Barron & Kaplan Gre Words

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abate*

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to
reduce in amount, degree or severity

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abdicate

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to
renounce or relinquish a throne

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aberrant

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abnormal
or deviant

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abeyance

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suspended
action

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abject

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utterly
hopeless, humiliating or wretched

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abjure

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to
renounce on oath

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ablution

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act
of cleansing

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abrogate

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to
abolish by formal means

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abscond*

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depart
secretly and hide

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abstemious*

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sparing
in eating and drinking; temperate

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abstruse

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hard
to understand; secret, hidden

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accretion

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an
increase by natural growth

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acerbic

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sour
or astringent in taste, harsh in temper

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acquiesce

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to
comply, give in

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acrid

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sharp
or biting to the taste or smell

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acrimonious

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caustic,
stinging or bitter in nature

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adjoin*

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to
be close or in contact with

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adjure

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to
beg or command

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admonish

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to
counsel against something; caution; warn; reprove

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adulterate*

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to
make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

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adventitious

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accidental

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aesthetic

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artistic;
dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful

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affable

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friendly,
courteous

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aggrandize

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to
increase in power, influence and reputation

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aggregate

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gather;
accumulate

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alacrity

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cheerful
promptness; eagerness

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alleviate

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relieve

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altruist

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a
person unselfishly concerned for the welfare of others

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amalgamate

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combine;
unite in one body

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amatory

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of
or pertaining to lovers or lovemaking

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ambiguous

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unclear
or doubtful in meaning

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ambivalence

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the
state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes

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ameliorate

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to
make better; to improve

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amity

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friendship;
peaceful harmony

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anachronism*

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something
or someone misplaced in time; an obsolete or archaic form

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analogous

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comparable

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anarchy

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absence
of governing body; state of disorder

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androgen

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any
substance that promotes masculine characteristics

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androgynous

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being
both male and female

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animus

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hostile
feeling or attitude

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anomalous

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abnormal;
irregular

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antipathy*

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aversion;
dislike

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apartheid

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any
system or caste that separates people according to race

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apathy*

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lack
of interest or emotion; uncaring; indifference

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apogee

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the
highest or most distant point

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apostasy*

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renunciation
of one’s previous loyalty; a total desertion of one’s religion, principles,
cause, etc.

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apotheosis

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glorification,
glorified ideal

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appease

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pacify
or soothe; relieve

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apprise

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inform

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approbation*

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approval;
praise, consideration

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appropriate

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acquire;
take possession of for one’s own use

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arduous

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hard;
strenuous

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arrogate

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to
claim unwarrantably or presumptuously

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artless

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without
guile; open and honest

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ascetic

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practicing
self-denial; austere

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assiduous*

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diligent,
persistent, hardworking

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assuage

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to
make less severe; ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger)

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atrophy

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to
waste away; wither or deteriorate; the wasting away of body tissue

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attenuate

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make
thinner

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audacious

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daring;
bold

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austere*

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forbiddingly
stern in appearance; severely simple and unornamented

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autonomous*

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self-governing;
independent

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aver*

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assert
confidently or declare; as used in law, state formally as a fact

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avocation

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something
one does in addition to a principle occupation

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banal

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boring;
commonplace; trite; lacking originality; clichéd; hackneyed

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belie

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contradict;
give a false impression

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belligerent

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warlike,
given to waging war

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bemoan

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to
express pity for

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beneficent

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kindly;
doing good

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benevolent

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desiring
to do good to others

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benign

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having
a kindly disposition

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bilateral

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pertaining
to or affecting two or both sides

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bolster

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support;
reinforce

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bombastic*

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pompous
in speech and manner ; using inflated language

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boorish

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rude;
insensitive

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burgeon

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grow
forth; send out buds

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burnish

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make
shiny by rubbing; polish

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buttress

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support;
prop up

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capitulate

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to
surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms

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capricious*

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unpredictable;
fickle; changing one’s mind quickly and often

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castigate*

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to
punish or criticize harshly

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catalyst

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agent
that increases the rate of a chemical action; person or thing that causes
action

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caustic

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burning;
sarcastically biting

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chicanery*

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trickery;
deception by means of craft or guile

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circuitous

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roundabout,
indirect

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circumambulate

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to
walk about or around

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circumscribe

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to
draw a line around

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circumspect

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watchful
and discreet

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coagulate

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thicken;
congeal; clot

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coda

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concluding
section of a musical or literary composition; something that summarizes
or concludes

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cogent*

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convincing
and well reasoned

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commensurate

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corresponding
in extent, degree, etc.; proportionate

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compendium

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brief,
comprehensive summary

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complacent

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self-satisfied,
unconcerned

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complaisant*

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trying
to please; overly polite; obliging

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compliant

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yielding;
conforming to requirements

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compunction

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a
feeling of uneasiness for doing wrong

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concentric

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having
a common center

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conciliate

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to
placate, win over

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conciliatory

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reconciling;
soothing

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condone

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overlook;
forgive; give tacit approval; excuse

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conflagration

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a
large destructive fire

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confluence

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merging
into one

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confound

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confuse;
puzzle

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congenital

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existing
or as such from birth

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connoisseur

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person
competent to act as a judge of art; a lover of art

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contention

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claim;
thesis

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contentious

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quarrelsome

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contravene

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to
come into conflict with

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contrite

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feeling
regret and sorrow for one’s sins or offenses; penitent

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conundrum

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riddle;
difficult problem

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convalescent

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recovering
from illness

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converge

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approach;
tend to meet; come together

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convoke

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to
call together

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convoluted*

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intricate
and complicated

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corroborate

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to
provide supporting evidence

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craven

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cowardly

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credulous*

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too
trusting; gullible

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cursory

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going
rapidly over something; hasty; superficial

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daunt

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intimidate;
frighten

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decadent

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decaying;
deteriorating

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decorum

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propriety;
orderliness and good taste in manners

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default

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failure
to act

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deference*

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respect;
courteous regard for another’s wishes

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deferential

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respectful;
to yield judgment to

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deign

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to
think fit or in accordance with one’s dignity

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delineate

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portray;
depict; sketch

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delude

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to
mislead the mind of judgment of, deceive

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denigrate

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blacken

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deride

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ridicule;
make fun of

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derision

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contemptuous
or jeering laughter; ridicule.

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derivative

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unoriginal;
obtained from another source

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desiccate*

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to
dry out thoroughly

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desultory*

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aimless;
haphazard; digressing at random

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deterrent

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something
that discourages; hindrance

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diatribe

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bitter
scolding; invective

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dichotomy*

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split;
branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones)

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diffident*

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lacking
or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.

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diffuse*

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to
spread widely or thinly

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digression

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wandering
away from the subject

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dilatory*

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inclined
to delay or procrastinate

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dilettante

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someone
with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic

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dirge

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lament
with music

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disabuse*

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correct
a false impression; to set right; to
free from error

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discerning

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mentally
quick and observant; having insight

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discordant

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not
harmonious; conflicting

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discredit

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defame;
destroy confidence in; disbelieve

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discrepancy

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lack
of consistency; difference

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discrete

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separate;
unconnected; consisting of distinct parts

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disingenuous

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lacking
genuine candor; insincere

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disinterested

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unprejudiced

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disjointed

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lacking
coherence; separated at the joints

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dismiss

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eliminate
from consideration; reject

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disparage

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belittle

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disparate

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fundamentally
distinct or different in kind; entirely dissimilar

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disport

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to
divert or amuse oneself

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disquiet

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a
lack of calm or peace

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dissemble*

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disguise;
pretend; to disguise one’s real intentions or character

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disseminate*

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distribute;
spread widely; scatter (like seeds)

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dissolution

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disintegration;
looseness in morals

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dissonance

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discord;
opposite of harmony

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distend

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to
expand by stretching; swell out

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distill

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purify;
refine; concentrate

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diverge

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vary;
go in different directions from the same point

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divest

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strip;
deprive

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doctrine

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a
principle or body of principles presented for acceptance or belief;
dogma

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document

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provide
written evidence

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dogma

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a
firmly held opinion, often a religious belief

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dogmatic*

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opinionated;
arbitrary; doctrinal

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doleful

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sorrowful,
mournful

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dormant

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sleeping;
lethargic; latent

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dour

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sullen,
gloomy