Gre Vocab I

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Laborious

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Demanding

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The most demanding job i has was work 20hours a day

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Anomaly

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Oddity

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After Sally found an anomaly in the data, she had to redo the entire experiment.

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Degrade

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Humiliate

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Jack publicly degraded the poor girl.

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Catalyst

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Cause of a process

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Rosa's refusal to give up her bus seat acted as a catalyst for the Civil Rights movement.

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Irrefutable

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Certain

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The existence of life on earth is irrefutable.

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Uncompromising

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Inflexible

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Their relationship ultimately failed because they were both so uncompromising that they couldn't agree on an apartment.

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Automous

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Independent

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Many of the workers are worried about being replaced by machines that will work completely autonomously.

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Impartial

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Unbiased

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The judge was not impartial since he had been bribed by the witness.

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Constraint

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Limit

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We don't have many resources, so we will have to work with some very tight constraints.

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Advocate

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Support a cause

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While Senator Radge privately approved of gay marriage, he was unwilling to advocate for the cause in public.

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Analogous

Back 11

Similar

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In many ways, the Internet's transformative effect on society has been analogous to that of the printing press.

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Resolve

Back 12

Determine

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After much thought, Ted resolved not to travel abroad this summer because he didn't have much money in his bank account.

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Embryonic

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Undeveloped

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The Board of Directors is hoping to launch a new product soon, but planning for the Z7 is in an embryonic stage.

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Discriminate

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Differentiate

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Sarah couldn't discriminate between a good wine and a bad wine, so she avoided wine tastings.

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Censor

Back 15

Remove objectionalbe material

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Every fall, high school English teachers are inundated by requests to censor their curriculum by removing The Cater in the Rye and Scarlet Letter from their reading lists.

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Lethargic

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Weary(tired),

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Nothing can make a person more lethargic than a big turkey dinner.

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Impermeable

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Sealed

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The sand bags placed on the river formed an impermeable barrier, protecting the town from flooding.

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Belittle

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Put someone down

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A good teacher will never belittle his students, but will instead empower them.

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Chauvinism

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Feeling of superiority

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Vegetarians argue that man is chauvinistic in his belief that animals do not consciously feel the pain we humans do.

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Egotist

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Boaster

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An egotist, Natasha had few friends because of her inability to talk about anything except her dream of becoming the next American Idol.

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Cohesive

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United

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A well written, cohesive essay will keep on topic at all times, never losing sight of the main argument.

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Misattribute

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Misidentify

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I made a mistake; I misattributed Crime and Punishment with something else.

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Paragon

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The best of its kind

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Even the rise of Kobe Bryant, may still believe that Michael Jordan is the paragon for basketball players.

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Archaic

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Very old

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Hoping to sound intelligent, she spoke in archaic English that was right of the Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, needless to say, she didn't have many friends.

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Jovial

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Merry

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The presidential candidate and her supporters were jovial once it was clear that she had won.

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Negligible

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Insignificant, so small or unimportant that it can be neglected.

Hint 26

The GRE tests cumulative knowledge, so if you cram the night before it is, at best, likely to only have a negligible impact on your score.

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Delegate

Back 27

Assign

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Since the senior manager had to go on many international business trips, she was forced to delegate many of her responsibilities to two lower level managers.

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Robust

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Sturdy

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Chris preferred bland and mild beers, but Dan preferred a beer with more robust flavor.

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Diligent

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Careful and hard working

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Michael was a diligent gardener, never leaving a leaf on the ground.

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Anachronism

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Belonging to another time

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Dressed in 15th century clothing each day, Edward was a walking anachronism.

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Embellish

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Add details to

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Michael would write relatively straightforward lyrics, and Dan would embellish them with puns and poetic images.

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Amiable

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Friendly

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Jessica's name was very apt; she was so amiable that she was twice voted class presidents.

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Extrapolate

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Estimate or conclude

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By extrapolating from the data on the past three month, we can predict a 5% increase in traffic to our website.

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Lucid

Back 34

Easy to understand

Hint 34

Though Michael writes about physics and time travel, his writing is always lucid, so readers with little scientific training can understand difficult concepts.

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Banish

Back 35

Get rid of

Hint 35

The most difficult part of the fast was banishing thoughts of food.

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Mundane

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Routine

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Nancy found doing dishes a thoroughly mundane task, although Peter found a kind of Zen pleasure in the chore.

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Tarnish

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Disgrace

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Michael was one of the best baseball players of his generation, but his involvement with gambling on baseball games has tarnished his image in the eyes of many.

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Melancholy

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Sadness

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Hamlet is a figure of tremendous melancholy; he doesn't have a truly cheerful scene throughout the entire play.

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Qualify

Back 39

Restrict a statement

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Michael qualified his love for San Francisco, adding he didn't like the weather there as much as he liked the weather in LA.

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Unprecendented

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Never done before

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When America first created its national parks, the idea of setting aside the most beautiful land in a country was unprecedented in the history of mankind.

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Retract

Back 41

Take back

Hint 41

Email is wonderfully efficient, but once something awkward or damaging has been sent, there is no way to retract it.

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Crystallize

Back 42

Become definite

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Only after fifteen minutes of brainstorming did Michael's ideas for the essay crystallize.

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Empathetic

Back 43

Relating to feelings of others

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Most discrimination and hatred is based on a lack of empathetic awareness of people that have the same aspirations and fears.

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Eradicate

Back 44

Destroy Completely

Hint 44

I tried eradicate the mosquitos in my apartment with a rolled up newspaper, but there were too many of them.

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Disheartened

Back 45

Losing confidence

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After the visiting team scored nine times, the home team's fans were disheartened, some leaving the game early.

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Stipend

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Regular allowance

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He was hoping for a monthly allowance loan from the government, but after no such stipend was forthcoming he realized he would have to seek other means of paying for his college tuition.

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Apex

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Summit

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The Ivy League is considered the apex of the secondary education system.

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Malleable

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Moldable

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The clay became malleable and easy to work with after a little water was added.

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Deliberate

Back 49

Consider carefully

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Emergency situations such as this call for immediate action and leave no room to deliberate over options.

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Cosmopolitan

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Sophisticated and global

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There are few cities in the world as diverse and cosmopolitan as NY.

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Oblique

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Indirect

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Michael never explicitly revealed anything negative about Tom's past, but at times he would obliquely suggest that Tom was not as innocent as he seemed.

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Indifference

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Apathy (lack of passion), lack of concern or interest.

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In an effort to fight indifference, the president of the collage introduced a new stricter grading system.

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Detrimental

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Causing harm

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Many know that smoking is detrimental to your health, but processed sugar in large quantities is equally bad.

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Equitable

Back 54

Fair

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The equitable distribution of ice cream to a group of 5 year olds will ensure little to no fighting- at least until the ice cream is gone.

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Autocratic

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Tyrannical

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The last true autocratic country is certainly North Korea; there's no other country with a leader who exercises as much control over all aspects of life as much as Kim Jong does.

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Futile

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Pointless

Hint 56

I thought I could repair the car myself, but after two days of work with no success, I have to admit that my efforts were futile.

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Euphoria

Back 57

Extreme joy

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The euphoria of winning her first gold medal overwhelmed Jessica and she wept tears of immense joy.

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Crestfallen

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Disappointed

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I asked Jessica on a date and she refused without a moment's thought; I was crestfallen.

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Pristine

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Spotless

Hint 59

The glacial lake was pristine and we filled our canteens to drink deeply.

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Prevail

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Triumph over

Hint 60

During the labor negotiations, an air of hostility prevailed in the office.

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Arbitrary

Back 61

Random

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One of the arbitrary decrees in place during the emperor's rule is that all citizens pay him weekly homage at his palace.

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Err

Back 62

Make a mistake

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He erred in thinking that indigent and indignant were synonyms.

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Bolster

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Support

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The case for the suspect's innocence was bolstered considerably by the fact that neither fingerprints nor DNA were found at the scene.

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Exemplify

Back 64

Be a perfect example of

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Michael exemplified the best of not only America, but also the potential greatness that exists within each person.

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Commendable

Back 65

Worthy of praise

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The efforts of the firefighters running into the burning building were commendable.

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Champion

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Speak in favor of

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Martin Luther King championed civil rights fiercely throughout his short life.

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Transitory

Back 67

Short lasting

Hint 67

If we lived forever and life was not transitory, do you think we would appreciate life less or more?

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Enthrall

Back 68

Captive, to charm

Hint 68

She was so enthralled by the movie that she never heard people screaming Fire! in the neighboring theater.

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Meteoric

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Very rapid

Hint 69

The early spectacular successes propelled the pitcher to meteoric stardom, but a terrible injury tragically cut short his career.

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Jargon

Back 70

Speech particular to a group

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To those with little training in medicine, the jargon of doctors can be very difficult to understand.

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Chivalrous

Back 71

Courteous

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Michael's Chivalrous ways, like opening doors and pulling out chairs, was much appreciated by his date.

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Appease

Back 72

Make less angry

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The British Prime Minister tried to appease Hitler and in doing so send a clear message, you can walk all over us.

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Candid

Back 73

Honest and straightforward

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Although I was unhappy that the relationship ended, I appreciated Frank's candidness about why he was ready to move on from the relationship.

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Exemplar

Back 74

Model

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Jessica's homework is on the wall because it is an exemplar of clean, neat, and thoughtful work.

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Abstain

Back 75

Hold back from doing

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Considered a health nut, Jessica abstained from anything containing sugar- even chocolate.

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Colossal

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Humogous

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Few appreciate the colossal scale of the sun: if hollow, it could contain a million Earths.

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Industrious

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Hard working

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Peter was an industrious student, completing every assignment thoroughly and on time.

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Check

Back 78

Hold back from doing

Hint 78

Deserted for six months, the property began to look more like a jungle and less like a residence with no one around to check the growth of weeds in the front yard.

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Discreet

Back 79

Careful

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The professor thought that he was discreet, subtly wiping the stain off of his shirt, but as soon as he stepped off the podium a member of the audience pointed out the large ketchup stain.

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Eccentric

Back 80

Peculiar

Hint 80

Mozart was well known for his eccentricities, often speaking words backward to confuse those around him.

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Adamant

Back 81

Unyielding, not willing to change an opinion, very determined.

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Civil rights icon Rosa Parks will forever be remembered for adamantly refusing to give up her seat on a public bus.

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Misconstrue

Back 82

Misinterpret

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The politician never trusted journalists because he thought that they would misconstrue his words and misrepresent his positions.

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Paradoxical

Back 83

Contradictory but true

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That light could be both a particle and a wave seems paradoxical, but nonetheless, it is true.

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Artful

Back 84

Clever and deceptive

Hint 84

Bernie Madoff's artful Ponzi scheme stole billions of dollars from investors and is considered the largest financial fraud in US history.

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Telling

Back 85

significant, effective

Hint 85

Her unbecoming dress was very telling when it came to her sense of fashion.

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Avert

Back 86

Prevent

Hint 86

The struggling video game company put all of it's finances into one final desperate project to avert bankruptcy.

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Impeccable

Back 87

Flawless

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He was impeccably dressed in the latest fashion without a single crease or stain.

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Boast

Back 88

To speak with excessive pride

Front 89

Augment

Back 89

Increase

Hint 89

ideally, the restaurant's augmented menu will expand its clientele and increase its profits.

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Inarticulate

Back 90

Not speaking clearly

Hint 90

Although a brilliant economist, Professor Black was completely inarticulate, a terrible lecturer.

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Apathy

Back 91

Absence of emotion

Hint 91

widespread apathy among voters led to a very small turnout on election day.

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Sporadic

Back 92

At irregular intervals

Hint 92

The signals were at first sporadic, but now we detect a clear, consistent pattern of electromagnetic radiation emanating from deep space.

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Aesthetic

Back 93

Relating to beauty

Hint 93

The director, not known for his aesthetic sensibilities, decided not to use costumes at all, and put on the play in everyday clothing.

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Malevolent

Back 94

Evil minded

Hint 94

Villains are known for their malevolent nature, oftentimes inflicting cruelty on others just for enjoyment.

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Zenith

Back 95

Highest point

Hint 95

At the zenith of his artistic career, Elvis was outselling any other artist on the charts.

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Impede

Back 96

Slow down

Hint 96

Since the police sergeant had to train the pair of new hires, progress in his own case was impeded.

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Enumerate

Back 97

Determine number of

Hint 97

The survey enumerate the number of happy workers and the number of unhappy workers.

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Empiricism

Back 98

Action based on practice

Hint 98

Empiricism does not always lead to knowledge; an experience or experiment may raise more questions than it answers.

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Erratic

Back 99

Highly irregular

Hint 99

It came as no surprise to pundits that the President's attempt at re-election floundered; even during his term, support for his policies was erratic, with an approval rating jumping anywhere from 30 to 60 percents.

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Diminutive

Back 100

Small

Hint 100

He prefers to be called a diminutive of his name; Bill instead of John William.