Gre Vocabulary 5

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precarious

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adj. uncertain, risky, dangerous

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precept

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n. rule establishing standards of conduct, a doctrine that is taught

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preciitate

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adj. acting with excessive haste or impulse

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predilection

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n. a disposition in favor of something, preference

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preempt

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v. to replace, to supersede, to appropriate

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preen

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v. to dress up, primp, groom oneself with elaborate care; in animals, to clean fur or feathers

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prescience

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n. knowing of events prior to their occurring

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prize

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v. to pry, press or force with a lever

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probity

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adj. adherence to highest principle, uprightness

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proclivity

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n. a natural predisposition or inclination

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prodigal

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adj. recklessly wasteful, extravagant, profuse, lavish

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prodigious

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adj. abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary

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profligate

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adj. excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant

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profuse

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adj. given or coming forth abundantly, extravagant

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prolific

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adj. producing large volumes or amounts, productive

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prolix

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adj. long-winded, verbose

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propinquity

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adj. nearness in time or place, affinity of nature, kinship

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propitiate

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v. to appease, conciliate

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propitious

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adj. auspicious, favorable

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prosaic

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adj. dull, unimaginitive

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proscribe

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v. to outlaw or prohibit

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provident

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adj. frugal, looking to the future

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puerile

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adj. childish, immature

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punctilious

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adj. precise, paying attention to trivialities, especially in regard to etiquette

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pundit

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n. an authority on a subject, one who gives opinions

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pusillanimous

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adj. cowardly, craven

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quaff

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v. to drink deeply

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quail

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v. to shrink back in fear, lose courage

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qualify

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v. to limit

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qualms

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n. misgivings, reservations, causes for hesitancy

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querulous

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adj. prone to complaining or grumbling, quarrelsome

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quixotic

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adj. foolishly impractical, marked by lofty romantic ideals

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quotidian

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adj. occurring or recurring daily, commonplace

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rail

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v. to divided or subdivided, branch out

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rancorous

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adj. characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment

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rapacious

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adj. voracious, greedy, plundering, subsisting on prey

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rarefy

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v. to make or become thin, less dense, refine

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rebus

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n. riddle, a representation of words by pictures of symbols that sound like the words

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recondite

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adj. hidden, concealed, difficult to understand, obscure

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reconnoiter

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v. to engage in reconnaissance, make a preliminary inspection of

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recumbent

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adj. leaning, resting, prone

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redolent

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adj. fragrant, suggestive, evocative

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redoubtable

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adj. awe-inspiring; worthy of honor

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refulgent

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adj. radiant; shiny; brilliant

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regale

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v. to delight or entertain, feast

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remonstrate

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v. to protest, object

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rent

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v. torn, split apart, pierced as by a sound

n. a tear or breach

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repine

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v. to feel or express dejection or discontent, long for

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repudiate

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v. to refuse to have anything to do with, disown

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rescind

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v. to invalidate, repeal, retract

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resolute

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adj. adamant, steadfast, determined

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reticent

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adj. quiet, reserved, reluctant to express thoughts and feelings

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reverent

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adj. marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and repect

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rhetoric

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n. the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion

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pretentious or insincere language

rhetorical means used to persuasive effect

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rubric

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n. authoritative rule, heading, title, or category

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rue

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v. regret, feel remorse

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salacious

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adj. appealing to or causing sexual desire

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salient

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adj. prominent, protruding, conspicuous, highly relevant

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salutary

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adj. remdial, wholesome, causing improvement

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sanctimony

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adj. remedial, wholesome, causing improvement

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sanctimony

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n. self-rightiousness, pretended piety

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sanction

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n. authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance

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sanguine

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adj. cheerful, confident, optimistic

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sap

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v. to enervate or weaken the vitality of

n. a gullible person, a fool

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satiate

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v. to overindulge, satisfy to excess

synonym: sate

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satire

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n. a literary work that ridicules or criticizes human vice through humor or derision

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saturnine

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adj. gloomy, dark, sullen, morose

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scurvy

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adj. contemptible, despicable

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sedulous

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adj. diligent, persistent, hard-working

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seine

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n. a large net hung out and dragged in to catch fish

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sere

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adj. withered, arid

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seminal

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adj. like a seed, constituting a source, originative

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simper

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v. to smirk, to say something with a silly, coy smile

n. silly smile

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sinecure

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n. position requiring little of no work and usually providing an income

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singular

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adj. exceptional, unusual, odd

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slake

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v. to satisfy, quench, lessen the intensity of

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sodden

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adj. soaked or drenched, unimaginative, dull

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solder

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v. to weld, fuse or join, as with a soldering gun

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solicitous

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adj. concerned or attentive, eager

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solvent

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adj. able to meet financial obligations

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sophistry

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n. fallacious reasoning; plausible but faulty logic

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sophomoric

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adj. exhibiting immaturity, lack of judgment, pretentious

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soporific

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adj. causing drowsiness, tending to induce sleep

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splenetic

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adj. bad-tempered, irritable

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stanch

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v. to stop the flow of a fluid

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static

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adj. not mocing, active or in motion; at rest

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stentorian

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adj. extremely loud and powerful

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stint

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v. to restrain, be sparing or frugal

n. a lenght of time spent in a specific way

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strut

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n. a structural support used to brace a framework

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stygian

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adj. gloomy, dark

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stymie

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v. to block, thwart

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subpoena

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n. a court order requiring appearance and/or testimony

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succor

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n. assistance, relief in time of distress

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sundry

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adj. various, miscellaneous, separate

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supercilious

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adj. disdainful, arrogrant, haughty, characterized by haughty scorn

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supine

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adj. inactive, lying in one's back, apatheitc, mentally or morally slack

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suppliant

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adj. asking humbly, beseeching

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supplicant

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n. beggar, one who prays or begs or something

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surfeit

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v. to feed or supply in excess

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table

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v. to remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration

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tacit

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adj. implied, not explicitly stated

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tamp

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v. to plug, to drive in or down by a series of blows

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tautology

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n. a repetition, a redundancy, a circular argument

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tawdry

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adj. cheap, gaudy, showy, tacky, indecent

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tenacity

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n. the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued

tenacious means stubborn, refusing to give up or let fo of something

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tendentious

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adj. biased, showing marked tendencies

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tender

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v. to offer formally

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timorous

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adj. timid, fearful, diffident

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toady

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n. sycophant, flatterer, yes-man

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torpid

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adj. lethargic, sluggish, dormant

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torrid

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adj. scorching, ardent, pasionate, hurried

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tout

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v. to publicly praise r promote

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tractable

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adj. docile, obedient, easily led

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trenchant

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adj. sharply perceptive, keen, penetrating, biting, clear cut

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tumid

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adj. swollen

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turbid

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adj. muddy, having sediment stirred up, clouded to the point of being opaque, in a state of turmoil

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turgid

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adj. swollen, bloated, pompous, excessively ornate

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turpitude

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n. depravity, baseness

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tyro

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n. novice, beginner in learning

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umbrage

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n. offense, resentment

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unfeigned

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adj. genuine, not false or hypocritical

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untenable

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adj. indefensible, not viable, uninhabitable

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untoward

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adj. troublesome, unruly, unseemly, adverse

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upbraid

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v. to scold, censure, rebuke, chastise

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urbane

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adj. sophisticated, refined, elegant

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usury

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n. charging an exorbitant or illegal rate of interest

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variegated

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adj. multicolored, characterized by a variety of patches of different color

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vaunt

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v. to brag or boast

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venal

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adj. capable of being bought or bribed, mercenary

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venerate

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v. to revere (respect)

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veracity

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n. truthfulness, honesty

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voracity

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n. ravenous or very eager

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verisimilitude

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n. appearing true or real

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veritable

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adj. authentic, real, genuine

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vigilant

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adj. alertly watchful

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vilify

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v. to defame, characterize harshly

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virulent

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adj. extremely harmful or poisonous, bitterly hostile or antagonistic

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vitiate

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v. to reduce the value of, debase, spoil, make ineffective

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vituperate

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v. to use harsh condemnatory language; abuse or censure severely

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voracious

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adj. having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit, ravenous

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wend

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v. to go, proceed, walk