Princeton Review Vocab

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anomaly

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n deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality

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ascetic

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n one who practices rigid self-denial, especially as an act of religious devotion

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discordant

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adj conflicting; dissonant/harsh in sound

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disinterested

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adj free from self-interest; unbiased

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eccentric

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adj departing from norms/conventions

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eclectic

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adj composed of elements drawn from various sources

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enigmatic

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adj mysterious, obscure, difficult to understand

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errant

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adj traveling, itinerant, peripatetic

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eschew

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v to shun/avoid

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esoteric

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adj intended for/understood by a small, specific group

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estimable

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adj worthy, formidable

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evince

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v to show clearly, to indicate

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excoriate

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v to censure scathingly, to upbraid

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exemplar

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n typical/standard specimen; paradigm; model

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expatiate

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v discuss/write about at length; to range freely

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expiate

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v to atone/make amends for

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expurgate

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v to remove obscenity, purify, censor

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extant

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adj existing, not destroyed or lost

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extirpate

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v to destroy, exterminate, cut out, pull out by the roots

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fallow

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adj untilled, inactive, dormant

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fatuous

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adj silly, inanely foolish

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feckless

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adj ineffectual; irresponsible

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felicitous

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adj apt; suitably expressed, well chosen, apropos; delightful

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fetid

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adj stinking, heaving a heavy bad smell

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fetter

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v to shackle, put in chains, restrain

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filigree

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n an ornamental work, especially of delicate lacelike patterns; resembling such a pattern

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florid

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adj flushed with color, ruddy, ornate

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foment

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v to stir up, incite, rouse

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forbearance

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n patience, willingness to wait

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forestall

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v to act in a way to hinder, excluse or prevent an action; to circumvent/thwart

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forswear

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v to renounce, disallow, repudiate

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fracas

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n noisy fight/quarrel, brawl

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fractious

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adj quarrelsome, rebellious, unruly, cranky

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froward

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adj intractable, not willing to yield/comply, stubbornly disobedient

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gainsay

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v to deny, dispute, contradict, oppose

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gambol

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v to skip about playfully, frolic

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garner

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v to gather and save, store up, acquire

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gauche

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adj crude, awkward, tasteless

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gossamer

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adj delicate, insubstantial or tenuous; insincere

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guile

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n trickery, duplicity, cunning

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hallow

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v to set apart as holy

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harrow

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v to distress, create stress or torment

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heretical

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adj violating accepted dogma/convention, unorthodox

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hermetic

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adj airtight, impervious to outside influence

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heterodox

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adj unorthodox, heretical, iconoclastic

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hirsute

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adj hairy, shaggy

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homily

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n a sermon/morally instructive lecture, a platitude

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iconoclast

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n one who attacks/undermines traditional conventions/institutions

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idyll

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n a carefree, light-hearted pastoral or romantic episode or experience; a literary or musical piece describing such

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ignominious

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adj shameful, dishonorable, ignoble, undignified, disgraceful

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imbroglio

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n difficult/embarrassing situation

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impassive

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adj revealing no emotion/sensibility

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imperious

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adj commanding, masterful, arrogant, domineering, haughty

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imperturbable

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adj marked by extreme calm, impassivity and steadiness

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importune

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v to ask incessantly, beg, nag

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impugn

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v to attack/assail verbally, censure, execrate, deny

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impute

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v to attribute to a cause/source, ascribe, assign as a characteristic

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indefatigable

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adj not easily exhaustible, tireless, dogged

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indolent

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adj lazy, listless, torpid

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ineluctable

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adj certain, inevitable

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ingenuous

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adj artless, frank and candid, lacking a sophistication

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inherent

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adj ingrained within one's nature, intrinsic, firmly established, essential

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inimical

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adj damaging, harmful, injurious, hostile, unfriendly

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innocuous

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adj harmless; causing no damage

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mitigate

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v to make or become less severe or intense, moderate

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perennial

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adj recurrent through the year or many years, happening repeatedly