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GRE Vocab 6
GRE Vocab 6
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General Vocab
Undergraduate 4
08/13/2008

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Incursion
Definition
a hostile entrance into a place
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Indelible
Definition
permanent; inerasable; strong
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Indigent
Definition
deficient in what is requisite; poor; needy
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Indoctrinate
Definition
to imbue someone with learning
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Indolence
Definition
state of being lazy or slothful
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Induce
Definition
to move or lead by influence
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Ineffable
Definition
too great for description; incapable of being expressed or described in words
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Inexorable
Definition
inflexible; unyielding; adamant; obdurate; relentless
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Ingenuous
Definition
showing innocence or childlike simplicity; candid
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Ingrate
Definition
ungrateful person; cad; churl
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Ingratiate
Definition
to gain favor with another by deliberate effort; to seek to please somebody so as to gain an advantage; curry favor; flatter
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Inimical
Definition
hostile, unfriendly
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Iniquity
Definition
sin evil act; enormity; immorality
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Injunction
Definition
an order; esp. a court order
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Inquest
Definition
an investigation, an inquiry; probe
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Insensate
Definition
without feeling or sensitivity
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Incipient
Definition
beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage
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Insidious
Definition
intended to trap or beguile; stealthily treacherous or deceitful
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Insipid
Definition
lacking interest or flavor
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Insipient
Definition
foolish; lacking wisdom
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Insolent
Definition
boldly rude or disrespectful
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Insular
Definition
of or pertaining to an island, thus excessively exclusive
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Insurrection
Definition
rebellion; mutiny; revolt; revolution; uprising
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Integral
Definition
essential
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Inter
Definition
to bury; entomb; inhume; sepulchre
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Interloper
Definition
intruder
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Interregnum
Definition
interval between reigns
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Intractable
Definition
not easily managed or manipulated; stubborn; unruly
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Intransigent
Definition
uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled
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Inure
Definition
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain etc; to come into use; take or have effect
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Invective
Definition
characterized by insult or abuse; vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reprooach
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Investiture
Definition
ceremony conferring authority; inaugural; inauguration; induction; initiation; installation
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Invidious
Definition
offensive; likely to promote ill-will; discriminatory; insulting; jaundiced; resentful
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Irascible
Definition
easily made angry
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Itinerant
Definition
wandering from place to place; unsettled
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Jackleg
Definition
unskilled or untrained for one's work; amateur; unscrupulous or without the accepted standards of one's profession
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Jape
Definition
joke
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Jejune
Definition
immature; sophomoric
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Jettison
Definition
to discard, to get rid of as unnecessary or encumbering; dump; eject
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Jocular
Definition
playful, humorous
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Judicious
Definition
sensible, showing good judgment
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Juncture
Definition
point of time, especially where two things are joined
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Knell
Definition
sound of a funeral bell; omen of death r failure
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Lachrymose
Definition
tearful; suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful; given to shedding tears readily; teary
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Laconic
Definition
using few words
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Lament
Definition
to express sorrow; to grieve
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Lampoon
Definition
ridicule, sharp satire, mockery
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Languid
Definition
lacking energy, slow; indifferent
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Lapidary
Definition
relating to precious stones or the art of cutting them
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Largess
Definition
generous bestowal of gifts
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