GRE New

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precipitate (adj.)

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acting with excessive haste or impulse

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solicitous

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(adj.) concerned and attentive; eager

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contentious

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(adj.) argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement)

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prodigious

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(adj.) abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary

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occlude

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(verb) to obstruct or block

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opprobrium

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(noun) disgrace; contempt; scorn

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pithy

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(adj) precise and brief

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platitude

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(noun) a superficial remark, esp. one offered as meaningful

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repudiate

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(verb) to refuse to have anything to do with; to disown

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specious

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(adj.) seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingingly attractive; plausible but false

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spurious

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(adj.) lacing authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit

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flout

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(verb) to show contempt for, as in a rule or convention

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glib

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(adj.) marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial

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impetuous

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(adj.) hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement

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profligate

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(adj.) excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant (noun: profligacy)

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prosaic

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(adj.) dull, lacking in spirit or imagination

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recondite

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(adj.) hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure

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tacit

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(adj.) implied; not explicitly stated

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tout

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(verb) to publicly praise or promote

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untenable

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(adj.) indefensible; no viable; unihabitable

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consequential

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(adj.) pompous, self-important (logically following; important)

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flip

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(adj.) sarcastic, impertinent, as in flippant; a flip remark

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meet

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(adj.) fitting, proper

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obtain

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(adj.) to be established, accepted, or customary

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occult

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(adj.) hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension

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abjure

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(v.) to renounce or reject solemnly; to recant; to avoid

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contumacious

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(adj.) insubordinate, rebellious (contumely: insult, scorn, aspersion)

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descry

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(v.) to discriminate or discern

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execrate

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(v.) to denounce, to feel loathing for, to curse, to declare to be evil

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expiate

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(v.) to atone or make amends for

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fractious

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(adj.) quarrelsome, rebellious, unruly, refractory, irritable

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gainsay

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(v.) to deny, to dispute, to contradict, to oppose

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propitiate

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(v.) to appease; to conciliate (propitious: auspicious, favorable)

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remonstrate

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(v.) to protest, to object

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sententious

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(adj.) aphoristic or moralistic; epigrammatic; tending to moralize excessively

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stygian

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(adj.) gloomy, dark

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patent

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(adj.) obvious, apparent, clear

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collude

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(v.) plot, conspire

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munificent

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(adj.) generous, lavish

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jettison

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(v.) abandon, discard, don't use

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modish

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(adj.) fashionable, stylish

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judicious

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(adj.) wise, reasonable, sage

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recrudescent

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(adj.) returning

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boon

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(n.) blessing, favor

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forestall

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(v.) to anticipate, prevent

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aplomb

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(n.) self-confidence

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presage

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(v.) predict

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portend

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(v.) foreshadow

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entreaty

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(n.) supplication, prayer

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willfulness

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(n.) prone to disobedience

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economy

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(adj.) thriftiness, sparing use