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gre_vocab-set06 Flashcards

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GRE Vocabulary

specious

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deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious

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untenable

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indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable

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approbation

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an expression of approval or praise

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refulgent

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radiant; shiny; brilliant

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polemical

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controversial; argumentative

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harangue

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to deliver a pompous speech or tirade; a long, pompous speech

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sordid

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characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul

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desultory

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jumping from one thing to another; disconnected

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alacrity

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eager and enthusiastic willingness

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obviate

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to prevent; to make unnecessary

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prescience

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foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring

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felicitous

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appropriately and pleasingly expressed

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querulous

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prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish

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ascetic

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one who practices rigid self-denial, esp. as an act of religious devotion

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virulent

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extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic

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assuage

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to make something unpleasant less severe

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dearth

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smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack

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inimical

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hostile, unfriendly

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phlegmatic

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calm; sluggish; unemotional

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ubiquitous

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existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread

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maverick

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an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party

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GRE Vocabulary

equivocate

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to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead

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GRE Vocabulary

credulous

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too trusting; gullible

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precipitate

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acting with excessive haste or impulse

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perfidy

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intentional breach of faith; treachery

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adulation

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excessive praise; intense adoration

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malinger

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to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill

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GRE Vocabulary

rancorous

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characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment

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GRE Vocabulary

estimable

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admirable

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neophyte

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a recent convert; a beginner; novice

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unfeigned

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genuine; not false or hypocritical

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diffident

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lacking in self-confidence

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immutable

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not capable of change

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perfunctory

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done in a routine way; indifferent

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burgeon

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to grow rapidly or flourish

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implacable

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unable to be calmed down or made peaceful

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