Gre Most Common Words

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Anomaly

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Deviation from what is normal

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Assuage

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To make something unpleasant less severe

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Enigma

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A puzzle; a mystery

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Equivocate

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To use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead

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Erudite

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Learned, Scholarly, Bookish

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Fervid

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Intensely emotional; Feverish

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Lucid

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Clear and easily understood

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Opaque

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Impossible to see through; Preventing the passage of light

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Placate

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To soothe or pacify

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Precipitate

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To throw violently or bring about abruptly; Lacking deliberation

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Prodigal

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Lavish; Wasteful

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Zeal

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Passion, Excitement

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Abstain

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To choose not to do something

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Adulterate

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To make impure

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Apathy

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Lack of interest or emotion

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Audacious

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Fearless and Daring

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Capricious

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Changing one's mind quickly and often

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Corroborate

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To provide supporting evidence

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Desiccate

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To dry out thoroughly

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Engender

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To produce, cause, or bring about

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Ephemeral

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Lasting a short time

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Gullible

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Easily Deceived

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Homogenous

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Of a similar kind

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Laconic

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Using few words

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Laudable

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Deserving commendation; Praiseworthy

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Loquacious

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Talkative

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Mitigate

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To soften; To lessen

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Pedant

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Someone who shows off learning

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Pragmatic

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Practical as opposed to idealistic

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Propriety

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Correct behavior; Obedience to rules and customs

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Vacillate

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To sway physically; To be indecisive

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Volatile

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Easily arosed or changable; Lively or explosive

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Advocate

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To speak on favor of

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Antipathy

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Extreme Dislike

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Bolster

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To support; To prop up

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Cacophony

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Harsh, jarring noise

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Deride

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To speak of or treat with contempt; To mock

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Dissonance

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A harsh and disagreeable combination, often of sounds

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Enervate

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To reduce in strength

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Eulogy

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Speech in praise of someone

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Garrulous

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Tending to talk a lot

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Ingenuous

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Showing innocence or childlike simplicity

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Lethargic

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Acting in an indifferent or slow, slugginsh manner

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Malleable

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Capable of being shaped

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Misanthrope

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A person who dislikes other

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Obdurate

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Hardening in feeling; Resistant to persuasion

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Ostentation

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Excessive Showiness

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Paradox

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A contradiction or dilemma

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Philanthropy

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Charity; A desire or effort to promote goodness

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Prevaricate

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To lie or deviate from the thruth

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Venerate

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To respect deeply

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Waver

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To fluctuate between choices