GRE - Word List 4.2 Flashcards
(50 cards)
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amity
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friendship
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castigate
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scold strongly
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destitution
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hardship, poverty, misery
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expedient
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convenient, practical
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incantation
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chant, invocation, prayer
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lynch
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assassinate, kill, illegal hanging
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overt
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obvious, not hidden
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predicament
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dilemma, difficult situation
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sanguine
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optimistic, cheerful
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ubiquitous
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found everywhere, omnipresent
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amorphous
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lacking in shape
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catharsis
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purging of pent-up emotions
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deter
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put off, prevent
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expedite
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make faster
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incarceration
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putting in prison
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machination
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plots and plans
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overwrought
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worked up, in an emotional state
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preeminent
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famous, outstanding
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sardonic
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mocking
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unalloyed
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undiluted, total
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analgesic
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medicine to combat pain
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caucus
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type of private political meeting
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deteriorate
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worsen, decline
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exposition
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clear explanation
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incessant
without stopping
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maelstrom
whirlpool, storm in the ocean
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palatable
good to eat, agreeable
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prerogative
right or privilege
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savant
person with knowledge
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unctuous
oily, using excessive flattery
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analogous
comparable
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caustic
burning
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detrimental
harmful
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extol
praise
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incipient
just beginning
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magnanimous
generous, big-hearted
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palisade
fence made of posts
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prescient
having fore-knowledge
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scale
to climb
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undermined
damaged, attacked
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anarchy
chaos, lack of government
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cavalcade
procession of vehicles
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devoured
greedily eaten/consumed
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extradite
deport from one country back to the home country
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inclination
tendency, a leaning toward
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magnate
powerful businessman
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palliative
a remedy that improves but doesn't cure
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presentiment
a feeling that something might happen
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scapegoat
person on whom blame is place for faults of others
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underscore
emphasize
