GRE Vocab Week 1 Flashcards
(81 cards)
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abstemious
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self denying(like abstain from)
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abstruse
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complex, abstract
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acquiescent
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submissive
to acquiesce is to please
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adulate
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praise
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allay
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pacify
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aspersion
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abuse
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baleful
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harmful
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belies
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contradicts
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bucolic
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rustic
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candor
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frankness
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cavalcade
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processsion
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cavalier
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condescending
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compunction
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regret
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convivial
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cheerful
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delectable
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delicious
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demure
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reserved
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derisive
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ridiculing
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diffident
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hesitant
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dilettante
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amateurish
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disseminating
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spread widely
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effete
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burnt out, corrupt
like feeble
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eschew
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avoid
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euphony
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harmony
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exhort
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urge, warn
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expeditious
speedy
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extant
surviving
| the manuscript is no longer extant
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florid
elaborate
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fulminate
vehement protest
criticize harshly
explode/flash like lightning
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fulsome
sickeningly extravagant
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halting
hesitant
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hidebound
rigid, outdated
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imperious
arrogant, bossy
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impetus
stimulus
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imprecation
curse, cuss
| to imprecate is to curse/invoke evil
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indelible
indestructible
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intransigent
uncompromising
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itinerant
wandering
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jingoistic
fighting, extreme patriotism, war propaganda
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liminal
beginning stage
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misanthrope
cynic, person who hates others
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obstreperous
rowdy
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paucity
lack
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pendulous
weighty
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peripatetic
nomadic, traveling from place to place
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portentous
foreboding
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preclude
prevent
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precocious
early childhood development
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prognosticator
fortune-teller
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prurient
erotic, sexual
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rectitude
rightness
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redolent
aromatic, suggestive
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repudiate
reject
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ruminative
thoughtful
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soporific
to make sleepy
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stilted
pompous, artificial
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subversive
undermining
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succor
assistance, sustenance
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sybaritic
indulgent
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voracious
hungry, greedy
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abscond
steal away
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abeyance
suspension/temporary disuse
| like abate
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anachronism
wrong historical period, literally wrong time
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anodyne
bland, inoffensive
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blithe
carefree
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calumny
slander
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cogent
logical, well-constructed argument
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diaphanous
filmy, sheer
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endemic
native
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expurgate
purge
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hegemony
overwhelming dominance of a single group
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implacable
unable to be calmed
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inchoate
undeveloped, unformed
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malfeasance
wrong doing, literally wrong do
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malinger
person who pretends to be ill
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obtrude
stick out
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redolent
reminiscent/suggestive of
| something was redolent of the 80s
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remonstrate
to plead or beg in protest
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rue
regret
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tyro
novice
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watershed
tipping point
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winnow
filter out, remove unwanted elements
