Top Gre Words

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Anomaly

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n. a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form

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Assuage

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v. to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate

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Enigma

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n. a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation

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Equivocal

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adj. allowing the possibility of several different meanings, as a word or phrase, esp. with intent to deceive or misguide; susceptible of double interpretation; deliberately ambiguous

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Erudite

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adj. characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly

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Fervid

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adj. heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc.

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Lucid

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adj. 1.
easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible: a lucid explanation.
2.
characterized by clear perception or understanding; rational or sane: a lucid moment in his madness.

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Opaque

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adj. not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light; not allowing light to pass through

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Placate

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v. to appease or pacify, esp. by concessions or conciliatory gestures

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Precipitate

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v. to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly

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Prodigal

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adj. wastefully or recklessly extravagant

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Zeal

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n. fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor.