Gre - Barron Must Know

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abate

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subside or moderate

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aberrant

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abnormal or deviant

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abeyance

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suspended action

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abscond

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depart secretly and hide

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admonish

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warn; reprove

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adulterate

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make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

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aesthetic

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artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating beauty

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aggregate

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gather; accumulate

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alleviate

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relieve

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amalgamate

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combine; unite in one body

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ambivalence

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the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes

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ameliorate

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improve

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anachronism

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something or someone misplaced in time

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analogous

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comparable

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anarchy

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absence of a governing body; state of disorder

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anomalous

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abnormal; irregular

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apathy

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lack of caring; indifference

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appease

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pacify or sooth; relieve

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apprise

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inform

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approbation

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approval

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appropriate

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acquire; take possession for one's own use

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arduous

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hard; strenuous

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artless

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without guile; open and honest

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assiduous

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diligent

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attenuate

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make thinner; weaken or lessen

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autonomous

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self-governing

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aver

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assert confidently or declare; as used in law, state formally as a fact

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banal

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hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality

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belie

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contradict; give a false impression

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beneficent

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kindly; doing good

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bolster

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support; reinforce

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boorish

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rude; insensitive

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burgeon

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grow froth; send out buds

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burnish

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make shiny by rubbing; polish

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buttress

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support; prop up

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cacophonous

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discordant; inharmonious

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castigation

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punishment; severe criticism

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chicanery

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trickery; deception

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commensurate

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corresponding in extent, degree, amount, etc; proportionate

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compendium

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brief, comprehensive summary

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confound

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confuse; puzzle

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contention

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claim; thesis

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contentious

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quarrelsome

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contrite

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penitent

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convoluted

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coiled around; involved; intricate

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daunt

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intimidate; frighten

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default

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failure to act

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deference

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courteous regard for another's wish

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derivative

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unoriginal; obtained from another source

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desiccate

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dry up

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desultory

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aimless; haphazard; digressing at random

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deterrent

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something that discourages; hindrance

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diffidence

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shyness

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diffuse

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wordy; rambling; spread out (like a gas)

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digression

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wandering away from the subject

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dirge

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lament with music

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disabuse

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correct a false impression; undeceive

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discredit

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defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve

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dissemble

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disguise; pretend

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dissolution

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disintegration; looseness in morals

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distend

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expand; swell out

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distill

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purify; refine; concentrate

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diverge

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vary; go in different directions from the same point

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divest

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strip; deprive

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dormant

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sleeping; lethargic; latent

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dupe

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someone easily fooled

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ebullient

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showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm

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effontery

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impudence; shameless boldness; sheer nerve; presumptuousness

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elegy

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poem or song expressing lamentation

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endemic

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prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country

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enervate

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weaken

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engender

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cause; produce

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enhance

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increase; improve

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ephermal

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short-lived; fleeting

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equanimity

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calmness of temperament; composure

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equivocate

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lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth

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erudite

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learned; scholarly

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esoteric

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hard to understand

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eulogy

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expression of praise often on the occasion of someone's death

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euphemism

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mild expression in place of an unpleasant one

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exculpate

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free from blame

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exigency

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urgent situation; pressing needs or demands; state of requiring immediate attention

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extrapolation

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projection; conjecture

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facetious

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joking (often inapprpraitely); humorous

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fallacious

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false; misleading

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fatuous

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brainless; inane; foolish, yet smug

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fawning

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trying to please by behaving obsequiously, flattering, or cringing

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felicitous

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apt; suitably expressed; well chosen

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fervor

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glowing ardor; intensity of feeling

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flag

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droop; grow feeble

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fledgling

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inexperienced

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flout

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reject; mock; show contempt for

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foment

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stir up; instigate

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forestall

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prevent by taking action in advance

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frugality

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thrift; economy

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futile

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useless; hopeless; ineffectual

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gainsay

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deny

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garrulous

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loquacious; wordy; talkative