GRE Vocab 3 Flashcards by Helen Lin

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Pithy

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concise and forcefully expressive

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Macabre

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gruesome

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Scurvy

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mean; despicable

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Effrontery

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bold; insolence; rude; presumptuous

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Insipid

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lacking interest

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Impetuous

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quick to act without thinking

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Malinger

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to evade responsibility; pretending to be ill

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Obviate

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to prevent

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Opprobrium

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severe criticism; public disgrace

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Obsequious

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overly submissive; eager to please

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Exigent

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urgent; requires immediate action

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Dilettante

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someone who has superficial interest in a topic

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Dilatory

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intending to delay

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Lament

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to express sorrow

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Diffident

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lacking self confidence

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Attenuate

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to weaken; to reduce in force/degree

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Deference

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deeply respect

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Elegy

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sorrowful poem or speech

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Guile

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craft; trickery; deceit

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Iconclast

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one who opposes established beliefs, customs and institutions

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Implacable

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unable to be calmed down

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Obstinate

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stubborn; unyielding

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Laudable

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praise worthy; deserving praise or commendation

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Succored

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helped

Abase

degrade; humble; lower in rank

Cajolery

persuade using flattery

Invectives

long angry speech

Martinet

someone who follows the rules; disciplinarian

Pedant

making an excessive display of learning

Derision

scorn; ridicule

Specious

Falsely appearing true, genuine, plausible

Aver

to assert; affirm positively

Apocryphal

of questionable authenticity or origin

Felicitous

appropriately and pleasingly expressed

Impecunious

poor

Imperturbation

calmness; stillness

Trepidation

fearful

Furtively

secretly

Fetid

offensive odor

Imbibe

consume through eating or drinking

Caustic

sarcastic; sharp

Sinercure

position requiring little to no work

laconic

concise; extreme sparing with words

Rarefy

purify; make less dense

Neophyte

someone new to a skill

Assuage

soothe; appease; make less intense

Lucid

sane; understandable; intelligible

Intrepid

fearlessness; undaunted

Enervate

to sap the strength; to weaken

Placate

to soothe the anger of; to appease