GRE Vocab Flashcards Deck 2
(126 cards)
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Misanthrope
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a person who dislikes others
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Mitigate
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to soften; to lessen
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Mollify
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to calm or make less severe
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Monotony
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lack of variation
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Nadir
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low point, perigee
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Na?ve
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lacking sophistication or experience
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Nascent
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coming into being; in early development stage
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Natty
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trimly neat & tidy; dapper
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Nebulous
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vague, cloudy, lacking clearly defined form
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Neologism
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new word, expression, or usage
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Neophyte
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a recent convert; a beginner; novice
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Nexus
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a connection, tie, or link; center or focus
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Nice
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exacting, extremely precise
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Noisome
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offensive, especially to one?s sense of smell; fetid
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Obdurate
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hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion
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Obeisance
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gesture that expresses deference (bow, curtsy)
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Obfuscate
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to deliberately obscure, to make confusing
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Obsequious
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overly submissive and eager to please
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Obstinate
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stubborn, unyielding
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Obstreperous
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noisy, loudly stubborn
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Obtuse
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lacking sharpness of intellect
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Obviate
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to prevent; to make unnecessary
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Occlude
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to stop up; to prevent the passage of
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Onerous
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troublesome and oppressive
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Opaque
impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light
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Opprobrium
public disgrace
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Ostentation
excessive showiness
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Paean
a song or expression of praise & thanksgiving
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Palliate
to make something appear less serious, gloss over, mitigate
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Panegyric
formal expression of praise
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Paradigm
something that serve as a model, example
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Paradox
contradiction or dilemma
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Paragon
model of excellence or perfection
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Pariah
an outcast, a rejected person
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Parody
humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect
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Pedant
someone who show off learning
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Perfidious
willing to betray one?s trust
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Perfunctory
done in a routine way; indifferent
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Permeate
to penetrate
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Philanthropy
charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness
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Placate
to soothe or pacify
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Plastic
able to be molded, altered, or bent
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Plethora
excess
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Pragmatic
practical as opposed to idealistic
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Precipitate
to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation
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Prevaricate
to lie or deviate from the truth
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Pristine
fresh and clean; uncorrupted
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Prodigal
lavish, wasteful
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Proliferate
to increase in number quickly
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Propitiate
to conciliate; to appease
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Propriety
correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs
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Prudence
wisdom, caution, or restraint
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Pungent
sharp and irritating to the senses
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Quaff
to drink deeply
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Quail
to shrink back in fear, lose courage
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Qualify
to limit
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Qualms
misgivings, reservations, causes for hesitancy
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Queries
questions, inquires, reservations
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Querulous
prone to complaining or grumbling, quarrelsome
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Quiescent
motionless
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Quotidian
occurring or recurring daily
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Rail
to complain about bitterly
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Ramify
to be divided, to branch out
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Rancorous
characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment
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Rapacious
voracious, greedy, plundering, subsisting on prey
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Rarefy
to make thinner or sparser
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Rebus
riddle
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Recalcitrant
obstinately defiant of authority or guidance, difficult to manage
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Recant
to retract previously held belief
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Recapitulate
to summarize, to repeat concisely
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Repudiate
to reject the validity of
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Reticent
silent, reserved
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Rhetoric
effective writing and speaking
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Sagacious
having sound judgment, perspective, wise
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Salacious
appealing to or causing sexual desire
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Salient
prominent, protruding, conspicuous, highly relevant
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Salubrious
promoting health or well-being
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Salutary
remedial, wholesome, causing improvement
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Sanctimony
self-righteousness, pretended piety
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Sanguine
cheerful, confident, optimistic
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Sap
to weaken the vitality of
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Satiate
to satisfy fully or overindulge
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Soporific
causing sleep or lethargy
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Specious
deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious
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Stigma
a mark of shame or discredit
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Stolid
unemotional; lacking sensitivity
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Sublime
lofty or grand
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Table
to remove from consideration
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Tacit
done without using words
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Taciturn
silent, not talkative
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Talisman
something believed to have magic power or bestowed good luck
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Tamp
to plug, to drive in or down by a series of blows
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Tautology
repetition, a redundancy, a circular argument
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Tawdry
cheap, gaudy, showy, tacky, indecent
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Tenacity
stubborn; persistent to something
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Tender
to offer formally
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Tirade
long, harsh speech or verbal attack
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Torpor
long, harsh speech or verbal attack
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Transitory
temporary, lasting a brief time
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Ubiquitous
existing everywhere at same time; widespread
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Umbrage
offense, resentment
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Undulate
to move in wavelike fashion, fluctuate
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Unfeigned
genuine, not false or hypocritical
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Untenable
indefensible, not viable, uninhabitable
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Untoward
troublesome, unruly, unseemly, adverse
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Upbraid
to scold, reprimand, chastise, blame
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Urbane
sophisticated, refined, elegant
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Usury
charging an exorbitant or illegal rate of interest
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Vacillate
to sway physically, to be indecisive
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Variegated
multicolored, characterized by a variety of patches of different color
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Vaunt
to brag or boast
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Venal
capable or being bought or bribed
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Venerate
to revere, respect
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Veracity
filled with truth and accuracy
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Verbose
wordy
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Verisimilitude
appearing true or unreal
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Veritable
authentic, real, genuine
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Vex
to annoy
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Volatile
easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive
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Waft
light breeze, a puff
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Waver
to fluctuate between choices
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Welter
to writher, to toss about, to be in turmoil
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Wend
to go, proceed, walk
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Whet
to sharpen or stimulate
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Whimsical
acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable
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Zeal
passion, excitement
