffidence
shyness
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diffuse
wordy; spread out
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digression
wandering away from the subject
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dirge
lament with music
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disabuse
correct a false impression
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discerning
mentally quick and observant
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discordant
conflicting
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discredit
defame
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discrepancy
difference
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discrete
separate, unconnected
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disingenuous
insincere
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disjointed
lacking coherence
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disparage
belittle
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disparate
unrelated
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dissemble
disguise; pretend
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dissolution
looseness in morals
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dissonance
opposite of harmony
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distend
swell out
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distill
purify
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diverge
go in different ways
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divest
strip; deprive
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document
provide written evidence
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dogmatic
opinionated
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dormant
sleeping
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dupe
easily fooled
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ebullient
showing excitement
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eclectic
selective; different sources
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efficacy
power to produce desired effect
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effrontery
shameless boldness
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elegy
poem or song in lamentation
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elicit
drawn out by discussion
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embellish
enhance
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empirical
based on experience
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emulate
imitate
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endemic
prevailing amoung a group of people in an area
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enervate
weaken
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engender
cause
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ephemeral
short-lived
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equanimity
calmness of temperment
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erudite
learned; scholarly
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esoteric
hard to understand
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eulogy
expression of praise; funeral
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exacerbate
worsen
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exculpate
clear from blame
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exigency
urgent situation
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extrapolation
projection
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facetious
joking
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fatuous
brainless
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fawning
trying to please by flattery
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felicitous
apt
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fervor
intensity of feeling
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flag
droop; grow feeble
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flout
reject
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forestall
prevent taking action in advance
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forment
stir up
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gainsay
deny
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garrulous
wordy
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goad
urge on
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grandiloquent
using high sounding language
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gregarious
sociable
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gouge
overcharge
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guileless
without deceit
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harrangue
long speech
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iconoclastic
attacking cherished traditions
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immutable
unchangeable
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impair
hurt
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impassive
without feeling
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imperturbable
calm
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implacable
not capable of being pacified
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implode
burst inward
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incongruity
lack of harmony; absurdity
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indigence
poverty
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indolent
lazy
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inert
inactive
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ingenuous
`naive and trusting
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inherent
firmly est. by nature or habit
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insensible
unconscious
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insipid
lack flavor; dull
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insularity
narrow-minded; isolation
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intractable
unruly; stubborn
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intransigence
refusal of any compromise
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inundate
overwhelm
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inured
accustomed
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invective
abuse
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irresolute
uncertain how to act; weak
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laconic
brief and to the point
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lassitude
weariness; languor
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latent
potential but undevloped
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laud
praise
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levity
lack of seriousness
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loquacious
talkative
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lucid
easy to understand
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magnanimity
generously
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malleable
capable of being shaped; impressionable
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maverick
rebel
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mendacious
lying
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misanthrope
one who hates mankind
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mitigate
moderate
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mollify
soothe
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morose
sullen
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neophyte
recent convert; beginner
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obdurate
stubborn
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obsequious
slavishly attentive
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obviate
make unecessary
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occlude
shut; close
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officious
meddlesome
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onerous
burdensome
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opprobrium
infamy; villification
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partisan
one-sided; commited to a party
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pathological
pertaining to disease
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paucity
scarcity
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pedantic
showing off learning; bookish
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penury
severe poverty
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perennial
long-lasting
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perfidious
treacherous; disloyal
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perfunctory
superficial
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permeable
porous; allow liquids/gas to pass through
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phlegmatic
calm
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piety
devoutness
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plasticity
ability to be molded
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platitude
trite remark
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precipitate
rash; premature
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prevaricate
lie
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pristine
unspoiled
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probity
uprightnes
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prodigal
wasteful
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proliferate
grow rapidly
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propitiate
appease
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propriety
correct conduct
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proscribe
banish; outlaw
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pungent
sharp in taste or smell
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quiescent
at rest
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rarefied
made less dense (gas)
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recalcitrant
determined to resist authority
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refractory
stubborn
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refute
disprove
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relegate
banish to inferior position
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reproach
express disapproval
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reprobate
person hardened in sin; no decency
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repudiate
disown
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rescind
cancel
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reticent
reserved; inclined to silence
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salubrious
healthful
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satiate
satisfy fully
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solicitous
worried
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soporific
sleep-causing
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specious
seeming reasonable but incorrect
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stint
thrifty; set limits
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stolid
dull
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striated
parallel bands; grooved
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strut
supporting bar
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supersede
cause to be set aside
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supposition
hypothesis
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tacit
understood but not put in words
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tangential
only slightly connected
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torpor
sluggishness
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tractable
docile
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truculence
aggressiveness
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vacillate
waver; fluctuate
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venerate
revere
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veracious
truthful
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viable
workable
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viscous
skicky, gluey
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vituperative
abusive; scolding
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welter
turmoil
