GRE More Flashcards
1
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Promulgated
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promote or make widely known
2
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Outmoded
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Obsolete: outdated
3
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Cursory
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hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed.
4
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Debacle
A
a sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco.
“the economic debacle that became known as the Great Depression”
5
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Boon
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A help
6
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Hidebound
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unwilling or unable to change because of tradition or convention.
7
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Surly
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bad-tempered and unfriendly.
8
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Pedagogical
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Relating to teaching
9
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Extemporaneous
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spoken or done without preparation.
10
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Quaint
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attractively unusual or old-fashioned.
11
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Stanch
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stop the flow of,
12
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Layperson
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a person who does not have expert knowledge of a particular subject.
13
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Adulator
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a person who uses flattery.
14
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Tendentious
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expressing or intending to promote a particular cause or point of view, especially a controversial one.
