Gre 4: Words 612-711

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parochial

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narrow, provincial

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transient

Back 2

passing in and out of existence quickly

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elliptical

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having an extreme economy in writing or speaking

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nonplussed

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to not have a lot to say b/c of bafflement

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discomfited

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to be embarrassed

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officious

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meddlesome

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patina

Back 7

when copper oxidizes

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noisome

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noxious, harmful

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cog

Back 9

a tooth in a gear OR a subordinate but integral part

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chaff

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seed coverings in grain, something useless

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abstemious

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restraint in consumption of food and drink

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craven

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cowardly

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ineluctable

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inevitable

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ineffable

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unable to be expressed in words

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catholic

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inclusive, universal

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voluble

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easily rolling or rotating OR speaking fast

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obsolescence

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process of becoming obsolete

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refractoriness

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stubborn, unmanageable

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inchoate

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only partly formed

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ingenious

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resourceful, skillful at investigating or calculating

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ingenuous

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having childlike candor, lacking subtlety

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disingenuous

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lacking candor, calculating

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plangent

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having a loud, reverberating sound

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inter

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to bury a body

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adulterate

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to weaken by adding impurities

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recriminate

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to make a retaliatory accusation

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abscond

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to leave secretly and hide

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ablution

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to wash oneself (usually religious)

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abut

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to be next to

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abysmal

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immeasurably low

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acarpous

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barren, not producing fruit

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accretion

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growing by adding particle (often land or grime)

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admonitory

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expression admonition

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affable

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friendly

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agog

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intensely eager

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alacrity

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cheerful readiness

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alloy (verb)

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to moderate, to debase by adding something of lesser value

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saunter

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leisurely walk

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amble

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leisurely walk

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amortize

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to make payments to pay off debt

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aphasia

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loss of ability to use or understand words

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apostasy

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renunciation of a religion

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apotheosis

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elevation to divine status OR perfect example

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appellation

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a name or title

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apprise

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to give warning

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approbation

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approval, praise

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arabesque

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an intricate pattern

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ardor

Back 48

intensity, zeal, sexual excitement

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ascendancy

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domination

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aseptic

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surgically clean or lacking humanity

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ashen

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deadly pale

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astringent

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causing organic tissues to shrink OR rigidly severe

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styptic

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tending to contract (esp. to stop bleeding)

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augury

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using omens OR an omen

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baleful

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of a deadly influence

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baneful

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harmful

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barrage

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dam OR artillery fire

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beatify

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to make happy OR to make a saint

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bequest

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to give in a will

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bereft

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robbed of something

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bilge

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bulging part of a barrel OR worthless remarks

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blatant

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noisy and vulgar OR obvious

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brazen

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made of brass OR contemptuously bold

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brook

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to tolerate

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cajole

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to persuade with flattery

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canvass

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to examine OR to talk to voters

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cadge

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beg, sponge

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cogitate

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to think deeply about

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centurion

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officer commanding 100 Roman soldiers

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chaff (verb)

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to tease good-naturedly

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chauvinist

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tribalism OR sexism OR nationalism

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chivy

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to annoy with small acts or to get something through small maneuvers

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clamor

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to become loudly insistent

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clinch

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settle or to make final and irrefutable

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din

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loud, continued noise

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coeval

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something of equal age

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contemn

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verb of contempt

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convalesce

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to recover health after an illness

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cordon

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to put a cord around, usually police cutting off access

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didactic

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intended to teach

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crotchet

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an eccentric personal opinion

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curtail

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to make less by cutting off a part of

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declaim

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to recite something as an exercise in elocution OR to speak pompously

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desiccant

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a drying agent

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desuetude

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disuse

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detumescence

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de-erecting (penis)

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dilate

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to comment at length

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discrete

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individually distinct

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discreet

Back 89

careful, sneaky