Manhattan GRE

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formidable

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inspiringfear or respectthrough being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable

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dolorous

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Extremely sorrowful; causing or expressing great sadness or mourning

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prolix

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excessively wordy; tediously lengthy; too long or drawn out

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Intransigent

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unwilling to change one’s view or to agree about something

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Impetuous

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1. Impulsive; liable to make decisions without forethought

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Opportunism

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The tendency to seek advantage, likely in an unethical, unscrupulous fashion

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Suffix:

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Suffix usually indicates the dark side of a neutral word – sexism, racism, opportunism

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Inimical

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1. Vehemently opposed to something, often in an angry or ill-willed fashion

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lugubrious

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Mournful or dark in an exaggerated way; exceptionally grim

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vituperative

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Highly critical (bitter), often in an abuse way

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acerbic

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1. Sharp, sarcatstic, bitting

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Plausability

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The condition of being believable or possible; appearing reasonable or true

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Disaffection

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Loss of interesting, feeling, or loyalty. Estrangement.

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Suffix: Dis___

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The opposite of something (negative)

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Quotidian

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1. Occurring on a daily basis

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Serendipitous

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Charaterized by chance, luck, or good fortune

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Disconsolate

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1. Unable to be cheered up or soothed; despondent

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Dispassionately

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Objectively; without emotional attatchment

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Attenuation

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1. The act of stretching out, making thinner; the state of being stretched, thinned out

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Frugality

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The state or act of being thrifty; conserving money or resources in a careful manner

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Perfunctory

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1. Merely routine; done only on a surface level

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Restive

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1. Restless; uneasy

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Immutable

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Unchanging; fixed; cannot be altered

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Pithy

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Strongly worded; memorable; to the point

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Prosaic

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1. Mundane, ordinary

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Happenstance

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Chance occurrence or circumstance

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Duplicitous

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Lying; purposefully deceptive

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Solicitous

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1. Concerned, in an earnest, conscientious way

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Practicable

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Something that can be put into practice; useful

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Ribald

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Inappropriate; irreverent; coarse

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Maudlin

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1. Tearful, emotional, often in an overdone way

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Formulaic

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Done according to an established patttern; following a formula

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Obdurate

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1. Stubbornly continuing to behave wrongly

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Quixotic

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1. Likely to make impulsive decisions, often in a romantic or sentimental way

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Equivocal

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1. Unable to decide; ambivalent

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Unequivocal

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Leaving no doubt; unambigious 

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Deferential 

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Tending to give precedence to others, out of either (1) esteem or (2) desire to integrate onself

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Canny

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1. Intelligent, clever

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Uncanny

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Strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way

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Preeminent

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Highly distinguished or important

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Disquieting

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Unsettling; disturbing

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Iconclastic

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1. Shatter norms or precedents; attacking long-held beliefs

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Scrupulous

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1. Highly attentive to detail; careful

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Discredited

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1. Proved to be false

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Trite

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Overused; cliche; unoriginal 

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Beholden

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Owing something; obligated or in debt in some way

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Industrious

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Hard-working; consistent; diligent