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GRE Hit Parade Group 2
words I don't know, taken from Princeton Review's second Hit Parade list
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Graduate
01/29/2009

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canon
Definition
an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature (adj. form: canonical)
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caustic
Definition
burning or stinging; causing corrosion
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chary
Definition
wary; cautious; sparing
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complaisance
Definition
the willingness to comply with the wishes of others (adj. form: complaisant)
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demur
Definition
to question or oppose
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ebullience
Definition
the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings (adj. form: ebullient)
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emollient
Definition
soothing, esp. to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying; an agent that softens or smoothes the skin
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harangue
Definition
to deliver a pompous speech or tirade; a long, pompous speech
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impecunious
Definition
lacking funds; without money
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inveigle
Definition
to obtain by deception or flattery
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penurious
Definition
penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous
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pernicious
Definition
extremely harmful; potentially causing death
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prodigious
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abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary
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quaff
Definition
to drink deeply
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quiescence
Definition
stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest (adj. form: quiescent)
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redoubtable
Definition
awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
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torpid
Definition
lethargic; sluggish; dormant (noun form: torpor)
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