TOP GRE 2 Flashcards by Mackenzie Dacus

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Plastic

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Able to be molded, altered, or bent

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Placate

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To soothe or pacify

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Philanthropy

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Charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness

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Permeate

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To penetrate

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Perfunctory

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Done in a routine way; indifferent

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Perfidious

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Willing to betray one’s trust

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Pedant

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Someone who shows off learning

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Paragon

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Model of excellence or perfection

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Paradox

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A contradiction or dilemma

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Ostentation

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Excessive showiness

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Opprobrium

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Public disgrace

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Opaque

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Impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light

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Onerous

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Troublesome and oppressive; burdensome

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Occlude

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To stop up; to prevent the passage of

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Obviate

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To prevent; to make unnecessary

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Obstinate

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Stubborn, unyielding

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Obsequious

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Overly submissive and eager to please

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Obdurate

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Hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion

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Monotony

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Lack of variation

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Mollify

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To calm or make less severe

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Mitigate

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To soften; to lessen

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Misanthrope

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A person who dislikes others

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Meticulous

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Extremely careful about details

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Malleable

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Capable of being shaped

Malinger

To evade responsibility by pretending to be ill

Loquacious

Talkitive

Lethargic

Acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner

Lavish

To give unsparingly (v.); extremely generous or extravagent

Laud

to give praise; to glorify

Lament

To express sorrow; to grieve

Laconic

Using few words

Irascible

Easily made angry

Inundate

To overwhelm; to cover with water

Intransigent

Uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled

Insipid

Lacking interest or flavor

Innocuous

Harmless

Inimical

Hostile, unfriendly

Ingenuous

Showing innocence or childlike simplicity

Inchoate

Not fully formed; disorganized

Implacable

Unable to be calmed down or made peaceful

Impetuous

Quick to act without thinking

Impervious

Imossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected

Imperturbable

Not capable of being disturbed

Iconoclast

One who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions