Top 100 GRE Flashcards
(100 cards)
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adulterate
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alter or debase
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advocate
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person supporting an idea or cause publicly
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alacrity
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lively and cheerful readiness: “she accepted the invitation with alacrity”
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ambivalent
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having mixed feelings
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ameliorate
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become better: “the reform did much to ameliorate living standards”
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anachronism
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error in time placement
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arduous
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difficult to accomplish, hard to endure
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audacious
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reckless, daring
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auspicious
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conducive to success, favorable
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belie
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contradict; give a false impression
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belligerent
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hostile and aggressive
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benign
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harmless
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bolster
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support or stregthen
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cacophony
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a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds
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capricious
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given to sudden behavior change
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chicanery
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deception by means of craft or guile
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conspicuous
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obvious, easily seen
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copious
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abundant in supply
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corroborate
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confirm or give support to
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deride
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make fun of; insult
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didactic
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intended to teach, educational
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diffidence
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shyness, reserve, unassertiveness
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disparate
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essentially different in kind
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dispassionate
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unfeeling, impatial
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dissonance
a harsh and disagreeable combination, especially of sounds
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docile
easily taught, led, or managed; obedient
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dogmatic
dictatorial, opinonated
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enervate
cause (someone) to feel drained of energy or vitality; weaken.
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engender
cause or give rise to
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enigma
difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious
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ephemeral
short-lived, passing
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equivocate
to avoid giving a clear or direct answer to a question
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erudite
well-educated, cultured
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esoteric
(adj.) intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret
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eulogy
praise
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euphoric
intense excitement and happiness
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exacerbate
infuriate, make worse
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extant
in existence; surviving
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fastidious
very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail; difficult to please
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fervid
intensely enthusiastic or passionate
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fortuitous
happening by accident or chance
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fractious
(adj.) tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable
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frivolous
trivial, silly
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gainsay
deny or contradict
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garrulous
excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters
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hackneyed
unoriginal
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iconoclast
someone who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions
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idiosyncrasy
a way of thought peculiar to an individual
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imminent
likely to happen; threatening
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impetuous
acting or done quickly or without thought or care
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inchoate
undeveloped, beginning
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inculpate
accuse
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ingenious
original, clever and inventive
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inimical
tending to obstruct or harm
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innocuous
harmless and inoffensive
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insipid
lacking taste or flavor
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laconic
using few words, brief (of speech, style of writing, or person)
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lethargic
lazy, sluggish
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lionize
To treat someone as a celebrity, to exalt or glorify
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loquacious
tending to talk a great deal
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magnanimous
very generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or someone less powerful than oneself
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malign
hurtful
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mercurial
(of a person) characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood
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meticulous
extremely careful; particular about details
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misanthrope
person who hates others
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obdurate
stubborn
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obscure
not discovered or known about; uncertain
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obsequious
obedient or attentive to an excessive degree
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orthodox
conforming to all the traditional beliefs and religious practices
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ostentation
excessive showiness
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pedant
a person who overemphasizes rules or minor details
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pellucid
translucently clear
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pithy
brief and full of meaning and substance; concise
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placate
make (someone) less angry or hostile
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plausible
seemingly reasonable or probable
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pragmatic
concerned with practical matters
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prevaricate
deceive; stretch the truth
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prodigal
wastefully extravagant
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profligate
recklessly extravagant
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profound
very great or intense; thoughtful
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prolific
fruitful, present in large number
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prosaic
not challenging; dull and lacking excitement
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providential
lucky, occurring at a favorable time
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prudent
acting with or showing care and thought for the future
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pusillanimous
contemptibly cowardly
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recalcitrant
disobedient, uncontrollabble
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reticent
secretive, quiet
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sanguine
optimistic
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scrupulous
exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details; having high moral standards, principled
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soporific
tending to induce drowsiness or sleep
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sporadic
occurring at irregular intervals
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succint
brief, to the point
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superfluous
extra, unnecessary
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tactiturn
habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
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trite
silly, commonplace
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trivial
of little value or importance
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tumultuous
noisy and disorderly
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vacillate
go back and forth, be indecisive
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venerate
regard with great respect
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vociferous
loud and noisy; compelling attention
