Gre Confusing Similarly Spelled Words

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viscous

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Having a relatively high resistance to flow. Sticky.

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vicious

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1. Having the nature of vice; evil, immoral, or depraved. 2. Given to vice or immorality. 3. Spiteful; malicious. 4. Disposed to or characterized by violent or destructive behavior.

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restive

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1. Uneasily impatient under restriction, opposition, criticism, or delay. 2. Resisting control; difficult to control. 3. Refusing to move.

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restful

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1. Affording, marked by, or suggesting rest; tranquil. 2. Being quiet or at rest.

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effect

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1. Something brought about by a cause or agent; a result. 2. The power to produce a outcome or achieve a result; influence. 3. Scientific law, hypothesis, or phenomenon. 4. Advantage; used words to great 'effect' in influencing the jury.

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affect

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1. To put on a false show of; simulate: an accent. 2. To have or show a liking for. 3. To tend to by nature; tend to assume: a substance affects something. 4. To imitate.

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compass

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1. A device used to determine direction. 2. Tool in geometry to create arcs and measure. 3. An enclosed line or boundary or restricted space.

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compress

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1. To press together. To make more compact. 2. Computer science: to transform data to minimize usage of space. 3. Gauze used to apply pressure for medical treatment.

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indigenous

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1. Originating and living or occurring naturally in an area or environment.

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indigent

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1. Experiencing want or need; impoverished/poor. 2. Lacking or deficient; a needy or destitute person.

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ingenuous (and disingenuous)

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1. Lacking in cunning, guile, or worldliness; artless. 2. Openly straightforward or frank; candid.

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ingenious (ingenuity)

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1. Marked by inventive skill and imagination. 2. Having or arising from an inventive or cunning mind; clever.

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infer

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1. To conclude from evidence or premises. 2. To reason from circumstance; surmise. 3. To lead to as a consequence or conclusion. 4. Readers and interpreters come to conclusions from what they think a speaker/writer has inferred.

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imply

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1. To involve by logical necessity; entail. 2. To express or indicate indirectly.

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insensible

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1. Imperceptible, inappreciable; very small or gradual. 2. Having lost consciousness or sensation or mindfulness. 3. Lacking meaning; unintelligible.

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insensitive

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1. Not physically sensitive; numb. 2. Lacking in sensitivity to the feelings or circumstances of others; unfeeling or unresponsive.

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elusive

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1. Tending to elude capture, perception, comprehension or memory. 2. Difficult to define or describe.

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effusive

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1. Unrestrained or excessive in emotional expression; gushy: an effusive manor. 2. Profuse; overflowing: effusive praise.

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corroborate

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1. To strengthen or support with other evidence; make more certain. 2. Confirm.

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collaborate

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1. To work together, esp. in joint intellectual effort. 2. To cooperate treasonably, as with an enemy occupation force in one's country.

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endemic

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1. Prevalent in or peculiar to a particular locality, region, or people: diseases. 2. Ecology native to a certain region.

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epidemic

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1. Spreading rapidly and extensively by infection and affecting many individuals in an area or a population at the same time. 2. Widely prevalent.

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dissemble

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1. To disguise or conceal behind a false appearance. 2. To make a false show of; feign. To disguise one's real nature, motives, or feelings behind a false appearance.

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disassemble

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1. To take apart. 2. To take apart in random fashion. (The spectators began to disassemble after the game).

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diffident

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1. Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid. 2. Reserved in manner.

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different (difference)

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1. Unlike in form, quality, amount or nature; dissimilar. 2. Distinct or separate. 3. Differing way of manner.

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deference

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1. Submission or courteous yielding to the opinion, wishes or judgement of others. 2. Courteous respect.

SYN: Honor: high respect as shown for special merit.

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deprecate (deprecation)

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1. To express disapproval of; deplore. 2. To belittle; depreciate.

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depreciate (depreciation)

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1. To lessen the price or value of . 2. To think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle.

SYN: Decry: To condemn openly; Derogate: detraction that impairs (People derogate what they cannot understand).

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fission

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1. division into two or more parts: Nuclear fission is the principle behind nuclear weapons.

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fusion

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1. joining of two or more entities into one, such as in nuclear fusion (the joining of atomic nuclei) or fusion jazz (jazz that joins elements from various musical traditions): They are attempting to harness the energy produced by nuclear fusion

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extant

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1. in existence; used especially to refer to the last surviving examples of something passing out of existence, such as an antique book or a nearly extinct species.

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extent

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1. length or amount: The extent of corruption in the bureaucracy was well known.

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incredulous (credulous)

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disbelieving, very doubtful

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incredible (credible)

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difficult to believe

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emulate

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to pattern one's behavior (on a respected role model)

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imitate

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to copy

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descry

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to make open or plain, by saying

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decry

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to condemn

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engender

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to bring into being

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endanger

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 to put at risk

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ambiguous

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vague; capable of various interpretations

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ambivalent

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being of two minds; holding conflicting feelings or attitudes

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discomfort (n)

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 the lack of ease or comfort

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flaunt

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to display brazenly or pretentiously

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flout

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to show an obvious disregard or disrespect for; to treat contemptuously

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lied

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the past tense of lie, as in "He lied about his age to get into the Army."

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lied (pronounced leed)

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a song; a type German of song, meant to be sung, as opposed to a purely instrumental tune (since this is actually a German word, the plural is lieder, not lieds)

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discomfit (vt)

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to disconcert or make uncomfortable