Gre Hit Parade Group 1

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abscond

Back 1

to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide

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aberrant

Back 2

deviating from the norm

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alacrity

Back 3

eager and enthusiastic willingness

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anomaly

Back 4

deviation from the normal order, form or rule; abnormality

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approbation

Back 5

an expression of approval or praise

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assuage

Back 6

to ease or lessen, to appease or pacify

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arduous

Back 7

strenuous, taxing, requiring significant effort

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audacious

Back 8

daring and fearless, recklessly bold

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austere

Back 9

without adornment, bare, severely simple, ascetic

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axiomatic

Back 10

taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth

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canonical

Back 11

following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards

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capricious

Back 12

inclined to change one's mind impulsively, erractic, unpredictable

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censure

Back 13

to criticize severely; to officially rebuke

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chicanery

Back 14

tricky or subterfuge

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connoisseur

Back 15

an informed and astute judge in matters of taste, expert

Front 16

convoluted

Back 16

complex or complicated

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disabuse

Back 17

to undeceive,to set right

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discordant

Back 18

conflicting, dissonant or harsh in sound

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disparate

Back 19

fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

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effrontery

Back 20

extreme boldness,presumptuousness

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eloquent

Back 21

well-spoken, expressive, articulate

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enervate

Back 22

to weaken, to reduce in vitality

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ennui

Back 23

dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

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equivocate

Back 24

to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

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erudite

Back 25

very learned, scholarly

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exculpate

Back 26

exonerate, to clear of blame

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exigent

Back 27

urgent, pressing, requiring immediate action or attention

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extemporaneous

Back 28

improvised, done without preparation

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filibuster

Back 29

intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to dely legislative action

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fulminate

Back 30

to loudly attack or denounce

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ingenuous

Back 31

artless, frank and candid, lacking in sophistication

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irascible

Back 32

easily angered, prone to temperamental outbursts

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laud

Back 33

to praise highly

Front 34

lucid

Back 34

clear, easily understood

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magnanimity

Back 35

the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart

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martial

Back 36

associated with war and the armed forces

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mundane

Back 37

of the world, typicalof or concerned with the ordinary

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nascent

Back 38

coming into being, in early developmental stages

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nebulous

Back 39

vague, cloudy, lacking clearly defind form

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neologism

Back 40

a new word, expression, or usage, the creation or use of new words or senses

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noxious

Back 41

harmful,injurious

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obtuse

Back 42

lacking sharpness of intellect, not clear or precise in thought or expression

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obviate

Back 43

to anticipate and make unnecessary

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onerous

Back 44

troubling, burdensome

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paean

Back 45

a song of hymn of praise and thanksgiving

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parody

Back 46

a humorous imitation intended to ridicule or comic effect

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perennial

Back 47

recurrent through the year or many years, happening repeatedly

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perfidy

Back 48

intentional breach of faith, treachery

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perfunctory

Back 49

cursory, done without care or interest

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perspicacious

Back 50

acutely perceptive, having keen discernment

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prattle

Back 51

to babble meaninglessly, to talk in an empty and idle manner

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precipitate

Back 52

to cause or happen before anticipated or required

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perdilection

Back 53

a disposition in favor of something preference

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prescience

Back 54

foreknowledge of events, knowing of events prior to their occuring

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prevaricate

Back 55

to deliberately avoid the truth, to mislead

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qualms

Back 56

misgivings, reservations, causes for hesitancy

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recant

Back 57

to retract, a previously held belief

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refute

Back 58

to disprove, to successfully argue against

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relegate

Back 59

to forcibly assing, to a lower place or position

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reticent

Back 60

quiet, reserved, reluctant to express thoughts or feelings

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solicitous

Back 61

concerned and attentive, eager

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sordid

Back 62

characterized by filth, grime or squalor, foul

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sporadic

Back 63

occuring only occasionally, or in scattered instances

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squander

Back 64

to waste by spending or using irresponsibly

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static

Back 65

not moving, active or in motion, at rest

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stupefy

Back 66

to stun, baffle or amaze

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sythesis

Back 67

the combination of parts to make a whole

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truculent

Back 68

fierce and cruel, eager to fight

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veracity

Back 69

truthfullness, honesty

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virulent

Back 70

extremely harmful or poisonous, bitterly hostile or antagonistic

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voracious

Back 71

having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit, ravenous

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waver

Back 72

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