Gre Vocab

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Abscond

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to depart secretly

to steal off and hide

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Aberrant

Back 2

Deviating from the norm

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Alacrity

Back 3

Eager/Enthusiastic willingness

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Anomaly

Back 4

Abnormality

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Approbation

Back 5

an expression of approval or praise

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Arduous

Back 6

strenuous

requiring significant effort

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Assauge

Back 7

to lessen or ease

to pacify

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Audacious

Back 8

Daring and fearless

Recklessly bold

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Austere

Back 9

basic; plain and simple

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Axiomatic

Back 10

taken as given

possessing self-evident truth

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Canonical

Back 11

following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards

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Capricious

Back 12

inclined to change one's mind impulsively

erratic and unpredictable

spontaneous

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Censure

Back 13

to criticize severly

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Chicanery

Back 14

trickery

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Connoisseur

Back 15

an expert

an informed and astute judge

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Convoluted

Back 16

complex or complicated

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disabuse

Back 17

to make right

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discordant

Back 18

conflicting

harsh in sound

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Disparate

Back 19

distinct or dissimilar

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Effrontery

Back 20

extreme boldness

presumptuous (failing to observe limits of what is permitted/allowed)

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Eloquent

Back 21

Well-spoken

Articulate

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Enervate

Back 22

to weaken

to reduce in vitality

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Ennui

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dissatisfaction and restlessness due to boredom

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Apathy

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lack of interest or concern

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Cynical

Back 25

believing that people are motivated by self-interest

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Equivocate

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to use ambiguous language with deceptive intent

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Erudite

Back 27

very learned; scholarly

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Exculpate

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Exonerate

to clear of blame

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Exigent

Back 29

Urgent

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Extemporaneous

Back 30

Improvised

Done without preparation

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Filibuster

Back 31

intentional obstruction, especially using prolonged speech-making to delay legislative action

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Fulminate

Back 32

to loudly attack or denounce

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Ingenuous

Back 33

artless

lacking in sophistication

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Inured

Back 34

accustom to accepting something undesirable

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Irascible

Back 35

easily angered

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Laud

Back 36

to praise highly

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lucid

Back 37

clear; easily understood

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Magnanimity

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Generously noble in mind and heart

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Martial

Back 39

associated with war and the armed forces

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Mundane

Back 40

of the world

concerned with the ordinary

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Nascent

Back 41

coming into being

in early developmental stages

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Nebulous

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Vague, cloudy

lacking clearly defined form

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Neologism

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a new word, expression, or usage

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Noxious

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Harmful

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Obtuse

Back 45

lacking sharpness or intellect

not clear in thought or expression

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Obviate

Back 46

to anticipate and make unnecessary

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Onerous

Back 47

Troubling; Burdensome

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Paean

Back 48

a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving

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Parody

Back 49

a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect

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Perennial

Back 50

happening repeatedly

recurrent through the year or many years

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Perfidy

Back 51

intentional breach of faith

treachery

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Perfunctory

Back 52

done without care or interest

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Cursory

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hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed

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Perspicacious

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acutely perceptive;

having keen discernment

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Prattle

Back 55

to babble meaninglessly

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Precipitate (adj)

Back 56

acting with excessive haste or interest

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Precipitate (verb)

Back 57

to cause or happen before anticipated or needed

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Predilection

Back 58

a disposition in favor of something

preference

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Prescience

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foreknowledge of events;

knowing of events prior to them happening

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Prevaricate

Back 60

to deliberately avoid the truth;

to mislead

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Qualms

Back 61

causes for hesitancy

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Recant

Back 62

to retract (especially a previously held belief)

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Refute

Back 63

to disprove

to successfully argue against

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Relegate

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to forcibly assign (esp. to a lower position)

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Reticent

Back 65

quiet; reserved

reluctant to express thoughts and feelings

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Solicitous

Back 66

concerned and attentive; eager

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Sordid

Back 67

Characterized by filth, or grime

foul

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Sporadic

Back 68

occurring only occasionally

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Squander

Back 69

to waste by spending or using irresponsibly

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Static

Back 70

not moving, active, or in motion

at rest

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Stupefy

Back 71

to stun, baffle, or amaze

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Stymie

Back 72

To block; thwart

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Synthesis

Back 73

the combination of parts to make a whole

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Torque

Back 74

a force that causes rotation

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Tortuous

Back 75

Winding, twisting

excessively complicated

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Truculent

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Fierce and cruel

Eager to fight

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Veracity

Back 77

truthfulness, honesty

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Virulent

Back 78

extremely harmful or poisonous;

bitterly hostile or antagonistic

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Voracious

Back 79

having a strong appetite for an activity or pursuit;

ravenous

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Waver

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to move to and fro;

to be in unsettled opionion