Gre Hit Parade Group 5

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alloy - v

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to commingle, to debase by mixing with something inferior, to adulterate

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appropriate - v

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to take for one's own use, confiscate

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arrest - v

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to suspend; to engage

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arresting - adj

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holding one's attention

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august - adj

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majestic, venerable

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bent - n

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leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency

He had a naturally artistic bent

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broach - v

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bring up, announce, beging to talk about

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brook - v

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to tolerate, endure, countenance

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cardinal - adj

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major (as in cardinal sin)

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chauvinist - n

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a blindly devoted patriot

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color - v

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to distort, gloss or affect

Yellow journalism colored the truth.

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consequential - adj

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pompous, self-important (secondary definition)

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damp - v

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to diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound

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die - n

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a tool used for shaping

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essay - v

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to test or try; attempt, experiment

The newly born fawn essayed a few wobbly steps.

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exact - v

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to demand, call for, require, take

Even a victorious war exacts a heavy price.

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fell - v

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to cause to fall by striking

The lumberjacks arrived and felled many trees.

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fell - adj

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inhumanly cruel

Fell beasts surrounded the explorers.

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flag - v

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to sag or droop, to become spiritless, to decline

i.e. flagging spirits

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flip - adj

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sarcastic, impertinent, flippant

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ford - v

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to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream

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grouse - v

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to complain or grumble

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guy - n/v

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a rope, cord, or cable attached to something as a brace or guide; to steady or reinforce using a guy

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intimate - v

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to imply, suggest, or insinuate

Are you intimating that I cannot be trusted?

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list - v

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to tilt or lean to one side

The ships broken mast listed helplessly in the wind.

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lumber - v

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to move heavily and clumsily

Lumbering giants on land, walruses are actually graceful swimmers.

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meet - adj

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fitting, proper

It is altogether meet that Jackie Robinson is in the baseball hall of fame.

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milk - v

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to exploit, to squeeze every last ounce of

I milked the position for all it was worth.

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mince - v

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to pronounce or speak affectedly, euphemize, speak too carefully; to take tiny steps

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nice - adj

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exacting, fastidious, extremely precise

He made a nice distinction between the two cases.

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obtain - adj

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to be established, accepted, or customary

Those standards no longer obtain.

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occult - adj

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hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension

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pedestrian - adj

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commonplace, trite, unremarkable, quotidian

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pied - adj

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multicolored, usually in blotches, variegated

The Pied Piper of Hamlin was so called because of his multicolored coat.

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plastic - adj

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moldable, pliable, not rigid

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pluck - n

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courage, spunk, fortitude

Churchill's speeches inspired the pluck of his countrymen during the war.

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prize - v/n

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to pry, to press or force with a lever; something taken by force, spoils

The information was prized from him

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rail - v

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to complain about bitterly

Early American progressives railed against the railroad barons.

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rent - v

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torn (past tense of rend); an opening or tear caused by such

He rent his garments.
A large rent in the fabric

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quail - v

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to lose courage, turn frightened

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qualify - v

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to limit

Let me qualify that statement.

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sap - v

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to enervate, to weaken the vitality of

That race sapped my strength.

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sap - n

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a fool or nitwit

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scurvy - adj

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contemptible, despicable

He was a scurvy old reprobate.

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singular - adj

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exceptional, unusual, odd

He was singularly well stated for the job.

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stand - n

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a group of trees

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steep - v

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to saturate or completely soak

She was steeped in esoteric knowledge

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strut - n

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the supporting structural cross-part of a wing

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table - v

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to remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration

They tabled the motion and will consider it again later.

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tender - v

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to proffer or offer

He tendered his resignation.

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waffle - v

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to equivocate; to change one's position

His detractors say that the president waffles too much; he can never make up his mind.

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wag - n

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wit, joker

Groucho Marx was a well-known wag