Gre Hit Parade 1

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abscond

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To steal off and hide

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Aberrant (v)

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Deviting from the norm (aberration- noun form)

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Alacrity (n)

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Eger and enthuiastic willingness

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Anomaly (n)

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Deviation from normal order, form, or rule; abnormality (anomalous- adj.)

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Approbation (n)

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N expression of approval or praise

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Arduous (adj)

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Strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort

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Assuage (v)

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To ease or lessen; to appease or pacifty

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Audacious (adj)

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Daring or fearless; recklessly bold

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Austere (adj)

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Without adornment; bare; severely simpe; ascetic

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Axiomatic (adj)

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taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth

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Canonical (adj)

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following or in agreement with accepted traditional standards

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Capricious (adj)

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inclined to change one's mind impulsively;errtic, unpredictable

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censure (v)

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to criticize severely, to officially rebuke

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chicanery (n)

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trickery

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connoisseur (n)

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and informed an astute judge in matters of taste

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convoluted (adj)

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complex and complicated

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disabuse (v)

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to undecieve, to set right

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discordant (adj)

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conflicting; harsh in sound

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disparate (adj)

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fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

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effrontery (n)

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extreme boldness, presumptuousness

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Eloquent

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Well spoken, expressive, articulate

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Enervate

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To weaken, to reduce in vitality

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Ennui

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Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

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Equivocate

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To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

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Erudite

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Very learned, scholarly

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Exculpate

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Exonerate, clear of blame

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Exigent

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Urgent, pressing, requiring immediate attention

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Extemporaneous

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Imorovised, done without preparation

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Filibuster

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Intentional obstruction , esp. In long speech making to prevent legislation

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Fulminate

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To loudly attack or denounce

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Ingenuous

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Artless, frank and candid, lacking in sophistication

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Inured

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Accustomed to accepting something undesirable

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Irascible

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Easily angered, prone to tempermental outbursts

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Laud

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To praise highly

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Lucid

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Clear, easily understoox

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Manganimity

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The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. In forgiving

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Martial

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Associated with war and armed forces

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Mundane

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Of the world, typical or concerned with the ordinary

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Nascent

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Coming into being, in early development stages

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Nebulous

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Vague, cloudy, lacking clearly defined form

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Neologism

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A new word, expression or usage; the creation or use of new words or phrases

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Noxious

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Harmful, injurous

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Obtuse

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Lacking in sharpness of intellect, not clear or precise in thought or expressio

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Obviate

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To anticipate and make unnecessary

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Onerous

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Troubling or burdensome

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Paean

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A song or hymn of praise or thanksgiving

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Parody

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A humorous imitation intened for ridicule or comic effect

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Perennial

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Recurrent throughout the year or many years, happening repeatedly

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Perfidy

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Intentional breach of faith, treachery

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Perfunctory

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Cursory, done without care or interest

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Perspicacious

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Acutely perceptive, having keen discernment

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Prattle

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To babble meaningless ly, to talk in an empty and idle manner

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Precipitate adj

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Acting with excessive haste or impulse

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Precipitate v

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To cause or happen before anticipated or required

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Predilection

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A disposition in favor of something, a preference

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Prescience

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Foreknowledge of events, knowing of events prior to them occurring

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Prevaricate

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To deliberately avoid the truth, to mislead

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Qualms

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Misgivings, reservations, causes for hesitancy

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Recant

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Retract, esp in a previously held belief

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Relegate

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To forcibly assign, esp to a lower place or position

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Reticent

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Quiet, reserved, reluctant to express thoughts and feelings

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Solicitous

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Concerned and attentive, eager

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Sordid

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Characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul

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Sporadic

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Occuring only occasionally, or in scattered3d instances

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Squander

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To waste by spending or using irresponsibly

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Static

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Not moving or in motion, at rest

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Stupefy

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To stun, baffle, or amaze

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Stymie

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To block, to thwart

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Synthesis

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Th combination of parts to make a whole

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Torque

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A force that causes rotation

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Tortuous

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Winding, twisting; excessively complicated

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Truculent

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Fierce and cruel, eager to fight

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Veracity

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Truthfulness, honesty

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Virulent

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Extremely harmful or poisonous, bitterly hostilr or antagonistic

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Voracious

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Having an insatiable appetite for an activity; ravenous

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Waver

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To move to and fro, to sway, to be unsettled in opinion