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GRE Vocab 1
Some of Princeton Review's GRE Vocab Hit List
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General Vocab
Undergraduate 4
08/01/2010

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veracity
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n. truthfulness, honesty
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virulent
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adj. extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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stymie
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v. to block, thwart
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tortuous
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adj. winding, twisting, excessively complicated
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truculent
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adj. fierce and cruel, eager to fight
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prediliction
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n. preference, a disposition in favor of something
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prescience
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n. foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurance
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prevaricate
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v. to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
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relegate
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v. to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position
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solicitous
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adj. concerned and attentive; eager
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obviate
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v. to anticipate and make unnecessary
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paean
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n. song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
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perfidy
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n. intentional breach of faith; treachery
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perspicacious
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adj. acutely perceptive; having keen discernment
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precipitate
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adj. acting with excessive haste or impulse
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ingenuous
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adj. artless, frank and candid, lacking sophistication
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inured
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adj. accustomed to accepting something unpleasant
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irascible
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adj. easily angered, prone to temperamental outbursts
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nascent
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adj. coming into being, in early developmental stages
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neologism
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n. new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses
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erudite
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adj. learned, scholarly
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exculpate
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v. exonerate, to clear of blame
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exigent
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adj. urgent, pressing
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extemporaneous
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adj. improvised, done without preparation
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fulminate
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v. to loudly attack or denounce
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censure
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v. to criticize severely; to officially rebuke
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chicanery
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n. trickery or subterfuge
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effrontery
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n. extreme boldness, presumptuousness
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enervate
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v. to weaken, reduce in vitality
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equivocate
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v. to use ambiguous language with deceptive intent
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aberrant
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adj. deviating from the norm
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alacrity
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n. eager and enthusiastic willingness
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approbation
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n. expression of approval or praise
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axiomatic
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adj. taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth
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capricious
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adj. erratic, unpredictable
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