GRE Vocab Flashcards by Khushi Jhunjhunwala

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APATHETIC / APATHY

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Lacking interest

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AUTOCRAT

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Dictator

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BOMBASTIC

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Pompous

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AFFECTED / HAUGHTY

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Arrogantly superior / Proud

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CALLOUS

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Insensitive

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CONCUR

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Agree

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CONTEMPT / DISDAINFUL

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Lack of respect / Haughty

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COSMOPOLITAN / URBANE

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Sophisticated

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DEBACLE

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Faliure

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DIRE

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Urgency

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DISPASSIONATE

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Unemotional

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DORMANT

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Inactive

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ELUDE / EVADE

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Escape

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ELUSIVE

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Difficult to catch

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EPIPHANY

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Sudden realization

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EULOGY / EULOGIZE

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Speech of appreciation

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FALLACY

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False belief

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FOLLY

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Foolishness

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FUTILITY

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Hopelessness

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GLUTTON (OUS)

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Some one that eats and drinks a lot

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HARDY / ROBUST / STURDY

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Capable of enduring difficult conditions, Strong

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HASTEN

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Speed up

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ILLICIT

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Illegal

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INANE

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Senseless, Stupid

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LUCID

Clear, Easily understood

LULL

Short period of calm

NUANCE

Subtle differnece

PROPHET / ORACLE / SEER

Proclaimer of God

PAINSTAKING

Careful

PLACID

Calm

PRECIPITATE

Outcome

PROLIFIC

Fertile / Fruitful

RAPPORT

Relationship

RECESSIVE

Tending to go backward

REGRESSIVE

Tending to return or revert

REPROACH / SCOLD

Disapproval or disappointment

SAGE

Wise

SCRUTINIZE

Examine carefully

SELF-RIGHTEOUS / SMUG / COMPLACENT

Self-satisfied, Proud, Selfish

SERENDIPITY

Luck

SLIGHT (VERB) / SNUB

Insult

STOCK (ADJECTIVE) / HACKNEYED

Kept regularly on hand, Standard

SUCCULENT

Delicious

SUSCEPTIBLE

Someone that's easily influenced or affected

TEEM / TEEMING

Abundant

TOUT

Praise

TRANSIENT

Lasting for only short period of time (Transient Person- Someone that moves from place to place)

UNCANNY

Extraordinary, Weird

VANQUISH

Conquer, Defeat

VISCOUS

Thick, Sticky

VOCATION

Carrer

WRATH

Anger

WRY

Clever or grim sense of humor

ADVERSE

In an opposing direction

ALIAS

A name that's been assumed temporarily

ANTISEPTIC

Thoroughly clean, Free of disease-causing germs

BASHFUL

Self - consciously timid

COBBLER

A person that makes or repairs shoes

ABYSS

Enormous chasm, Vast bottomless pit, Space, Hell

GRIM

Very serious or gloomy