GRE VOCAB PT3 Flashcards by grace lackey

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lethargic

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sluggish manner

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loquacious

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talkative

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lucid

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clear and easily understood

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luminous

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bright, brilliant, glowing

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malinger

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to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill

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malleable

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capable of being shaped

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metaphor

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a figure of speech comparing two different things

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meticulous

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extremely careful about details

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misanthrope

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a person who dislikes others

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mitigate

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to lessen

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mollify

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to calm or make less severe

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paradox

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a contradiction

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paragon

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model of excellence or perfection

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pedant

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someone who shows off learning

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perfidious

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willing to betray ones trust

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perfunctory

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done in a routine way, indifferent

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permeate

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to penetrate

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philanthropy

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charity or desire to promote goodness

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placate

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to soothe or pacify

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plastic

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able to be molded, bent

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plethora

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excess

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pragmatic

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practical as opposed to idealistic

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precipitate

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to throw violently or bring about abruptly

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prevaricate

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to lie or deviate from the truth

pristine

fresh and clean

prodigal

lavish

proliferate

to increase in number quickly

propitiate

to appease

propriety

correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs

prudence

wisdom, caution or restraint

pungent

sharp and irritating to the senses

quiescent

motionless

rarefy

to make thinner

repudiate

to reject the validity of

reticent

silent, reserved

rhetoric

effective writing or speaking

satiate

to satisfy fully or overindulge

soporific

causing sleep or lethargy

specious

seeming plausible but fallacious

stigma

a mark of shame or discredit

stolid

unemotional; lacking sensitivity

sublime

grand

tacit

done without using words

taciturn

silent, not talkative

tirade

long, harsh speech

torpor

extreme mental and physical sluggishness

transitory

temporary, lasting a brief time

vacillate

to be indecisive

venerate

to respect deeply

veracity

truthfulness

verbose

wordy

vex

to annoy

volatile

easily aroused or changeable

waver

to fluctuate between choices

whimsical

unpredictable

zeal

passion, excitement