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GRE Hit Parade
GRE vocab
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Undergraduate 4
06/29/2008
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Aberrant
 Definition
Devieating from the norm
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alacrity
 Definition
eager and enthusiastic willingness
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approbation
 Definition
praise
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capricious
 Definition
inclined to change ones mind impulsively, eratic
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censure
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criticize
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chicanery
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trickery
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discordant
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conflicting, harsh in sound
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disparate
 Definition
distinct or dissimilar
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enervate
 Definition
weaken
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ennui
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bordom
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equivocate
 Definition
use language to decieve
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exculpate
 Definition
clear from blame
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exigent
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urgent
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filibuster
 Definition
intentional obstruction, delay with words
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ingenious
 Definition
laking in sophistication artless easy
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inured
 Definition
accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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irascible
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easily angered
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laud
 Definition
praise
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martial
 Definition
having to do with war
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magnamity
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generously noble
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nascent
 Definition
comming into being early development
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neologism
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new word or expression
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obviate
 Definition
to anticipate and make unnecessary
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onerous
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troubling burdensome
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perennial
 Definition
recurrent throughout the year
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perfunctory
 Definition
done without care or interest
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prattle
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babble
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prescience
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foreknowledge of events
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prevaricate
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avoid the truth
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relegate
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forcibly assign
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solicitous
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eager
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static
 Definition
at rest
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tortuous
 Definition
winding twisted complicated
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voracious
 Definition
insatiable appetite for activity
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alloy
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comingle
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appropriate
 Definition
confiscate take for ones own use
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broach
 Definition
bring up announce
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die
 Definition
part of a machine that punches holes
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essay
 Definition
to test or try
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exact
 Definition
demand call for
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flag
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sag or droop
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guy
 Definition
a cord or cableused to steady or guide
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intimate
 Definition
imply suggest
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list
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tilt
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mince
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pronounce or speak carefully
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nice
 Definition
exacting fastidious precise
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pedestrian
 Definition
commonplace trite
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pied
 Definition
multicolored
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prize
 Definition
to pry something  taken by force
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rail
 Definition
to complain
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rent
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an opening or tear torn
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quail
 Definition
lose courage
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qualify
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limit
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sap
 Definition
enervate or weaken
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scurvy
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discpicable
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steep
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soak
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strut
 Definition
crossbar on a wing
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table
 Definition
to remove
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waffle
 Definition
equivocate change mind
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wag
 Definition
wit joker
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