GRE - Word List 4.1 Flashcards
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ambivalence
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lack of clarity, wavering, being undecided
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cantankerous
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bad-tampered, quarrelsome
3
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derogatory
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uncomplimentary
4
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exemplify
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to serve as a good example
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impecunious
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having no money
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lucid
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clear
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ornate
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highly decorated
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precipice
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steep slope
9
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salubrious
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health-giving
10
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truant
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shrink, someone absent without permission
11
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ambulatory
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able to walk around (used of hospital patients
12
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capacious
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spacious
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desecrate
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to damage or pollute a holy place
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exhaustive
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complete and through
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impious
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wicked, profane
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ludicrous
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ridiculous, silly
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orthodox
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conventional
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precipitous
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done in a hurry
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salutary
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something which teaches you a lesson, beneficial
20
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truncate
A
cut short
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ameliorate
A
make better
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capitulate
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surrender, give in to
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desecration
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spoiling something holy
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exonerates
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acquits, absolves, removes blame
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impoverished
destitute, poor
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lukewarm
1. unenthusiastic, 2 neither hot nor cold
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ossify
1. turn to bone, 2. become fixed and rigid
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preclude
prevent or make impossible
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sanctimonious
hypocritically holy
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tumult
uproar, noise
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amelioration
improvement
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carping
constant criticism
33
desist
stop, discontinue, cease
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exorcism
getting free/rid of, eliminating (especially demons)
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impromptu
unrehearsed, spontaneous
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lummox
clumsy person
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ostentatious
showy
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precocious
developing early
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sanction
giving approval to
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turpitude
depravity, wickedness
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amiable
friendly
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cartographer
person who makes maps
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despondent
having no hope, miserable
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expatriate
refugee, emigrant, someone living away from his own country
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inadvertent
not intentional
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luscious
juicy, moist, succulent
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oust
push out of a position
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predecessor
one who came before
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sanguinary
bloodthirsty, bloody
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tyro
novice, beginner
