Gre Princeton Review Vocab Group 1

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AUSTERE

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undecorated

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ERUDITE

Back 2

scholarly

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DISPARATE

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different

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CENSURE

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criticize

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VORACIOUS

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ravenous

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SYNTHESIS

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combination of parts to make a whole

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SPORADIC

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occasional

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RECANT

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to react

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PRATTLE

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babble

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PAEN

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a song of praise or thanks

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NEBULOUS

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cloudy, vague

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LAUD

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to glorify

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EXTEMPORANOUS

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improvised

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ASSAUGE

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make less severe

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EQUIVOCATE

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use an expression with double meaning to mislead

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DISCORDANT

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conflicting

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CAPRICIOUS

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changing ones mind quickly and often

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VIRULENT

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harmful, poisonous

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ABSCOND

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to leave secretly

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SORDID

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filthy, grimmy, foul

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QUALMS

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misgivings, reservations

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PRESPICACIOUS

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acutely perceptive

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ONEROUS

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troublesom

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NASCENT

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coming into being

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IRASCIBLE

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easily made angry

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FULMINATE

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loudly attack, denounce

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MAGNANIMITY

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quality of being noble in heart and mind

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NOXIOUS

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harmful, injurous

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PERENNIAL

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happening repeatedly

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PREDILECTION

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disposition, preference

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RELEGATE

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to forcibly assign

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STATIC

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at rest

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TORTUOUS

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twisting, complicated

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ABERRANT

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deviating from norm

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CONNOISSEUR

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expert

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ELOQUENT

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persuasive and moving

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EXIGENT

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urgent

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APPROBATION

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expression of approval

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ARDUOUS

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strenuous

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ANOMALY

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deviation from norm

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ENNUI

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dissatisfaction from boredom

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DISABUSE

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to set right, to free from error

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CANONICAL

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traditional standards

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VERACITY

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truthfulness, honesty

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STYMIE

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to block, thwart

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SOLICITOUS

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concerned and attentive, eager

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PREVARICATE

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to lie, deviate from truth

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PREFUNCTORY

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done in routine way, indifferent

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OBVIATE

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to prevent, to make unnecessary

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MUNDANE

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of the world, ordinary

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INURED

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accustomed to accepting somthing undesirable

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ALACRITY

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eager willingness

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CONVOLUTED

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complicated

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AXIOMATIC

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taken as a given, possessing self-evident truth

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TRUCULENT

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fierce and cruel, eager to fight

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STUPEFY

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to amaze

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RETICENT

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silent, reserved

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PRESCIENCE

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foreknowledge of events

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PERFITY

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treachery, intentional breach of faith

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OBTUSE

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not clear in thought or expression

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MARTIAL

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associated with war and military

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INGENUOUS

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showing innocense or childlike simplicity

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AUDACIOUS

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fearless and daring

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EXCULPATE

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prove innocent

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EFFRONTERY

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extreme boldness

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CHICANERY

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deception by craft or guile

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WAVER

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to fluctuate between choices

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TORQUE

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a force that causes rotation

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SQUANDER

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to waste

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REFUTE

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to disprove

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PRECIPITATE

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acting with excessive haste

to cause or happen before anticipated or required

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PARODY

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humorous imitation

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NEOLOGISM

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a new word, expression or usage

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LUCID

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clear and easily understood

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FILIBUSTER

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intentional obstruction to delay legistative action