Essential Words For The Gre B's And C's

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bawdy

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dealing with sexual matters in a comical way; humorously indecent

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bacchanalian

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characterized by drunken revelry

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beatify

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to declare holy, to bless

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bedizen

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to dress in a vulgar, showy manner

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bard

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poet

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banter

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playful convo

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beneficent

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generous, doing good

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bifurcation

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the division of something into two branches or parts

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blase

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bored or unimpressed by something because you've experienced it so much or seen it before

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cadge

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to beg, to sponge

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canard

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false, deliberately misleading story

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canon (2)

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1) an established principle, a basis or standard for judgment;

2) a group of literary works

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canonical

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belonging to a group of literary works

"some writers are not canonical"

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caste

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hereditary social class

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cant

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hypocritical/insincere talk

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captious

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fault-finding

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cataclysm

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violent upheaval

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caustic

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sarcastically biting

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centrifugal

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tending to move away from the center

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centripetal

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moving towards the center

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caucus

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a smaller group within a larger organization

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chasten

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to correct by punishing or scolding; to restrain or subdue

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chivalry

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the qualities idealized by knighthood (bravery, gallantry towards women)

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churlish

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rude, boorish

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cloister

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to confine or to seclude

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coda

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the concluding part of a literary or musical composition

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complement

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something that completes or makes up a whole

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codify

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to systematize

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compendium

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brief, comprehensive summary

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complacent

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self-satisfied (kind of smug about it)

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bovine

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cowlike

of a person: dull-witted and slow-moving

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compunction

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uneasiness caused by guilt, REMORSE

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concave

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curving inward, HOLLOW

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conjugal

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pertaining to a marriage agreement

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concomitant

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existing concurrently (adj), that which accompanies (noun)

"culture is not always a concomitant of wealth"

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congenial

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pleasant because similar in tastes and habits; friendly

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contumacious

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disobedient, rebellious

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conscript (n)

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a person who is compulsorily enrolled for military service

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contiguous

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touching, neighboring

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continence

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self-control, abstention from sexual activity

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contrite

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feeling or expressing remorse for doing something wrong

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convention

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custom, accepted technique

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coquette

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woman who flirts

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convex

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curving outward

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covert

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hidden, secret

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cornucopia

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a symbol of abundance (it's a goat's horn overflowing with fruit and grain)

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convivial

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friendly, lively, and enjoyable

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cosmology

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the science of the origin/dev't of the universe

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cozen

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to mislead by trickery or fraud; deceive

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credence

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acceptance of something as true

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credo

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a statement of belief or principle, creed