2009 Gre High Frequency Vocabulary (1-100)

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abate

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become less in amount or intensity

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chicanery

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the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

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disseminate

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cause to become widely known

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gainsay

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take exception to

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latent

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potentially existing but not presently evident or realized

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aberrant

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markedly different from an accepted norm

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coagulate

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change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state

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dissolution

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separation into component parts

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garrulous

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full of trivial conversation

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laud

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praise, glorify, or honor

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abeyance

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temporary cessation or suspension

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coda

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the closing section of a musical composition

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dissonance

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disagreeable sounds

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goad

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stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick

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lethargic

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deficient in alertness or activity

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abscond

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run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along

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cogent

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powerfully persuasive

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distend

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cause to expand as it by internal pressure

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gouge

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an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)

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levee

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a pier that provides a landing place on a river

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abstemious

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marked by temperance in indulgence

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commensurate

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corresponding in size or degree or extent

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distill

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undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops

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grandiloquent

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lofty in style

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levity

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a manner lacking seriousness

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admonish

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take to task

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compendium

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a publication containing a variety of works

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diverge

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move or draw apart

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gregarious

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instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others

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log

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a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches

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adulterate

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corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones

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complaisant

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showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others

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divest

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take away possessions from someone

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guileless

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free of deceit

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loquacious

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full of trivial conversation

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aesthetic

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concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste

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compliant

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disposed or willing to comply

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document

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anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks

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gullible

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naive and easily deceived or tricked

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lucid

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(of language) transparently clear; easily understandable

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aggregate

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a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together

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conciliatory

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making or willing to make concessions

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dogmatic

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of or pertaining to or characteristic of a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative

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harangue

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a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion

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luminous

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softly bright or radiant

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alacrity

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liveliness and eagerness

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condone

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excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with

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dormant

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inactive but capable of becoming active

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homogeneous

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all of the same or similar kind or nature

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magnanimity

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liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit

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alleviate

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provide physical relief, as from pain

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confound

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be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly

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dupe

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fool or hoax

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hyperbole

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extravagant exaggeration

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malingerer

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someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity

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amalgamate

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to bring or combine together or with something else

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connoisseur

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an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts

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ebullient

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joyously unrestrained

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iconoclastic

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characterized by attack on established beliefs or institutions

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malleable

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capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out

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ambiguous

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having more than one possible meaning

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contention

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the act of competing as for profit or a prize

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eclectic

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selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas

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idolatry

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the worship of idols; the worship of images that are not God

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maverick

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someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action

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ambivalence

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mixed feelings or emotions

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contentious

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inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits

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efficacy

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capacity or power to produce a desired effect

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immutable

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not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature

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mendacious

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given to lying

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ameliorate

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to make better

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contrite

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feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

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effrontery

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audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to

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impair

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make worse or less effective

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metamorphosis

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a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances

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anachronism

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something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred

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conundrum

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a difficult problem

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elegy

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a mournful poem; a lament for the dead

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impassive

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having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited

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meticulous

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marked by precise accordance with details

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analogous

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similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar

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converge

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be adjacent or come together

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elicit

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call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

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impede

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be a hindrance or obstacle to

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misanthrope

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someone who dislikes people in general

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anarchy

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a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)

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convoluted

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rolled longitudinally upon itself

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embellish

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make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

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impermeable

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preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through

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mitigate

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lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of

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anomalous

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deviating from the general or common order or type

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craven

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lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful

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empirical

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derived from experiment and observation rather than theory

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imperturbable

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not easily perturbed or excited or upset; marked by extreme calm and composure

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mollify

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cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

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antipathy

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a feeling of intense dislike

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daunt

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cause to lose courage

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emulate

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strive to equal or match, especially by imitating

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impervious

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not admitting of passage or capable of being affected

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morose

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showing a brooding ill humor