GRE Vocab Set 1 (Princeton Review) Flashcards by Harsha Venkatesh | Brainscape

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Aberrant

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Deviating from the norm

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Abscond

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To depart secretly, clandestine

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Alacrity

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Eager and enthusiastic

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Anomaly

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Abnormality

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Approbation

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An expression of approval or praise

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Arduous

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Strenuous and taxing

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Assuage

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To ease or lessen

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Audacious

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Daring and fearless

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Austere

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Severely simple, ascetic

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Axiomatic

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Taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth

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Canonical

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Following or in agreement with accepted standards

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Capricious

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Inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; like a capricorn according to Mom

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Censure

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To criticize severely

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Chicanery

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Trickery or subterfuge

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Connoisseur

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Informed and astute judge in matters of taste, an expert

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Convoluted

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Complex or complicated

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Disabuse

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To set right

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Discordant

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Conflicting, harsh in sound

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Disparate

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Fundamentally distinct

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Effrontery

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Extreme boldness

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Eloquent

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Well-spoken, expressive, articulate

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Enervate

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To weaken

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Ennui

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Dissatisfaction and restlessness from boredome

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Equivocate

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To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

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Erudite

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Very learned, scholarly

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Exculpate

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To exonerate, clear of blame

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Exigent

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Urgent, pressing, requiring immediate attention

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Extemporaneous

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Done without preparation, improvised (extempo)

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Filibuster

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Intentional obstruction (political)

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Fulminate

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To attack loudly, to denounce

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Ingenuous

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Artless, frank, and candid

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Inured

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Accustomed to accepting something undesirable

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Irascible

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Easily angered, prone to temperamental outbursts

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Laud

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To praise highly

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Lucid

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Clear, easily understood

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Magnanimity

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The quality of being noble in mind and heart

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Martial

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Associated with war and the armed forces

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Mundane

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Typical or concerned with the ordinary

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Nascent

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Coming into being, developmental stages

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Nebulous

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Vague, cloudy, lacking clearly defined form

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Neologism

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A new word, expression, or usage

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Noxious

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Harmful and injurious

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Obtuse

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Lacking sharpness, not clear or precise

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Obviate

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To anticipate and make unnecessary

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Onerous

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Troubling, burdensome

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Paean

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A song of hymn or praise

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Parody

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A humorous imitation intended for comedy

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Perennial

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Recurrent through the year or many years

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Perfidy

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Intentional breach of faith

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Perfunctory

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Cursory, done without care or interest

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Perspicacious

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Acutely perceptive

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Prattle

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To babble meaninglessly

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Precipitate (adj.)

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Acting with excessive haste

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Precipitate (v.)

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To cause or happen before anticipated

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Predilection

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A disposition in favor of something, a preference

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Prescience

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Foreknowledge of events

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Prevaricate

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To deliberately avoid the truth

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Qualms

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Misgivings

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Recant

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To retract a previously held belief

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Refute

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To argue against

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Relegate

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To assign to a lower place or position

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Reticent

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Quiet and reserved

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Solicitous

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Concerned and attentive

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Sordid

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Characterized by filth or grime, squalor

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Sporadic

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Occurring only occasionally

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Squander

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To waste by spending or using irresponsibly

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Static

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Not moving, at rest

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Stupefy

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To stun, baffle, or amaze

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Stymie

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To block or thwart

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Synthesis

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Combination of parts to make a whole

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Torque

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A rotational force

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Tortuous

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Winding, twisting, excessively complicated

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Truculent

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Fierce and cruel

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Veracity

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Truthfulness and honesty

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Virulent

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Extremely harmful or poisonous

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Voracious

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Insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit

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Waver

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To move to and fro (to sway)