Gre Set 4

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bungle

Back 1

mismanage, blunder

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lbouyant

Back 2

able to float

Front 3

bureaucracy

Back 3

overregulated administrative system marked by red tape

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burgeoning*

Back 4

flourishing, growing quickly, putting out buds

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burlesque

Back 5

give an imitation that ridicules

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burnish*

Back 6

make shiny by rubbing, polish

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buttress*

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support, prop up

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buxom

Back 8

full-bosomed, plum, jolly

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cabal

Back 9

small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests

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cache

Back 10

hiding place

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cacophonous*

Back 11

discordant, inharmonious

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cadge

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beg, mooch, panhandle

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cajole

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coax, wheedle

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calamity

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disaster, misery

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calculated

Back 15

deliberately planned, likely

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caliber

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ability

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caliber

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quality

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calligraphy

Back 18

beautiful writing, excellent penmanship

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callous

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hardened, unfeeling

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callow

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youthful, immature, inexperienced

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calumny

Back 21

malicious misrepresentation, slander

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camaraderie

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good-fellowship

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camouflage

Back 23

disguise, conceal

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candor

Back 24

frankness, open honesty

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canny

Back 25

shrewd, thrifty

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canon

Back 26

collection or authoritative list of books (by an author or accepted as scripture)

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cant

Back 27

insincere expressions of piety

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cant

Back 28

jargon of theives

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canon

Back 29

rule or principle, frequently religious

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cantankerous

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ill-humored, irritable

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canvass

Back 31

determined or seek opinions, votes, etc.

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capacious

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spacious

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capacity

Back 33

mental or physical ability, role, ability to accommodate

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capitulate

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surrender

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capricious*

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unpredictable, fickle

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caption

Back 36

title, chapter heading, text under illustration

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captious

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faultfinding

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carcinogenic

Back 38

causing cancer

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cardinal

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chief

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caricature

Back 40

distortion, burlesque

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carnage

Back 41

destruction of life

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carnal

Back 42

fleshy

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carnivorous

Back 43

meat-eating

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carping

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petty criticism, fault finding

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castigation*

Back 45

punishment, severe criticism

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casualty

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serious or fatal accident

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cataclysm

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deluge, upheavel

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catalyst*

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agent that influences the pace of a chemical reaction while it remains unaffected and unchanged

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catchism

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book for religious instruction, instruction by question and answer

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categorical

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without exceptions, unqualified

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categorical

Back 51

absolute

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catharsis

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purging or cleansing of any passage of the body

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cathartic

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purgative

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catholic

Back 54

universal, wide ranging, liberal

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caucus

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private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy

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causal

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implying a cause and affect relationship

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caustic*

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burning

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caustic*

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sarcastically biting

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cauterize

Back 59

burn with hot iron or caustic

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cavalcade

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procession, parade

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cavalier

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casual and offhand, arrogant

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cavil

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make frivolous objectives

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cede

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yield (title, territory) to, surrender formally

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celerity

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speed, rapidity

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celibate

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unmarried, abstaining from sexual intercourse

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censor

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overseer of morals, person who eliminates inappropriate matter

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censorious

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critical

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censure

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blame, criticize

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cerebration

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thought

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ceremonious

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marked by formality

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certitude

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certainty

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cessation

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stoppage

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cession

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yielding (something) to another, ceding

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chagrin

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vexation (caused by humiliation or injured pride), disappointment

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champion

Back 75

support militantly

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charlatan

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quack, pretender of knowledge

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chary

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cautious, sparing or restrained about giving

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chaste

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pure, virginal, modest

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chasten

Back 79

correct by punishment or scolding

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chasten

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rebuke, restrain

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chastise

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punish or scold, reprimand

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chauvinist

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blindly devoted patriot, zealous adherent of a group or cause

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check

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stop motion

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check

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curb or restrain

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checkered

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marked by changes in fortune

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chicanery*

Back 86

trickery, deception

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chide

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scold

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chimmerical

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fantastically, improbable, highly unrealistic, imaginitive

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choleric

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hot-tempered

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chortle

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chuckle with delight

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chronic

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long established, as a disease

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chronical

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report, record

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churlish

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boorish, rude

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cipher

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secret code

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circuitous

Back 95

roundabout

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circumlocution

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unnecessarily wordy and indirect speech, evasive language

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circumscribe

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limit narrowly, confine or restrict, define

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circumspect

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prudent, cautious

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circumvent

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outwit, baffle

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citadel

Back 100

fortress

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cite

Back 101

quote

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cite

Back 102

commend

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civil

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having to do with citizens or the state

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civil

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courteous and polite

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clairvoyant

Back 105

having foresight, fortuneteller

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clamber

Back 106

climb by crawling

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clamor

Back 107

noise

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clandestine

Back 108

secret

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clangor

Back 109

loud, resounding noise