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GRE Vocab from Princeton > Words I Should Learn > Flashcards

Words I Should Learn Flashcards

1
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vestigial

A

forming a very small remnant of something that was once much larger or more noticeable

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trifling

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unimportant or trivial

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enigmatic

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difficult to interpret or understand

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quotidian

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of or occurring everyday; ordinary or everyday

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5
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acrimony

A

bitterness or ill feeling

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6
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assignation

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an appointment to meet someone in secret; generally lovers

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7
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bile

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ill temper; peevishness

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amity

A

friendship; peaceful harmony

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timorousness

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fearfulness

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rancorous

A

characterized by bitterness or resentment

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11
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equivocal

A

ambiguous

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12
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balmy

A

pleasantly warm

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inchoate

A

just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary

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chary

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cautiously or suspiciously reluctant to do something

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15
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misanthrope

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person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society

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16
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demagogue

A

a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by using rational argument

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wag

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person who makes facetious jokes

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18
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acumen

A

ability to make good judgments and quick decisions

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19
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bombast

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high-sounding language with little meaning, used to impress people

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alacrity

A

brisk and cheerful readiness

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21
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vituperative

A

bitter and abusive

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solicitous

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showing interest or concern

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23
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torpid

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mentally or physically inactive

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tenuous

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very weak or slight

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anachronistism

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something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time

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despondent

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in low spirits from loss of hope or courage

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improvidence

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thoughtless, careless, imprudent, heedless

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fulminate

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complain loudly or angrily

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lambast

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criticize harshly

30
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opprobrium

A

harsh criticism or censure

31
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predicate (v)

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found or base something on

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extirpate

A

root out and destroy completely

33
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conflate

A

combine into one

34
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augury

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a sign of what will happen in the future

35
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uninitiated

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without special knowledge or experience

36
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lachrymose

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tearful or giving to weeping

37
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concomitant

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naturally accompanying or associated

38
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unpropitious

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not giving or indicating a good chance of success; unfavorable

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solvent

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able to pay all just debts

40
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dearth

A

inadequate supply

41
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nuance

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subtle or slight degree of difference, as in meaning, feeling or tone

42
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execrable

A

extremely bad or unpleasant

43
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expediency

A

convenient and practical despite being improper or immoral

44
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abominable

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causing moral revulsion

45
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prodigious

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remarkably great in extent, size, or degree

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stolidity

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not easily stirred

47
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commensurate

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corresponding in size or degree

48
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sidereal

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or or w/ respect to the distant stars

49
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etiolated

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pale due to lack of light

50
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pragmatic

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dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations

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invidious

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likely to arouse or incur resentment or anger in others

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plangent

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loud, reverberating, and often melancholy

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nugatory

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of no value or importance

54
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antediluvian

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before the Biblical flood; ridiculously old-fashioned

55
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pusillanimous

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showing a lack of courage or determination

56
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jejune

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naive, simplistic, or superficial

57
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perilously

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involving grave risk

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belie

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fail to give a true notion or impression of something

59
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apocryphal

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of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as true

60
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heresy

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belief or opinion contrary to orthodox religion

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superannuate

A

retire with a pension

62
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senescence

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condition or process of deterioration with age

63
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laconic

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using very few words

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garrulous

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excessively talkative

65
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ascetic

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characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence

66
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tempestuous

A

characterized by strong and turbulent or conflicting emotion

67
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torpor

A

a state of physical or mental inactivity

GRE Vocab from Princeton (4 decks)

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