GRE Vocab card 4 Flashcards by Lucas Johnston

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Fatuous

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Complacently foolish

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Halcyon

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Peaceful, calm, prosperous

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Scotch

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To put a definite end to; to crush

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Salubrious

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Healthful

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Frangible

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Fragile

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Juvenescence

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Youthfulness

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Perquisite

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An exclusive right or belief

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Conflagration

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A large fire

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Windfall

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An unexpected gain; piece of good fortune

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Nefarious

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Wicked or villainous

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Eschew

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Avoid

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Misanthropic

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Showing hatred toward human kind

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Feckless

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Incompetent or lazy

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Inscrutable

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Mysterious

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Squalid

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Foul or dirty

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Mephitic

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Foul or offensive smelling

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Noisome

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Distinguishly offensive, often in odor

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Argot

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Specialized set of vocab used by a group

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Equanimity

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Calmness or composure

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Portent

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Sign or warning

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Extempore

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On the spur of the moment; without notes

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Discerning

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Showing good judgement or perceptiveness

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Exiguous

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Small, scanty, or inadequate

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Garrulous

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Talkative or excessively chatty

Voracious

Especially eager or having a large appetite

Truculent

Aggressive

Recalcitrant

Resisting authority or control

Conciliatory

Attempting to appease or win over

Inveterate

Habitual

Specious

Falsely appeasing true or plausible