4 Gre Hit Parade V6.3

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acerbic (adj.)
You're acerbic, outspoken, but fiercely loyal.

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having a sour, bitter taste

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amalgamate (v.)
Tests also should be conducted to determine if the mild steel will amalgamate in this system.

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to combine

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amenable (adj.)

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agreeable

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bolster (v.)
He should press rulers to bolster their regimes by reform rather than violence.

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provide support

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credulous (adj.)
The law will afford relief even to the simple and credulous who have been duped by art and falsehood.

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gullible

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diatribe (n.)
This diatribe is so unrelentingly negative that it loses all power to persuade.

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harsh denunciation

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fervent (adj.)
She's become a fixture on news programmes and fervent advocate of green investment.

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very emotional

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flout (v.)
A college of wit-crackers cannot flout me out of my humor.

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to show contempt for/ openly disregard

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fortuitous (adj.)
If the shipyard had been covered by insurance, the fire might have seemed a fortuitous event.

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happening by chance

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garrulous (adj.)
Philosophers are a garrulous and argumentative species.

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talking too much

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germane (adj.)
Now back to the information germane to the current topic.

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relevant

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glib (adj.)
It's amazing to me, at how glib and dismissive many treat this perhaps all-important topic.

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nonchalant; superficial

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halcyon (adj.)
The family's ugly, dysfunctional history pours out in the process, in sharp contrast with the halcyon setting.

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calm; peaceful

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hubris (n.)
But he's so full of hubris that he'll never step down.

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arrogant pride

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idolatrous (adj.)
I realized my idolatrous views of my religion were faulty

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intense devotion

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imperturbable (adj.)
In his own imperturbable firmness of character, my uncle had grown into the habit of never contradicting any one in conversation.

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extremely calm

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implacable (adj.)
His stern, implacable approach to budgets sometimes angered employees.

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not capable of changing

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intrepid (adj.)
But next week, a select intrepid few will have the opportunity to play the full game before it hits stores

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couragous

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laconic (adj.)
The crew members themselves are laconic about the planned mission.

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using few words

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maverick (n.)
This maverick synthesis challenges commonly held assumptions.

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an independent person

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mendacity (n.)
You need to overcome this deplorable mendacity, or no one will ever believe anything you say

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quality of being untruthful, tendency to lie; falsehood

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mercurial (adj.)
The boss's mood is so mercurial that we never know how he's going to react to anything

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rapidly changing (especially mood)

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obdurate (adj.)
He is know for his obdurate determination

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resistant to persuasion or softening influences; stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

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obfuscate (v.)

to obfuscate a problem with extraneous information

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to make confusing, bewildering, or stupefying

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obsequious (adj.)

an obsequious bow, obsequious servants

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showing a fawning attentiveness, servile complaisance; obedient; dutiful

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obstinate (adj.)

the obstinate growth of weeds

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stubborn

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opprobrium (n.)

his films and the critical opprobrium they have generated

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disgrace

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ostentatious (adj.)

books that people buy and display ostentatiously but never actually finish

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pretentious

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pedantic (adj.)

many of the essays are long, dense, and too pedantic to old great appeal

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excessive attention to formal rules

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phlegmatic (adj.)

he was calm, almost phlegmatic in conversation

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not easily excited to action/display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish; self-possessed, calm, or composed

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polemical (adj.)

a polemical essay

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controversial; argumentative

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rancorous (adj.)

sixteen miserable months of rancorous disputes

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bitter resentment

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rhetoric (n.)

all we have from the opposition is empty rhetoric

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effective use of language for persuasion

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salubrious (adj.)

salubrious weather

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promoting good health

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sedulous (adj.)

he watched himself with the most sedulous care

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hard working; showing dedication and diligence

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solvent (adj/n.) 1. He cou.dn't stay solvent after losing his business

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1. able to meet financial obligations 2. able to dissolve a substance

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soporific (adj/n.)

the motion of the train had a somewhat soporific effect

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causing drowsiness; a drug/agent that induces sleep

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fawn (v.)

congressmen fawn over the President

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to flatter/praise excessively

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imminent (adj.)

they were in imminent danger of being swept away

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about to happen; impending

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impetuous (adj.)

her friend was headstrong and impetuous

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hastily done; impulsive; rash

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indifferent (adj.)

they all seemed indifferent rather than angry

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having no interest/concern

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malleable (adj.)

Anna was shaken enough to be malleable

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capable of being shaped/formed; pliable

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meticulous (adj.)

he had always been so meticulous about his appearance

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attentive to details

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mollify (v.)

nature reserves were set up around the power stations to mollify local conservationists

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to soothe/calm

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pervade (v.)

a smell of stable cabbage pervaded the air

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to permeate throughout

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pervasive (adj.)

ageism is pervasive and entrenched in our society

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having the tendency to permeate/spread throughout

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pirate (v.)

File sharing is often rife with pirating of movies, music, and media

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to illegally use/reproduce

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plethora (n.)

a plethora of committees and subcommittees

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an overabundance; a surplus

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pragmatic (adj.)

a pragmatic approach to politics

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practical rather than idealisitc