PY4

Question 1

Genial

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Friendly, cheerful

Question 2

Congenial

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Pleasant, agreeable to tastes/preferences

Question 3

Germane. Apposite

Answer 3

Relating to a subject under consideration. Relevant

- Tom’s asset pricing question was germane to my asset pricing interests and research with him

Question 4

Gregarious

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Sociable

- Josh was very gregarious, always wanting to hang out after work

Question 5

Guile

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Deceitful cunning

Question 6

Hallmark

Answer 6

Quality/ability that is typical of a particular person or thing
- Stata is the hallmark of Tom’s research

Question 7

Hallow

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To respect a lot. Honor as holy

- I hallow Tom

Question 8

Haphazard

Answer 8

Having no plan/order/direction

- Studying for the GRE on my own felt haphazard

Question 9

Helter-skelter

Answer 9

Haphazard. Marked by lack of order/plan

Question 10

Heterodox

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Not agreeing with established beliefs/standards. Think iconoclast.
- Chandler was heterodox with Thanksgiving

Question 11

Hew to

Answer 11

Conform to

- I had to rewrite my Stata code to hew to Tom’s style

Question 12

Hidebound

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Not willing to accept new/different ideas. Unwilling to change because of tradition/convention.

Question 13

High-minded

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Having strong moral principles

Question 14

Hortatory

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Encouraging, reassuring

- BC initially encouraged masks, but now it’s more than hortatory and actually required

Question 15

Lugubrious

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Gloomy

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Surfeit

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Think surplus. Plethora, glut

Question 17

Callous

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Heartless. Insensitive / cruel disregard for others

Question 18

Welter

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Move in turbulent fashion

- The flood weltered

Question 19

Pastiche

Answer 19

1. An artwork imitating another

2. An artwork mixing/medley of things

Question 20

Mendacity

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Untruthfulness

Question 21

Quixotic

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Too idealistic, not practical

Question 22

Ideologue

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Adhering to an ideology, almost in a dogmatic way. think zealot

Question 23

Imbibe

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1. To drink.

2. Absorb ideas/knowledge

Question 24

Immaterial

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Not important. Inconsequential

Question 25

Vitiate

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Impair, undermine, hamstring

Question 26

Impartial

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Evenhanded, fair

Question 27

Impassioned

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Very passionate

Question 28

Impassive

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Not showing emotion

Question 29

Impecunious

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Having little/no money. Impecunious

Question 30

Indigent

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Poor, needy. Impecunious

Question 31

Imperil

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To bring into peril

Question 32

Impermanent

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Not lasting forever

Question 33

Impetuous

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Done quickly without thought or care. Precipitate

Question 34

Precipitate

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1. Done quickly without thought/care. Precipitate | 2. Cause to happen sudden/unexpectedly

Question 35

Implacable

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1. Unable to placate (make less angry/hostile). Opposite of mollify, appease, soothe

Question 36

Mollify

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1. to soften temper, appease | 2. To mitigate, reduce, soften

Question 37

Impolitic

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Unwise

Question 38

Impudent

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Failing to show respect/courtesy

Question 39

Impugn

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Call into question. Dispute the truth/honesty of a statement or motive

Question 40

Inborn

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Existing from birth

Question 41

Inexplicable

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Unable to be explained or accounted for. Incomprehensible

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Incommensurable

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Having no common standard of measurement or judgement

Question 43

Incongruity

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Discrepancy

Question 44

Inconstant

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Not constant. Variable, frequently changing

Question 45

Incursion

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A sudden invasion for attack

Question 46

Indecorous

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Improper, not keeping with good taste

Question 47

Indiscriminate

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1. Affecting many people in a careless or unfair way | 2. Done at random or without careful judgement

Question 48

Industrious

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Diligent. Working hard

Question 49

Inert

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Lacking the ability or strength to move. Stasis

Question 50

Infalliability

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Incapable of error or being wrong

Question 51

Ingenuous

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innocent and unsuspecting

Question 52

Inimical

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Tending to obstruct or harm. To keep from doing what they want to do. Unfriendly, hostile. Think antagonistic, deleterious

Question 53

Deleterious

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Causing harm or damage

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Inscrutable

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Think abstruse, hard to undrstand

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Insipid

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Bland, boring

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Intelligible

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Able to be understood

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Intransigent

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Completely unwilling to change, especially one's view.s Stubborn, resolute, obdurate

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Obdurate

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Stubborn, intransigent

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Invective

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insulting, abusive, or highly critical language

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Irascible

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Easily angered

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Irenic

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Aiming at peace

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Irreparable

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Not able to be repaired

Question 63

Irresolution

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Hesitancy, uncertainty | - A moment of irresolution

Question 64

Vacillation

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Indecisive

Question 65

Itinerant

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Traveling from place to place, peripatetic

Question 66

Peripatetic

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Traveling from place, itinerant

Question 67

Jejune

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1. Not interesting 2. Too simple, simplistic Think vapid

Question 68

Jettison

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Get rid of, throw or drop

Question 69

Vapid

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Not stimulating or challenging. Think jejeune

Question 70

Kinfolk

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Relatives

Question 71

Laconic

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Using few words. Taciturn, terse, curt

Question 72

Taciturn

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Reserved, saying little. Laconic, terse, curt

Question 73

Lambaste

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Criticize very harshly. Denounce, deride

Question 74

Languish

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1. Grow weak | 2. Suffer from being forced to remain in an unpleasant place or situation

Question 75

Largesse

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Giving away money

Question 76

Laudatory

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Expressing praise. Think applaud

Question 77

Somnolent

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Lethargic, slumberous

Question 78

Limpid

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1. A clear liquid 2. Clear writing 3. Marked by transparency

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Lionize

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Treat as very important. Eulogize

Question 80

Loquacious

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Talkative. Garrulous

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Respite

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A short delay/rest from something unpleasant | - A short respite

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Risible

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Foolish, to provoke laughter

Question 83

Luxuriant

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Lush, rich and profuse. Yielding abundantly. Rampant

Question 84

Madcap

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1. Eccentric, unconventional | 2. Reckless, rash, not considering the consequences

Question 85

Magnanimous

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Generous, forgiving, especially towards a rival or less powerful person

Question 86

Malignant

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Malevolent. Virulent, infectious

Question 87

Malinger

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Exaggerate or feign illness to avoid work

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Malodorous

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Bad smell

Question 89

Manacle

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To restrain from movement, progress, action