Beyond The Gre Parade Hit List -- Group 1

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Alloy (verb)

Back 1

to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior; unalloyed means pure

Hint 1

She really alloyed the recipe when she mixed it with inferior ingredients.

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Appropriate (verb)

Back 2

to take for one's own use; to confiscate

Hint 2

The FBI appropriated my friend's car because they had to chase down a criminal. I thought it was pretty cool, even though they crashed it.

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Arrest, arresting (verb)/(adj.)

Back 3

to suspend; to engage; holding one's attention: as in arrested adolescence, an arresting portrait

Hint 3

They arrested his license for drunk driving.

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August (adj.)

Back 4

majestic, venerable

Hint 4

That is an august unicorn, so majestic. It even has the colors of the season August as well!

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Bent (noun)

Back 5

leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency

Hint 5

I'm more bent toward saving her than leaving her there.

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Broach (verb)

Back 6

to bring up; to announce; to begin to talk about

Hint 6

I honestly have no idea how to broach the topic about the elephant in the room. I mean, seriously, there is a real live elephant in the room!

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Brook (verb)

Back 7

to tolerate; to endure; to countenance

Hint 7

I will brook all my hardships, no matter what I must do. I WILL better my life at all costs!

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Cardinal (adj.)

Back 8

major, as in cardinal sin

Hint 8

That is a major, cardinal topic around here. Just don't bring it up.

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Chauvinist (noun)

Back 9

a blindly devoted patriot

Hint 9

That priest is such a closed minded chauvinist. He denounces evolution to everyone during the service but claims to support science... like, really?

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Color (verb)

Back 10

to change as if by dyeing, i.e., to distort, gloss, or affect (usually the first)

Hint 10

I don't know if her choice will color his opinion of her the wrong way.

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Consequential (adj.)

Back 11

pompous, self-important (primary definitions are: logically following; important)

Hint 11

He is a consequential person in that he thinks he's more important than everybody else.

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Damp (verb)

Back 12

to diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound

Hint 12

We need to dampen the speakers, bro, it's way too loud!

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Die (noun)

Back 13

a tool used for shaping, as in a tool-and-die shop

Hint 13

The die is shaping the object for the next part of the process.

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Essay (verb)

Back 14

to test or try; to attempt; to experiment

Hint 14

I'm going to essay that new car I've been looking at before I buy it.

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Exact (verb)

Back 15

to demand; to call for; to require; to take

Hint 15

I exact a precise measurement. Measure again!

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Fell (verb)

Back 16

to cause to fall by striking

Hint 16

In Dark Souls, you will be felled more times than you'd expect.

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Flag (verb)

Back 17

to sag or droop; to become spiritless; to decline

Hint 17

My balls flag, in a good way.

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Flip (adj.)

Back 18

sarcastic, impertinent, as in flippant: a flip remark

Hint 18

That was a flip comment. It's hard to recognize her sarcasm, I know.

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Ford (verb)

Back 19

to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream

Hint 19

Ford on through this river. We must get there, quick!

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Grouse (verb)

Back 20

to complain or grumble

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I'm going to grouse if I have another boring lecture with that professor again.

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Guy (noun)

Back 21

a rope, cord, or cable attached to something as a brace or guide; to steady or reinforce using a guy: Think guide. (verb form: guyed, guying)

Hint 21

We're going to reinforce the barricade with that guy... no, not HIM you idiot, the guy... the ROPE!

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Intimate (verb)

Back 22

to imply, suggest, or insinuate

Hint 22

Don't intimate that suggestion, or he'll get the wrong idea.

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List (verb)

Back 23

to tilt or lean to one side

Hint 23

List to the right, everyone! We need to get this pillar to lean over there and form a bridge!

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Lumber (verb)

Back 24

to move heavily and clumsily

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That fat guy lumbered up the steps so clumsily.

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Meet (adj.)

Back 25

fitting, proper

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He is quite a meet person, very trim and proper.

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Milk (verb)

Back 26

to exploit; to squeeze every last ounce of

Hint 26

Geez, that writer really milked the death out of that series, huh? I don't blame him. I'd do the same thing.

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Mince (verb)

Back 27

to pronounce or speak affectedly; to euphemize, to speak too carefully. Also, to take tiny steps; to tiptoe.

Hint 27

You are mincing way too much. Just say it!

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Nice (adj.)

Back 28

exacting, fastidious, extremely precise

Hint 28

That was a nice cut! Meaning, a very precise cut, not, like, a nice cut... yeah.

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Occult (adj.)

Back 29

hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension

Hint 29

That is an occult book. I can hardly understand it.

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Pedestrian (adj.)

Back 30

commonplace, trite, unremarkable, quotidian

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That is a pedestrian car, I see it all the time, it's very common.

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Pied (adj.)

Back 31

multicolored, usually in blotches

Hint 31

That artist really pied that painting. So many colors!

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Pine (verb)

Back 32

to lose vigor (as through grief); to yearn

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I pined for her so hard, I grew quite tired.

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Plastic (adj.)

Back 33

moldable, pliable, not rigid

Hint 33

That is one plastic Barbie!

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Pluck (noun)

Back 34

courage, spunk, fortitude

Hint 34

I have a lot of pluck in the face of fear.

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Prize (verb)

Back 35

to pry, to press or force with a lever; something taken by force, spoils

Hint 35

I'm going to prize that item from you.

Front 36

Rail (verb)

Back 36

to complain about bitterly

Hint 36

I'm so going to rail at how many freaking vocabulary words I had to learn and turn into flashcards on Cram to study for this GRE Exam!

Front 37

Rent (verb)

Back 37

torn (past tense of rend); an opening or tear caused by such

Hint 37

Don't rent those clothes, please. They can rip easily.

Front 38

Quail (verb)

Back 38

to lose courage; to turn fightened

Hint 38

Don't quail at all these words you need to learn for the GRE. It is what it is.

Front 39

Qualify (verb)

Back 39

to limit

Hint 39

Your small income will qualify you from buying certain things. That's why you need to strive for better.

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Sap (verb)

Back 40

to enervate or weaken the vitality of

Hint 40

Studying too much in one spurt will sap you.

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Sap (noun)

Back 41

a fool or nitwit

Hint 41

Ha! He fell for it. What a sap.

Front 42

Scurvy (adj.)

Back 42

contemptible, despicable

Hint 42

"How scurvy," said Daffy Duck.

"You mean despicable?" asked Bugs, munching on a carrot.

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Singular (adj.)

Back 43

exceptional, unusual, odd

Hint 43

He's very singular for his age. Very smart.

Front 44

Stand (noun)

Back 44

a group of trees

Hint 44

Turn right, and if you pass the stand then you've went too far... no, not a STAND, like, a forest.

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Steep (verb)

Back 45

to saturate or complete soak, as in to let a tea bag steep

Hint 45

Please let the tea bag steep a little longer.

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Strut (noun)

Back 46

the supporting structural cross-part of a wing

Hint 46

Hurry up and fix the strut so we can leave this godforsaken island!

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Table (verb)

Back 47

to remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration

Hint 47

The parliament tabled the notion.

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Waffle (verb)

Back 48

to equivocate; to change one's position

Hint 48

Donald Trump isn't just a flip-flopper. He waffles his positions so many times, how can you possibly trust him?

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Wag (noun)

Back 49

wit, joker

Hint 49

That clown is such a wag, haha.