Gre Vocab 1

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Gig

Back 1

1 : something that whirls or is whirled
2 : a person of odd or grotesque appearance
3 a : a long light ship's boat
4 : a light 2-wheeled one-horse carriage

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Objurgation

Back 2

to scold, blame, from ob- against

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Perquisite

Back 3

1 : a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages; especially : one expected or promised
2 : GRATUITY, TIP
3 : something held or claimed as an exclusive right or possession

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Promontory

Back 4

1 a : a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water b : a prominent mass of land overlooking or projecting into a lowland
2 : a bodily prominence

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Altruism

Back 5

1 : unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others

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Atrophy

Back 6

1 : decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue; also
2 : a wasting away or progressive decline

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Hauteur

Back 7

arrogance, haughtiness

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Predilection

Back 8

an attitude of mind that predisposes one to favor something

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Whit

Back 9

the smallest part or particle imaginable

Front 10

Astringent

Back 10

substance that shrinks

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Enigmatic

Back 11

Mysterious; obscure

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Equable

Back 12

1 : marked by lack of variation or change : UNIFORM
2 : marked by lack of noticeable, unpleasant, or extreme variation or inequality

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Eugenic

Back 13

1 : relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring

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Igneous

Back 14

1 : of, relating to, or resembling fire : FIERY
2 a : relating to, resulting from, or suggestive of the intrusion or extrusion of magma or volcanic activity

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Extenuate

Back 15

1 a : to make light of
b : to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of by making partial excuses
c : DISPARAGE
2 a : to make thin or emaciated
b : to lessen the strength or effect of

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Cavil

Back 16

to raise trivial and frivolous objection

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Deprecate

Back 17

1 a : to pray against (as an evil)
b : to seek to avert
2 : to express disapproval of
3 a : PLAY DOWN : make little of
b : BELITTLE, DISPARAGE

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Obviate

Back 18

to anticipate and prevent (as a situation) or make unnecessary (as an action)

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Pinion

Back 19

1 : the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges; broadly : WING
2 : FEATHER, QUILL;

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Abdication

Back 20

Giving up power