TOP GRE 4 Flashcards by Mackenzie Dacus

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Desiccate

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To dry out thoroughly

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Deride

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To speak of or treat with contempt; to mock

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Deference

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Respect, courtesy

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Decorum

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Appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety

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Crescendo

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Steadily increasing volume or force

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Credulous

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Too trusting; gullible

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Corroborate

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To provide supporting evidence

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Convoluted

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Intricate and complicated

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Condone

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To overlook, pardon, or disregard

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Cogent

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Convincing and well reasoned

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Chicanery

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Deception by means of craft or guile

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Chauvinist

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Someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs

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Caustic

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Biting in wit

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Catalyst

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Something that brings about a change in something else

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Castigate

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To punish or criticize harshly

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Capricious

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Changing one’s mind quickly and often

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Candid

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Impartial and honest in speech

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Cacophony

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Harsh, jarring noise

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Bombastic

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Pompous in speech and manner

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Bolster

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To support; prop up

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Banal

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Predictable, cliched, boring

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Austere

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Severe or stern in appearance, undecorated

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Audacious

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Fearless and daring

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Attenuate

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To reduce in force or degree; to weaken

Assuage

To make something unpleasant less severe

Ardor

Intense and passionate feeling

Archaic

Ancient, old-fashioned

Arbitrate

To judge a dispute between two opposing parties

Apathy

Lack of interest or emotion

Antipathy

Extreme dislike

Antagonize

To annoy or provoke to anger

Anomaly

Deviation from what is normal

Analogous

Similar or alike in some way; equivalent to

Anachronism

Something out of place in time

Ameliorate

To make better, improve

Ambiguous

Doubtful or uncertain; able to be interpreted several ways

Aggrandize

To increase in power, influence, and reputation

Aesthetic

Concerning the appreciation of beauty

Advocate

To speak in favor of

Adulterate

To make impure

Abyss

An extremely deep hole

Abstain

To choose not to do something

Abscond

To leave secretly

Abate

To reduce in amount, degree, or severity