Gre Vocab 2

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rescind

Back 1

to invalidate, revoke

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blandishment

Back 2

flattering, cajoling actions

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intransigent

Back 3

unyielding

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expurgate

Back 4

to censor

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dampen

Back 5

restrain

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stagnate

Back 6

stop flowing

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disband

Back 7

to break up or dissolve

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abstemious

Back 8

resisting from certain pleasures

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hedonistic

Back 9

indulgent in pleasure and enjoyment

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truncate

Back 10

to shorten

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mawkish

Back 11

sickeningly sentimental

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vituperative

Back 12

verbally abusive

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bawdy

Back 13

racy, lewd

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ostensible

Back 14

outwardly appearing as such but different underneath; pretend

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sophistry

Back 15

a subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning

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proscribe

Back 16

command against

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ersatz

Back 17

artificial and inferior (not as good as the real thing)

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encapsulate

Back 18

contain the essential truths in

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guise

Back 19

deceptive outward appearance (mask/costume)

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aphorism

Back 20

short saying of a general truth

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spurious

Back 21

ingenuine

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impetus

Back 22

force that keeps something moving/alive; stimulus

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vitriol

Back 23

sharp, spiteful speech

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viable

Back 24

capable of living

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posterity

Back 25

future generations of people

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transliterate

Back 26

rewrite a text using a different writing system (but same language)

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misnomer

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name that misrepresents its meaning

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augury

Back 28

event seen as a sign of things to come

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vindicate

Back 29

shown to be correct or innocent

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invective

Back 30

abusive language used to express blame

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unflappable

Back 31

not easily shocked

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virulent

Back 32

very poisonous or infectious

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aplomb

Back 33

composure under strain

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auspicious

Back 34

seen to show good luck; promising

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untenable

Back 35

very hard to believe

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influx

Back 36

flowing in

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ubiquitous

Back 37

(seeming to be) present everywhere

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paradigm

Back 38

standard example

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tourniquet

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bandage that stops flow of blood by applying pressure

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bucolic

Back 40

of the countryside

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acerbic

Back 41

bitter or sour

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churlish

Back 42

rude or irritable

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capitulate

Back 43

surrender under agreed conditions

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umlaut

Back 44

2 dots over a vowel to indicate it's pronounced differently