Barron's Gre Vocab 4Th 40

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incarnate

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having bodily form
Christans believe that Jesus Christ was God incarnate.

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inert

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unable to move; sluggish
The teacher was frustrated by his inability to get an answer to his question from his inert class

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intangible

Back 3

not material
When considering what occupation to pursue it it prudent to consider intangible rewards as well as financial ones.

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inured

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hardened; accustomed; used to
After 20 years in the army, the captain had not become inured to the sight of mem dying in the battlefield

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jaundiced

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having a yellowish discoloration of the skin; affected by envy, resentment, or hostility
Norman's experience as an infantryman during the was has given him a jaundiced view of human nature.

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lascivious

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lustful
The court ruled that the movie could be censored because its sole aim was to promote lascivious thoughts.

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lilliputian

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extremely small
Microbiologiests study lillipution organisms

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lucre

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money or profits
Many religions regard the pursuit of lucre for what it can do to help other as laudable.

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maverick

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dissenter
Bernie Sanders of Vermont has a reputation as a maverick; he is one of only two memebers of the congress who inpendent

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meticulous

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very careful; fastidious
Science is an empirical field based on the belief that the laws of nature can best by discovered by meticulous observation and experimentation.

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miscreant

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villain; criminal
The public execution of miscreant was common in Great Britain.

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mundane

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wordly as opposed to spiritual; concerned with the ordinary
somebody thought the bible is the retelling of a powerful myth current in the middle east that sought to explain the mundane in spiritual language.

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obdurate

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stubborn
Coach Knight is obdurate about one thing: the offensive line is the heart of his football game

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onerous

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burdernsome
The duty the judge considers most onerous is sentencing convicted criminals.

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panegyric

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elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise
Many penagerics were written to Abraham Lincoln in the years after his death, and he has become the most revered figures int he American history.

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peregrination

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wandering from place to place
Swami Vivekananda's peregrinations took him all over india.

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phlegmatic

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calm in termperament; sluggish
Phlegmatic natures can be inspired to enthrsiasm onlyby being made into fanatics

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platitude

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stale, overused expression
Though Sarah's marrigae didn't seem to be going well, she took comfort in the platitude that the first six months of a marriage were always the most difficult.

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prattle

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meaningless, foolish talk
The sociologist theorizes that what may seem like prattle often has an important social function.

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presage

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to foretell; indicate in advance
The english poet William Blake believed his work presaged a new age in which people would achieve political. social, phychological, and spiritual freedom.

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prohibative

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so high as to prevent the purchase or use of; preventing; forbidding
Most people in poor contries are unable to purchase a computer because of its prohibative price.

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purport

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to profess; suppose; claim
Religion plays a large role, since nearly everyone purports to believe in God and many people are memebers of churches.

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raconteur

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witty skillful storyteller
Former prisident Bill Clinton is known as an accomplished reconteur who can entertain guests with amusing anecdotes about politics all evening.

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recondite

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abstruse; profound
Many classical and biblical references known to educated nineteenth-century readers are now considered recondite by most readers.

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repine

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fret; complain
The president told the congrossional representative he should stop repining over the lost opportunity and join the majority in exploring new ones.

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riposte

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A retaliatory action of retort
The commmander decided that the enemy attack must be countered with a auick riposte.

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sardonic

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cynical; scornfully mocking
Satire that is too sardonic often loses its effectiveness.

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seludous

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diligient
The Nobel Prize-winning scientist attributed his success to what he termed "Curiosity, a modicum of intelligence, and sedulous applition."

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simile

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Comparasion of one thing with another using like or as
Is his autobiographical book, Bob Dylan uses two similes in succession to try to convey the experience of writing a new song.

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somatic

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relating to or affecting the body; coporeal
A psychosomatic disorder is a malady caused by a mental disturbance that adversely affects somatic function.

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stentorian

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extremely loud
The stentorian speaker perfers not to use a microphone so that the audience can appreciate what he calls the full effect of my powerful orotory.

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stultify

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to swagger; display to impress others
The professor of education believes that overreliance on rote learning stultifies students' creativity.

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suffrage

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The right to vote
The pivotal feminist goal of suffrage was not obtained in the US until 1920, and in Britain not until 1928.

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tacit

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Silently understood; implied
During the Cold War, there was a tacit assumption on the part of both Soviet Union and the US that neither side would launch an unprovoked nuclear attack against the other side.

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timbre

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The characteristic quality of sound by a particular instrument or voice; tone color
The audience was delighted by the rich timbre of the singer's soprano.

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transient

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temporary; short lived; fleeting

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turbid

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muddy; opaque; in a state of greate confusion
the poem captures the restless and turbid state of the soldier's mind the night before the decisive battle was set to begin

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vacuous

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empty; void; lacking intelligence; purposeless
In Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice, the youngest of the five Bennet daughters, Lydia, is portrayed as a vacuous young woman with few interests other than having fun.

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vertigo

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dizziness
The physician diagnosed the patient's vertigo as being caused by an acute anxiety attack.

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vogue

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prevailing fashion or practice
The protectionist polices are not in vogue today.