Vocab For Gre Exam

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Neologism

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N. A new word, espression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses

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Anomaly

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N. Deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality

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Recant

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V. To retract, esp. a previously held belief

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Precipitate

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Adj. Acting with excessive haste or impluse

V. To cause or happen before anticipated or required

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Ubiquitous

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Adj. Existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread

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The sky is ubiquitous

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Torque

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N. A FORCE that causes rotation

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Synthesis

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N. The combonation of parts to make a whole

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Vilify

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V. To defame; to characterize harshly

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Stoic

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Adj. Indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast

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Squalid

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Adj. Wretched and dirty as from neglect

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Sordid

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Adj. Characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul

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Oscillation

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N. The at or state of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm

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a washing machine

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Hyperbole

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N. Exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech

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It's raining cats and dogs.

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Extemporaneous

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Adj. Improvised, done without preparation

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Axiom

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N. Universally recognized principle

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The world is round.

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Abscond

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V. To depart cladestinely;
To steal off and hide

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Quiescence

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N. Stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest

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Redoubtable

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Adj. Awe-inspiring; worthy of honor

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Reticent

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Adj. quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings

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Stymie

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V. To block; thwart

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Supplant

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V. To take the place of; supersede

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Veracity

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N. Truthfullness, Honesty

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Virulent

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Aju. Exremley harmful or poisonous;
Bitterly hostile or antagonistic

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Prolific

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Adj. Producing large volumes or amounts; productive

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Predilection

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N. A dispostion in favor of something; preference

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Perspicacious

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Adj. Acutely perceptive; having keen discernment

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Pernicious

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Aju. Extremley harmful; potentially causing death

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Perdify

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N. Intentional breach of faith; treachery

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Penurious

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Aju. Penny-pinching; excessiveley thrifty; ungenerous

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Paean

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N. a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving

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Fulminate

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V. To loudly attack or disturb

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Facetious

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Adj. Playful; humorous

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Erudite

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Adj. Scholarly

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Ephemeral

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Adj. Brief; Fleeting

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Effrontery

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N. Exreme boldness; presumtuousness

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Disabuse

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V. To undeceive; to set right

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Culpable

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Adj. Deserving blame

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Culprate

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Contentious

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Adj. Argumentative; quarelsome; causing controversy or disagreement

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Canonical

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Adj. Following or in agreement with accepted, traditional stadards

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Canon Law

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Bucolic

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Adj. Rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants

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Axiomatic

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Adj. Taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth

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Austere

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Adj. Without adornment; bare; severly simple; acetic

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The church in the affluent neiborhood was very austere in comparison.

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Ascetic

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N. One who practices rigid self-denial, esp. as an act of religious devotion

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Priests are sometimes known as ascetic

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Ameliorate

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V. To make better or more tolerable

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I usually ameliorate my steak with katchup so I can eat it.

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Magnanimity

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N. The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving

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Nascent

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Adj. Coming into being; in early development stages

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Obviate

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V. To anticipate and make unnecessary

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Onerous

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Adj. Troubling; burdensome

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Perfunctory

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Adj. Done without care or interest

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Prescience

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N. Knowing of event before they happen

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Prevaricate

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V. To deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead

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He changed the subject in order to prevaricate the question.

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Relegate

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V. To forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or postion

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Solicitous

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Adj. Concerned & attentive; eager

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Ingenuous

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Adj. Artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication

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Assauge

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V. To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify

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We assauge my grandfather with food and wine.

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Approbation

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N. An expression of approval or praise

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Being selected as MVP is an approbation from his coach

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Alacrity

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N. Eager and enthusiastic willingness

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Irascible

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Adj. Easily angered; prone to tempramental outbursts

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Child with autism can be described as irascible sometimes.

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Inured

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Adj. Accustomed to accepting something undesirable

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Aberrant

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Adj. Deviating from the norm

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Living in an ashram or doing JVC is abberant

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Exculpate

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V. Exonerate; to clear of blame

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The judge changed to origingal verdict so the man was exulpated from the crime

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Equivocate

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V. To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

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Adam Fitzgerald would equivocate just to anger me.

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Disparate

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Adj. Fundamentally distict or dissimilar

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Enervate

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V. To weaken; to reduce in vitality

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That hair die enervated my hair. I had to use special smapoo to bring the life back to it.