Flashcards in GRE Practice Booklet, ETS Deck (12)
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deft
neatly skillful and quick in one's movements
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nascent
just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential
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coalesce
come together and form one mass or whole
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venality
the quality of being open to bribery or overly motivated by money
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objurgation
a harsh reprimand or criticism
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prescient
having or showing knowledge of events before they take place
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vestigial
forming a very small remnant of something that was once much larger or more noticeable
He felt a vestigial flicker of anger from last night.
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equivocation
the use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself; prevarication.
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polemical
of, relating to, or involving strongly critical, controversial, or disputatious writing or speech
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portentous
done in a pompously or overly solemn manner so as to impress
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posturing
behave in a way that is intended to impress or mislead others
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