Gre Hit Parade Group 1 Part 2

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inured

adj

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accustomed to accepting something undesirable

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irascible

adj

Back 2

easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts

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laud

verb

Back 3

to praise highly

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lucid
adj

Back 4

clear, easily understood

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magnanimity

noun (adj. magnanimous)

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the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart esp in forgiving

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martial

adj

Back 6

associated with war and armed fouces

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mundane

(adj)

Back 7

of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary

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nascent

adj

Back 8

coming into being; in early developmental stages

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nebulous

adj

Back 9

vagu; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form

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neologism

noun

Back 10

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

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noxious

adj

Back 11

harmful, injurious

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obtuse

adj

Back 12

lacking sharpness of intellectl not clear or precise in thought or expression

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obviate

verb

Back 13

to anticipate and make unnecessary

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onerous

adj

Back 14

troublingl burdensome

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paean

noun

Back 15

a song or humn of praise and thanksgiving

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parody

noun

Back 16

a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp in literature and art

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perennial

adj

Back 17

recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly

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perfidy

noun

Back 18

intentional breach of fatith
treachery

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perfunctory

adj

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cursory; done without care or interest

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perspicacious

adj

Back 20

acutely perceptive; having keen discernment

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prattle

verb

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to babble meaninglessly; 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

verb

Back 23

to cause or happen before anticipated or required

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predilection

noun

Back 24

a disposition in favor of something; preference

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prescience

noun

Back 25

foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring

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prevaricate

verb

Back 26

to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead

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qualms

noun

Back 27

misgivings; reservations; causses for hesitancy

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recant

verb

Back 28

to retract, esp a previously held belief

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refute

verb

Back 29

to disprove; to successfully argue agains

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relegate

verb

Back 30

to forcibly assign; esp. to a lower place or position

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reticent

adj

Back 31

quite, reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings

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solicitous

adj

Back 32

concerned and attentivel eager

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sordid

adj

Back 33

characterized by filth, grime or squalorl foul

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sporadic

adj

Back 34

occurring only occasionally or in scattered instances

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squander

verb

Back 35

to waste by spending or using irresponsibility

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static

adj

Back 36

not moving, active or in motion; at rest

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stupefy

verb

Back 37

to stun, baffle or amaze

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stymie

verb

Back 38

to block; thwart

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synthesis

noun

Back 39

the combination of pars to make a whole

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torque

noun

Back 40

a force that causes rotation

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tortuous

adj

Back 41

winding, twisting, excssively complicated

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truculent

adj

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fierce and cruel; eager to faight

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veracity

noun

Back 43

truthfulness, honesty

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virulent

adj

Back 44

extremely harmful or poisonous, bitterly hostile or antagonistic

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voracious

adj

Back 45

having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuitl ravenous

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waver

verb

Back 46

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

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waver

verb

Back 47

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