Gre Vocabulary Bcd

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Banal

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hachneyed, commonplace, boring

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Belie

Back 2

Contradict, give a false impression

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Beneficent

Back 3

Kindly, doing good

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Bolster

Back 4

support, reinforce

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Bombastic

Back 5

pompous, using inflated language

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Boorish

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rude, insensitive

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Burgeon

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grow forth, send out buds

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Burnish

Back 8

make shiny by rubbing, polish

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Buttress

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support, prop up

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Cacophonous

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discordant, inhormonous

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Capricious

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unpredictable, fickle

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Castigation

Back 12

punishment, severe criticism

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Catalyst

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agent that brings about a chemical change

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Caustic

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sarcastically biting, burning

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Chicanery

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trickery, deception

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Coagulate

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thicken, clot, congeal

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Coda

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Concluding section of musical or literary composition

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Cogent

Back 18

convincing

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Commensurate

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equal in extent

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Compendium

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brief, to the point

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Complaisant

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pleasing

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Compliant

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yielding, confirming to requirements

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Conciliatory

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reconciling, soothing

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Condone

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overlook, forgive

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Confound

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confuse, puzzle

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Connoisseur

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person competent to act as a judge of art etc

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Contention

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claim, thesis

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Contentious

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quarrelsome

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Contrite

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penitent

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Conundrum

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difficult problem, riddle question

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Converge

Back 31

approach

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Convoluted

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coiled around, involved

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Craven

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cowardly

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Daunt

Back 34

intimidate, frighten

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Decorum

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propriety, orderliness and good taste in manners

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Default

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failure to act

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Deference

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Courteous respect

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Delineate

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portray, depict, sketch

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Denigrate

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blacken

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Deride

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ridicule

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Derivative

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unoriginal

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Dessicate

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dry up

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Deselutory

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aimless

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Deterrant

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Something that discourages

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Diatribe

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Bitter Scolding

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Dichotomy

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split, brancing into two parts

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Diffident

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shyness

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Diffuse

Back 48

wordy, rambling, spread out

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Digression

Back 49

wandering away from the subject

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Dirge

Back 50

lament with music

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Disabuse

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Correct a false impression

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Discerning

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Mentally quick and observant

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Discredit

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Defame, disbelieve, destroy confidence

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Discrepancy

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lack of consistency, difference

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Discrete

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separate, unconnected

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Disingenuous

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not naive, sophisticated

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Disinterested

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unprejudiced

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Disjointed

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disconnected

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Dismiss

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eliminate from consideration

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Disparage

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Belittle

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Disparage

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Belittle

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Dissemble

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disguise, show false appearance

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Disseminate

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Distribute, spread, scatter

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Dissolution

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Disintegration; looseness in morals

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Dissonance

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discord, opposite of harmony

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Distend

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expand, swell out

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Distill

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purify, refine

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Diverge

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vary, go in different directions

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Divest

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strip, deprive

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Document

Back 70

provide written evidence

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Dogmatic

Back 71

openionated, arbitrary, doctrinal

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Dormant

Back 72

sleeping, lethargic, latent

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Dupe

Back 73

someone easily fooled