Gre Most Common Words 2

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Abate

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To lessen in intensity

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Accolade

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An expression of praise

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Adulation

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Excessive praise, intense adoration

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Ascetic

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One who practices rigid self denial especially as act of religious devotion

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Avarice

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Greed for wealth

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Axiom

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A universally recognized principle

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Burgeon

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To grow rapidly

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Bucolic

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Rustic and pastoral, characteristic of rural areas

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Cacophony

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Harsh, jarring, discordant sound

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Canon

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Established set of code of laws

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Castigation

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Severe criticism or punishment

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Caustic

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Burning or stinging, causing corrosion

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Chary

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Wary

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Cogent

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Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason

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Contentious

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Argumentative causing controversy

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Contrite

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Regretful seeking forgiveness

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Culpable

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Deserving blame

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Dearth

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Smallness of quantity or number

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Demur

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To question or oppose

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Didactic

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Intended to teach

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Dogmatic

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Expr sing rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles

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Ebullience

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The quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings

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Eclectic

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Composed of elements drawn from various sources

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Elegy

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A mournful poem

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Emollient

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Soothing, making less harsh to skin

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Enigmatic

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Mysterious, obscure

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Ephemeral

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Brief fleeting

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Esoteric

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Intend do for or understood by a small specific group

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Facetious

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Playful, hunorous

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Furtive

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Narked by stealth

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Gregarious

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Sociable outgoing

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Harangue

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To deliver a forceful or angry speech

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Impecunious

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Lacking funds

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Incipient

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Beginning to come into being or become apparent

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Inert

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Unmoving, lethargic

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Innocuous

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Harmless

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Intransigent

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Refusing to compromise

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Inveigle

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To obtain by deception or flattery

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Morose

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Sad

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Odious

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Evoking intense aversion or dislike

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Penurious

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Penning pinching, excessive thiftyness

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Pernicious

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Extremely harmful in a way that's not easily seen

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Preen

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To dress up to primp

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Prodigious

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Abundant in size, force, extraordinary

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Quaff

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To drink deeply

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Quiescence

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Motionless, being at rest

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Redoubtable

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Worthy of honor

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Sanction

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Permission or approval. A penalty intended to enforce compliance. To give permission

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Squalid

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Sordid, wretched and dirty from neglect

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Stoic

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Indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain

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Torpid

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Lethargic, sluggish

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Ubiquitous

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Existing everywhere at same time

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Urbane

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Sophisticated refined and elegant

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Vilify

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To defame