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GRE Vocab 2
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General Vocab
Graduate
09/26/2011

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Rhetoric
Definition
Effective writing or speaking
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Satiate
Definition
To satisfy fully
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Specious
Definition
Deceptively attractive, seemingly plausible but fallacious
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Stolid
Definition
unemotional
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Tacit
Definition
Implied, done without using words
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Taciturn
Definition
Silent, not talkative
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Torpor
Definition
Mental and physical sluggishness
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Transitory
Definition
Temporary
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Venerate
Definition
Respect deeply
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Veracity
Definition
Filled with truth and accuracy
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Avocation
Definition
Hobby

Someone who collects avocados as a hobby
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Bibulous
Definition
Alcoholic, drinks a lot.

Drinking our of a bible
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Canon
Definition
Pincipal, clery, rules
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Winsome
Definition
pleasing, appealing,

a winsome smile will win some friends
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circumlocution
Definition
Talk around something

circum - around
locution - like elocution. Words
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Protean
Definition
Can take many shapes (like a cloud)

Think of a protein which take many shapes
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Trammel
Definition
Restriction
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Opulence
Definition
display of wealth
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Rapacious
Definition
grabbing, stealing, greedy

From the word rape
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quixotic
Definition
Persue goal you have no chance of achieving
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Obsequious
Definition
Sycophant
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Umbrage
Definition
righteous annoyance

The troll under the bridge would show umbrage if you walked across the bridge as he thinks it is his.
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Sanctimonious
Definition
holier than thou
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Vacuous
Definition
Empty of substance.

A vacuous sentence
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Volant
Definition
With wings spread
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