Gre2 Flashcards

(37 cards)

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convoluted

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Twisted

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covet

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Yearn ( long) desire to have something

Co: together, vet: desire

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craven

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Coward
Cave-in, pegion hearted

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4
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decorum

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Good behaviour

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5
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deft

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Skill

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demur

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Hesitate

Very demure( insta reel)
very elegant

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derivative

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Value derived from other

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desiccate

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Remove moisture, dry

Desert cake

Heat up to desiccate the food to preserve it

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diatribe

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Forceful or bitter verbal attack

Dia: dialogue tribe: rubbing away

Star plus is all about diatribe dialogue

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10
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incidious

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Unwilling to believe something

Full of ambush

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ingenous

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Innocent

genous: innocent

Children are ingenious

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12
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abate

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Less wide, reduce

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abjure

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Claim, reject

Court is abjured

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14
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anomalous

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Abnormal

An anomalous situation

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15
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antipathy

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Hostile, antagonism

Opposite of sympathy

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arcane

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Understood by few, convoluted

Nolans movie are arcane and convoluted

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arduous

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Onerous, different

It is easy to get a gf but it is arduous to maintain a gf

18
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ascetic

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Practice self discipline

Act strictly

People who are ascetic, success in life

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assuage

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Make less intense, satisfying

Suage: sugar add

A blanket on a cold night gives an assuage feeling.

Tea was assuaged by adding more sugar.

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betray

21
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bucolic

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Related to pleasant charm of country side

Beautiful cow lick
Bull cow lick

Rustic, rural,

Country people wish to get back the bucolic charm of rural India

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cacophonous

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producing harsh and discomfort sound

Kakos: bad
Phone: sound

Cacophonous roar of traffic is terrible

23
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canonize

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declare as saint

Toop aapdmi hai vo

24
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censure

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express disapproval

censure board

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chicanery
Use deception to serve ones purpose Chi- canery Trick- anery Trickery, deception Politicians perform chicanery to win elections
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Coalesce
Come together as one Coalition government Coalesce art and craft
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Cogent
Clear Co: together gent:( gentelman) agree The cogent argument by the lawyer won the case
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contend
Struggle to control
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copious
In very large quantity Copy-us, plethora
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Cosmopolitan
People from different countries
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deference
Respectful submission People remove their hat in deference
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desultory
Lacking plan De- result The desultory student kept jumping from math to history, never finished anything
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Dilatory
Causing delay
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diffident
Shy, modest Diff: not , Fid: faith, confidence
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equivocate
Speak in bahut easy to mislead Mislead, dodge Sharks don't prefer equivocating founders.
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polarize
In one direction
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prodigal
Spend thrift Who spends without boundaries