Gre Additional Words Not From Hit Parade

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phlegmatic

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uncaring

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sycophant

Back 2

fawning, kiss ass, obsequious

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antagonist

Back 3

someone opposed to something else or someone else

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artifice

Back 4

trickery, deceive

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self-effacement

Back 5

withdrawal from attention, not drawing attention to one's self

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circuitous

Back 6

indirect "circuitous route"

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elliptical

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irregular, egg shaped, obscure, ambiguous
"an elliptical prose that is hard to understand"

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judicious

Back 8

wise, sensible

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officious

Back 9

meddlesome, helpful in an excessive manner

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assiduous

Back 10

constant, attentive
"assiduous student"

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effusive

Back 11

overflowing, lacks reserve
"effusive greeting"

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opulence

Back 12

wealth

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emulation

Back 13

effort or desire to equal or excel others

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surly

Back 14

rude, unfriendly

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parsimonious

Back 15

frugal or stingy

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delineate

Back 16

describe or outline in precision, detailed

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disparate

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dissimilar, discordant, at odds, different

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aggrandize

Back 18

make bigger in size (such as wealth, power etc.)

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hegemony

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leader or predominant (such as one nation leading the others). British growing power threatened the hegemony of the U.S.

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efficacy

Back 20

effective

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deferential

Back 21

respectful, defer

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analogous

Back 22

similar

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typify

Back 23

representative of something else (not original or individual)

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hone

Back 24

sharpen something (not dull)

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ardent

Back 25

passionate, eager

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skulduggery

Back 26

dishonest

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devious

Back 27

underhanded tactics to get ones way
indirect or longer than the most direct way

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deride

Back 28

ridicule, make fun of, insult

deride:praise

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gregarious

Back 29

social

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imperturbable

Back 30

extreme calm

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abet

Back 31

assist in wrongdoing

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extraneous

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irrelevant

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propensity

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tendency

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alimentary

Back 34

supply nourishment

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abase

Back 35

discomfit, degrade

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addle

Back 36

make confusing

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affable

Back 37

easy to approach, nice

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cavalier

Back 38

casual
"cavalier remark"

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ambivalent

Back 39

contradicting emotions. Love and hate.

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invective

Back 40

strong desire for money

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pundit

Back 41

a person who is learned or authoritative, usually used in media as an expert on something
pundit:amateur

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imperious

Back 42

assuming authority without justification
arrogant, domineering

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ostentatious

Back 43

pretentious

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rapacious

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excessively desiring of things, aggressively greedy
"rapacious landlord"

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recantation

Back 45

to make a formal denial of an earlier statement

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conundrum

Back 46

riddle or dilemma

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pacifism

Back 47

opposition to war or violence

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bellicose

Back 48

warlike in manner

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zealot

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passionate about a cause

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discerning

Back 50

insightful, having good judgement

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malinger

Back 51

fake sick to get out of work

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panegyric

Back 52

a formal written or oral praise, a eulogy, laud

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partisan

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strong supporter of a party or group

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tyro

Back 54

a beginner

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wag

Back 55

humorous person

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cursory

Back 56

Hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed
performed without attention to detail

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fracas

Back 57

rowdy fight, noisy disturbance

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incantation

Back 58

charm or spell created using words, such as in a hymn

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gaffe

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social error

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verbose

Back 60

using more words than necessary
"a verbose report"

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infirm

Back 61

weak, not strong

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obsolete

Back 62

no longer in effect

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formidable

Back 63

causing fear or respect by being impressively large or intimidating
"formidable opponent"
formidable: harmless, non-threatening

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presage

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indication of the future that something bad will happen
"the outcome of the game presaged the football season"

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urbanity

Back 65

refinement, elegance

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sextant

Back 66

navigational instrument to measure the angle between two objects

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cordon

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a line of military or police to enclose something and guard it
"the cordon of police kept protesters away from the building"

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offhand

Back 68

done without preparation

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extant

Back 69

still existing
extant:extinct

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noisome

Back 70

bad smelling

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anarchy

Back 71

absence of order

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incursion

Back 72

intrusion into another person's territory
incursion:retreat

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abrogate

Back 73

to do away with something, repeal (usually a law or agreement)
abrogate: uphold

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hapless

Back 74

unlucky
hapless:fortunate

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sedulous

Back 75

applying oneself faithfully to a task
sedulous: careless

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insularity

Back 76

isolated
insularity: cosmopolitan (worldwide scope)

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amortize

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to write off a cost, pay off
amortize:increase indebtedness

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emaciation

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abnormal thinness
emaciation:invigoration

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unalloyed

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pure
unalloyed: adulterated (fake, spurious)

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minatory

Back 80

threatening
minatory:reassuring

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cursory

Back 81

hasty, not thorough, going over it rapidly without detail

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superficial

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not thorough, shallow

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charlatan

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fraud

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ordain

Back 84

certify

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protract

Back 85

prolong