GRE Verbal Words Flashcards
(171 cards)
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prevarication
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when someone tells a lie, sneakily
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dissembler
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a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
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mawkish
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sentimental in a feeble way
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perfunctory
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with minimum effort
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draconian
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excessively harsh
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prevaricate
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speak or act evasively
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legion
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in great number
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thoroughgoing
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absolute
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equivocation
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speak or act evasively
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glibness
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being talkative in a smooth, almost insincere way
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stridency
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making or having a harsh sound
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parsimony
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extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources
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perfidy
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deceitfulness
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hamstrung
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crippled by having their hamstrings cut
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precis
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summary of a larger work
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pithy
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concise and forcefully expressive
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aphorism
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short sayings, usually of general truth
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ignominy
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public shame, disgrace
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tepid
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slightly warm
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heresy
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belief contrary to orthodox
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lionize
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give lots of public attention and approval to
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obsequious
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servile, obedient
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truculent
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eager to argue, defensive
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caustic
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sarcastic in scathing way
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resplendent
attractive, impressive via colors/splendidness
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specious
superficially plausible but wrong
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pastiche
medley
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insolvent
unable to pay debts
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recondite
difficult to penetrate, incomprehensible
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prosaic
lacking imagination, dull
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caviling
raising frivolous objections
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ponderous
weighed down
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hobnob
drink together
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muckracking
seeking to expose corruption
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polemic
strong verbal or written attack
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apocryphal
of questionable authenticity
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apprehended
fully understood
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staid
respectable, unadventurous
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garrulous
excessively talkative
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eminent
famous, respected in particular profession
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apogee
highest point
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nadir
lowest point
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precocity
maturing early
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fastidious
giving careful attention to detail
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trenchant
full of vigor, cutting, incisive
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pugnacious
disposed to fighting, quarrelsome
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imperil
put at risk of being harmed
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gall
to irritate
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disabuse
to persuade someone that their belief is not valid
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debase
reduce the quality/value of something
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banal
repeated too often, overfamiliar
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ramshackle
out of repair, loose, disjointed
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sycophantic
using flattery to get what one wants, behaving obsequiously
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preeminent
surpassing all others, best
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disapprobation
strong disapproval
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braggadocio
a boasting person
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cupidity
greed for money
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revile
hurl abusive language
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extol
praise
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stultify
cause one to lose enthusiasm or energy, likely due to routine
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perennial
lasting indefinitely, continually recurring
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protracted
prolonged
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lachrymose
showing sorrow
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penurious
poor
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sybarite
someone who indulges in luxury
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germane
relevant and appropriate
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largesse
gift of money given
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untenable
incapable of being defended
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repudiate
refuse to accept or be associated with
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recapitulate
summarize and restate main points of
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facetious
flippant, treating serious issues casually
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patent (adj)
obvious
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anoint
ceremonially give divine office to (e.g. anoint a king), rub oil
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solicitous
showing interest or concern
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munificent
more generous than usual/necessary
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laconic
using few words
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mendacity
untruthfulness
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judicious
showing good judgment
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doctrinaire
seeking to impose doctrine regardless of practicality
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jettison
abandon, discard
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modish
conforming to what is fashionable, popular
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pernicious
harmful, especially subtle/gradual
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salubrious
health-giving, healthy
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remedial
intended as remedy
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florid
elaborately intricate, excessively complicated
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calumnious
slanderous
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inveigle
persuade using flattery or deception
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timorous
timid
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innocuous
not harmful nor offensive
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intractable
hard to control
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recrudescent
breaking out again, renewing
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inimical
tending to obstruct or harm
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ostensible
appearing to be true but not necessarily so
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openhanded
giving generously
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consummate (adj)
highly skilled
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denigrate
criticize unfairly
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profliglate
spending resources recklessly
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revelry
lively, noisy celebration
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carousing
drinking and enjoying yourself noisily and livelily
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jingoism
extreme patriotism
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restiveness
uneasily impatient, hard to control
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eschew
deliberately avoid
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obdurate
stubborn, unable to be moved
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impertinent
disrespectful, rude
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munificent
very generous
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sopoforic
sleep inducing
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expansive
open, communicative
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saturnine
slow and gloomy
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antedate
precede in time
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sclerotic
hard, indurated, firm
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pilloried
ridiculed in public, attacked
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propitious
favorable, likely to win
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predilection
strong liking
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behoove
it is a duty of someone to do smth, e.g. it behooves him to train before the game
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is incumbent upon
necessary as a duty to help, e.g. it is incumbent upon us to help
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punctilious
showing great attention to detail, correctness
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myopic
lacking foresight
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reticent
disinclined to talk
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indelible
unable to be forgotten or removed
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insouciance
lacking concern, indifference
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pundit
expert in field
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assiduity
diligence
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inexonorable
unstoppable
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sedulous
done diligently and carefully
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artifice (n.)
using cunning tricks to deceive
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spurious
plausible but false
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inundate
overwhelm, flood
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vitiate
spoil, impair quality of
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redress
remedy, make right
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belie
disguise, contradict
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base (adj)
without morals, ignoble
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hubris
excessive pride
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mettlesome
full of courage and spirit
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volubility
talkativeness
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probity
integrity, honesty, decency
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venality
openness to bribery and corruption
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inchoate
beginning to form, not fully formed
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supercilious
haughty
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clemency
leniency
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derelict
not doing one's duties
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inveterate
habitual
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celerity
speed
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feckless
lazy, irresponsible
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bucolic
relating to countryside
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intransigent
refusing to change one's views
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stolid
showing little emotion
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anodyne
soothing pain
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augury
omen, object for foretelling the future
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histrionic
overly theatrical
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temerity
fearless daring
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torrid
burning, parched from heat
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inclement
unpleasant, stormy
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fecund
abundantly producing, fertile
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pelucid
clear, understandable
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pejorative
derogatory, showing contempt
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tractable
controllable, manageable
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enjoin
urge someone to do smth
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dissimulation
concealing of one's thoughts
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nebulous
vague, unclear
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taciturn
uncommunicative, saying little
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apotheosis
highest point
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vicissitudes
irregularly changing state, revolution
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circumscribe
to constrict
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studied
deliberate, contrived, careful
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affectation
artificial behavior meant to impress
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self-effacting
not claiming attention, modest
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unstinting
without restraint
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loath to
unwilling
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intrepid
fearless
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benighted
unenlightened
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avail yourself to
take advantage of
