GRE - Word List 2 Flashcards by fiona white

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acrid

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sharp, pungent (used of smalls and taste)

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boorish

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ill-mannered

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cynical

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believing that people act only out of selfish motives

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epistle

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a letter (form of communication)

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heresy

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against orthodox opinion

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lance

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spear, spike, javelin

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obscure

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difficult to understand, partially hidden

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poignant

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deeply moving, strongly affecting the emotions

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respite

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a break, intermission

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terse

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concise, to the point

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acrophobia

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fear of heights

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bourgeois

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middle class

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debility

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weakness, incapacity

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epistolary

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concerned with letters, thorough correspondence

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hiatus

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interruption, pause

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languide

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tired, slow

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obscured

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hidden, covered, buried,

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poised

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calm, collected, self-possessed

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resplendent

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shining, glowing

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therapeutic

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medicinal, curative

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acuity

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sharpness (mental or visual)

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braggart

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someone who boasts

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debunking

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exposing false claims or myths

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epitomized

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typified, characterized, personified

hidebound

rigid in opinions

languish

decay, fade away, get weaker

obsequious

servile, submissive

polemical

causing debate or argument

restorative

a tonic

thwart

prevent, frustrate

adamant

forceful, inflexible

brawny

muscular

decathlon

a athletic competition with ten events

equivocate

speak ambiguously, avoid telling the truth

hieroglyphics

1. picture writing, 2. writing which is difficult to read or enigmatic

larceny

theft, robbery, stealing

obsession

a dominating concern

ponderous

weighty, slow and heavy

retention

preservation, withholding

timorous

cowardly, fearful

adroit

skillful

brevity

being brief

decorum

dignified, correct behavior [decorous (a)]

err

make a mistake

hinder

obstruct

largess

generosity

obsolete

no longer valid

pontificate

speak pompously or dogmatically

reticent

restrained, holding something back, uncommunicative

tirade

stream of verbal abuse