official gre words to learn Flashcards by Altynbek Ismailov

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defy

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refuse to obey

make impossible

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woo

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try to gain love

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morbid

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indicative of disease

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recondite

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little known. abstruse

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undoing

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the cause of failure

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fecklessness

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lacking strength or character

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scintillating

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sparkling or shining brightly

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incendiary

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a person who sets fire

causing fire

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efflorescence

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reach optimum stage of development

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acquisitiveness

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excessive interest in acquiring money

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exacted a toll

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forced to pay price

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tepid

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showing little enthuiasm

slightly warm

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excise

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a levy of tax

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indictment

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a charge

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feigning

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pretend to be

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dissemble

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conceal ones true motives

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adverse

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preventing success or development

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hortatory

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tending or aiming to exhort

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transgressions

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an act that goes against law

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trifling

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unimportant or trivial

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relish

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great enjoyment

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serendipitous

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occured or discovered by chance

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blemish

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s small mark that spoils

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blandly

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lacking strong features

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commonplace

ordinary

kindred

similar in kind, affiliated

imperative

a vital importance, crucial

commensurate

in proportion

heterodox

not complying to orthodox. iconoclast

meager

lacking in quantity and quality | thin

ruthless

having or showing no pity

industrious

diligent and hard working

compel

to oblige or force

irresolute

ambivalent

opulent

ostentatiously rich

mundane

earthly

recapitulate

summarize and repeat again

facetious

taking serious issues with deliberate humor

patent

obvious

vanquished

defeat thoroughly

anoint

nominate, smear

goosebumps

мурашки

jettison

throw or drop smth

startling

very surprising

recrudescent

break out again, recur, resurgent

succumb

fail to resist

scuffle

a short confused fight

coonages

inventions

foreground

call attention to | the most important position, передний план

schism

a split or divison

modicum

a small quantity

dissent

hold opinion that varies

frivolous

not having serious purpose, irrelevant

sartorial

of or relating to clothes

deflect

cause something to change direction

brandish

wave as a threat | размахивать

synoptic

general summary, synopsis, abridged

extravagance

profilgate

aghast

shock (may have negative meaning)

menacing

threatening

conspicuous

standing out, clearly visible

heed

pay attention to

condone

accept or allow

row

festering dispute over

manacled, reined in

fettered with chains keep under control

ploddingly

slow moving, un exciting

melding

blend, combine

ecstatic

joyful, elated

humdrum

lacking excitement, dull