New Gre Vocabulary Words

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aberrant

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abnormal; straying from the normal or usual path

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abstemious

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sparing in use of food or drink

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acerbic

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tasting sour or bitter; harsh language or temper

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amalgam

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a mixture or combination

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apposite

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suitable; apt; relevant

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ascetic

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one who leads a simple life of self denial; rigorously abstinent

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aspersion

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slanderous statement; a damaging or derogatory criticism

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assiduous

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carefully attentive; industrious

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astringent

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tightening; stern; austere

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attenuate

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to make thin or slender; to weaken or dilute

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baleful

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harmful; malign; detrimental

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banal

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trite; without freshness or originality

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burgeon

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to grow rapidly

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cant

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insincere or hypocritical statements of high ideals; the jargon of a particular group or occupation

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caprice

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a sudden, unpredictable, or whimsical change

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churlishness

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crude or surly behavior; behavior of a peasant

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cloture

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a parliamentary procedure to end debate and begin to vote

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cloying

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to sugary; too sentimental or flattering

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codify

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to organize laws or rules into a systematic collection

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cogitate

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to think hard; ponder, meditate

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comeliness

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beauty; attractiveness in appearance or behavior

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commodious

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spacious and convenient; roomy

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coterie

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a clique; a group who meet frequently, usually socially

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crass

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stupid, unrefined, gross, materialistic

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decorous

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suitable; proper, seemly

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denigrate

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to defame; blacken, or sully; to belittle

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deprecate

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to express disapproval of; to protest against

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diffident

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timid; lacking self-confidence

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discrete

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separate; individually distinct

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disparate

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unequal, dissimilar, different

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disputations

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argumentative; inclined to disputes

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dissemble

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to pretend; to feign;to conceal by pretense

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dissonant

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not in harmony

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ebullience

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an overflowing of high spirits

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ellipsis

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omission of words that would make the meaning clear

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emollient

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softening or smoothing of the skin; relax tissues

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encomium

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high praise

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engender

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to bring about

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ephemeral

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very short lived

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evanescent

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vanishing quickly; dissipating like vapor

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exigent

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requiring immediate action

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extemporize

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to improvise; make it up as you go along

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extrapolate

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to estimate the value of something beyond the scale

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facetious

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not meant to be taken seriously

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garrulous

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extremely talkative

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imperturbable

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calm; not easily excited

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implacable

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unable to be pacified or appeased

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inchoate

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not fully formed

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incisive

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getting to the heart of things; to the point

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ingenuous

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noble; honorable; candid; naive

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insipid

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uninteresting, boring, flat

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intractable

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stubborn, obstinate, not easily taught or disciplined

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intransigent

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uncompromising

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intrepid

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fearless bold

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laconic

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sparing of words; terse

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macerate

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to soften by steeping in a liquid

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maculate

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spotted; blotched; hence defiled

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misanthrope

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a hater of mankind

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obdurate

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stubborn

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obsequious

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servilely attentive

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obviate

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to make unnecessary

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panegyric

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high praise

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parsimonious

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very frugal

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pedantic

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overly concerned with minute details

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penurious

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stingy, miserly

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propensity

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an inclination; a natural tendency toward

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quiescence

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the state of being at rest or without motion

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rancor

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strong ill will

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recalcitrant

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stubbornly rebellious

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recondite

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hard to understand; concealed; characterized by profound scholarship

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sagacious

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wise

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salubrious

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promoting good health

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specious

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plausible but deceptive; apparently but not actually true

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spurious

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not genuine, false

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squalid

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filthy, wretched

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subjugate

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to dominate or enslave

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sycophant

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a flatterer of important people

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taciturn

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inclined to silence

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tenuous

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thin, slim, delicate

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tortuous

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full or twists and turns; not straightforward

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tractable

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easily managed

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truculent

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fierce, savage, cruel

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welter

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a confused mass; turmoil