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GRE Vocab
GRE Vocab
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Undergraduate 4
09/03/2013
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Salubrious
 Definition
healthy
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Vacillating
 Definition
wavering
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Truculent
 Definition
ferocious
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Panegyrical
 Definition
elaborate praise
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Ebullient
 Definition
lively
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Phelgmatic
 Definition
calm
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Timorous
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Timid
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Waggish
 Definition
cute teasing
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Vociferous
 Definition
Vehement outcry
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Dilettantish
 Definition
art lover, or someone with superficial interest in something
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Ambrosial
 Definition
Pleasant smell or taste
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Catholic
 Definition
That religion, or having broad tastes
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Entreaty
 Definition
earnest request
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Obloquy
 Definition
public abuse
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Promulgate
 Definition
spread, make widely known
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Exigent
 Definition
pressing, demanding
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Cretaceous
 Definition
chalk-containing
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Foment
 Definition
foster, instigate
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Diaphanous
 Definition
nearly transparent
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Deleterious
 Definition
causing harm
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Inimical
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Harm
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Pernicious
 Definition
causing harm
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Chicanery
 Definition
trickery to achieve some goal
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Imprecation
 Definition
curse
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Contumacious
 Definition
anti-authority
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Seditious
 Definition
causing people to rebel against authority
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Diffident
 Definition
shy due to lack of confidence
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Vituperated
 Definition
blame with strong or violent language
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Orotund
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Full, imposing
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Brusque
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abrupt and offhand
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Voluble
 Definition
Speaking fluidly and a lot
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Thermic
 Definition
pertaining to heat
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Recompense
 Definition
compensate for loss
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Meliorate
 Definition
make better
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