Gre Tough Words A-I

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Innocuous

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harmless

benign, insipid

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Iniquity

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sin, evil act

immorality, injustice, vice, wickedness

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Inquest

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investigation, inquiry

probe, quest, research

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inerregnum

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period between reigns

interval

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furtive

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secret, stealthy

clandestine, covert, shifty, surreptitious

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husband

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to manage economically, to use sparingly

conserve

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hyperbole

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purposeful exaggeration for effect

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inure

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to harden, accustom, become used to

condition, familiarize, habituate

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ingratiate

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to gain favor with another by deliberate effort; to seek to please someone so as to gain an advantage

flatter

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indolent

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habitually lazy or idle

languid, lethargic, slothful, sluggish

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demur

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to express doubts or objects

dissent, expostulate, protest, remonstrate

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foment

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to arouse or incite

agitate, impassion, inflame
instigate, kindle

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imprecation

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a curse

damnation

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impecunious

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poor, having no money

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inimical

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hostile, unfriendly

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impious

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not devout in religion

immoral, irreverent, profane

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fractious

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unruly, rebellious

contentious, cranky, peevish

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eschew

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to shun; to avoid (as something wrong or distasteful)

avoid, bilk, elude, evade ,shun

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encomium

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warm praise

citation, eulogy, panegyric, salutation, tribute

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inexorable

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inflexible, unyielding

adamant; relentless; obdurate

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insipid

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lacking interest or flavor

banal, bland, dull, stale, vapid

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hegemony

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the domination of one state or group over its allies

authority, power

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desultory

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jumping from one thing to another; disconnected

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abeyance

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temporary suppression or suspension
deferral, delay, dormancy, postponement, remission

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inter

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to bury

emtomb, inhume, sepulcher, tomb

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expurgate

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to censor

bowlerize, cut, sanitize

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intrepid

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fearless, resolutely courageous
brave

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hermetic

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tightly sealed

airtight; impervious; watertight

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imbue

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to infuse, dye, wet, or moisten

charge, impregnate, permeate, pervade

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ingenuous

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showing innocence or childlike simplicity

artless, guileless, innocent, naive, simple, unaffected

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calumny

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a false and malicious accusation; misrepresentation

defamation, libel, slander

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contumacious

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rebellious

factious, insubordinate, insurgent, mutinous, seditious

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insurrection

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rebellion

mutiny, revolt, revolution, uprising

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effrontery

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impudent boldness; audacity

brashness, gall, nerve, presumption, temerity

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hoary

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very old; whitish or gray from age

ancient; antediluvian; antique; venerable; vintage

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invective

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abusive language

denunciation, revilement, vituperation

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inculate

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to teach; impressin the mind

implant; indoctrinate; instill; preach

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impasse

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blocked path; dilemma with no solution

deadlock, stalemate

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inchoate

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not fully formed; disorganized

amorphous, incoherent, incomplete

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intractable

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not easily managed or manipulated

srubborn, unruly

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frenetic

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frantic, frenzied

corybantic, delirious, feverish, mad, rabid, wild

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ephemeral

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lasting a short time

evanescent, fleeting, momentary, transient

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impetuous

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quick to act without thinking

impulsive, precipitate, rash, reckless, spontaneous

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implacable

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unable to be calmed down or made peaceful

inexorable, intransigent, irreconcilable, relentless, remorseless, unforgiving, unrelenting

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itinerant

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wandering from place to place, unsettled

nomadic, vagrant

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fallow

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dormant, unused

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ignoble

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having low moral standards; not noble in characer; mean

lowly, vulgar

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contrite

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deeply sorrowful and repentant for a wrong

apologetic, regretful, remorseful

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investiture

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ceremony conferring authority

inaugural, inauguration, induction, initiation, installation

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irascible

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easily made angry

cantankerous, irritable, ornery, testy

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hapless

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unfortunate, having bad luck

ill-fated, jinxed, unlucky

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iconoclast

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one who opposes established beliefs, customs, or institutions

maverick, nonconformist, rebel, revolutionary

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incarnadine

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blood-red in color

reddened, ruby, ruddy

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ardor

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intense and passionate feeling

devotion, enthusiasm, fervency, fervidness, fervor, passion, zeal

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intransigent

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uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled

implacable, inexorable, irreconcilable, obdurate, obstinate, remorseless, unbending, unrelenting

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invidious

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envious, obnoxious, or offensive; likely to promote ill-will

discriminatory, insulting, jaundiced, resentful