First 50 Gre Vocab

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xenophobia

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n. fear of foreigners

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vogue

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n. modern fashion
to be in vogue

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allude

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v. to refer indirectly to something
the prosecutor alluded to the fact by mentioning

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apposite

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adj. suitable; apt; relevant
the situation can be understood if apposite information is given

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stoke

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v. to feed fuel to; like fire
he stoked the fire

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guffaw

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n. boisterous laughter
with the guffaw of the boisterous crowd

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truncate

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v. to shorten by cutting
the program was long and the last act had to be truncated

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tedious

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adj. time-consuming; burdensome; uninteresting. a tedious affair

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redundant

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ajd. superfluous: exceeding what is needed

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relegate

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v. to banish; to put to a lower position
the officer was relegated to desk duty

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callow

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adj. being young or immature
callow remark

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economical

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adj. not wasteful; thrifty
her economical sense, she was able to save money

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accede

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v. to comply with; to consent to
with defeat imminent, the rebel army acceded to hash out a peace treaty

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transpire

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v. to take place; to come about
with all that's transpired today, I'm exhausted

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petty

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adj. unimportant; of subordinate standing
petty theft

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Placate

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v. to appease or pacify
the trainer placated the escape lion with his soothing voice

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Craven

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n. coward; abject person
While many fought for their rights, the craven sat shaking, off in a corner somewhere.

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Generic

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adj. common; general; universal
While generic drugs are a better value...

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serrated

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adj;- having a saw-toothed edge
serrate bread knife

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pungent

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adj:- sharp; stinging
When the refrigerator door open,pungent smell

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arable

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adj:- suitable (as land) for plowing
arable, the farmer decided to plow

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juncture

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n. critical point; meeting
critical juncture in their experimentation

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welter

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n:- a confused mass; turmoil
when the emergency alarm sounded, a welter of shivering office workers formed in the streets

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ingratitude

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n. ungratefulness
a sign of ingratitude

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compatible

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adj.- in agreement with; harmonious

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vital

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adj:- import; spirited
a passport is a vital document

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vaunted

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v. to boast
she vaunted success to everyone

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solace

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n. hope: comfort during a time of grief
When he father passed away, so found solace amongst friends

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yore

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n. former period of time
When he sees his childhood friends, the speak about the days of yore

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succumb

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v. to give in; to collapse; to yield
When dieting, it is difficult not to succumb to temptation.

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salient

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adj:- noticeable; prominent
What's salient about the report is its documentation of utter despair...

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unprecedented

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adj- unheard of; exceptional
weeks of intense heat created unprecedented power demands.

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eccentric

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adj:- odd: peculiar: strange

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docile

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adj.- manageable: obedient: gentle
a docile pet

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disentangle

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v.- to free from confusion
We need to disentangle ourselves from the dizzying variety of choices

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pedestrian

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adj. mediocre: ordinary
but it was just pedestrian

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ameliorate

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v.-to improve or make better
We can ameliorate the flooding by changing the grading

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ubiquitous

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adj.-omnipresent; present everywhere
water may seem ubiquitous, until a drought comes along

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utopia

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n. imaginary land with perfect social and political systems. Voltaire wrote of a utopia.

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quandary

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n.- dilemma
caught in a quandary

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consecrate

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v:-to sanctify: to make sacred: to immortalize
the statue had to be consecrated by the priest.

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cajole

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v:- to coax with insincere talk
to cajole the disgruntled employee, the manager coaxed him with lies and sweet talk.

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quarantine

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n.- isolation of a person or persons
put under quarantine

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peripheral

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adj.:- marginal; outer
Those are peripheral problems.

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decorous

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adj:- showing decorum; propriety; good taste
this movie provides decorous refuge from the violence

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macerate

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v.-to soften by steeping in liquid (including stomach juices)
they placed her for in the solvent to macerate the cement she had stepped in.

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augment

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v:- to increase or add to; to make longer
they needed more soup so they augmented the recipe.

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commodious

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adj:- spacious and convenient; roomy
They need a commodious apartment to fit all their furniture

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meander

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v.- to go aimlessly
They meandered through the woods for the afternoon

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taut

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adj.- stretched tightly
the line became taut.