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GRE Vocab
GRE Vocab
103
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Graduate
07/13/2011
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Obsequious
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fawning; servile complaisance
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paean
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joyous song of praise
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base
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humble
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sedulous
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hard working
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sentorian
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loud
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lambent
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softly bright
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apotheosis
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high respect
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ingenuous
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honest
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fugacious
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elusive
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apocryphal
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dubious authenticity
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spurious
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counterfeit
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venial
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forgiveable
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pragmatic
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disambiguous
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malfeasance
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dishonesty by an authority figure
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repudiation
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exposure of falseness
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apostasy
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abandonment of beliefs
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repudiate
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refuse to acknowledge
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pedantic
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overly learned
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peripatetic
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mobile
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factotum
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handyman
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ingratiating
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flattering
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opprobrium
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disgrace, scorn
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unctuous
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attempting to win approval
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intransigent
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refusal to compromise
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augury
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divination
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lugubrious
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extremely gloomy
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philippic
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bitter condemnation
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degust
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to savor
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quietus
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final acquittance from a debt
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coruscate
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to sparkle
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efficacious
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strong & powerful
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list
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please, inclination
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individuous
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intent to create ill will
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obstreperous
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unruly noise
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gainsay
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declare to be untrue
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evince
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display clearly
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diffident
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hesitant
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truculent
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cruel, destructive
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dissemble
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to disguise
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hoary
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extremely aged
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stultify
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to cause to appear to be stupid
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gallimaufry
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A confused mess; a hodgepodge
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enervate
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lacking physical/mental vigor
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panoply
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A magnificent array; a display; an ostentatious exhibition
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obstensible
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apparent
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impetuous
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implusive
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exiguous
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small, lacking
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asperse
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to attack with slander
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remit
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1.to transmit or send (money, a check, etc.) to a person or place, usually in payment. 2.to refrain from inflicting or enforcing, as a punishment, sentence, etc. 3.to refrain from exacting, as a payment or service
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denouement
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An outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot; the final resolution
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Jejune
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Dry; uninteresting; juvenile; uninformed.
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Farrago
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A mixture of items; a disorganized agglomeration of articles
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incarnadine
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Having a blood-like color; crimson
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Seamy
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Sordid; unpleasant; filthy or base.
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compunction
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remorse
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stertorous
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loud snoring sound
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seamy
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sordid
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quiddity
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the essence of a thing
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quiescent
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temporarily inactive
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stipple
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To engrave, draw, or paint by small dots or small motions.
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vulpine
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crafty
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profligate
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reckless, immoral
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mulct
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fraud, extortion
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exigent
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require immediate action or aid
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hubris
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excessive pride
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corrigible
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able to be changed
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pruriet
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vulgar
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meretricious
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showy, flashy
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hortatory
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encouraging
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plaintive
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expressing sorrow
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impetu
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impulse
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sedulity
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diligent, attentive
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perfunctory
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done with indifference
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panegyric
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formal praise
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demagogue
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rabble rouser
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exigent
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urgent
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proscribe
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to prohibit
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phillistine
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smugly ignorant
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prevaricate
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deliberately ambiguous
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condign
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well deserved
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prepossess
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to influence beforehand
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purveyor
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to furnish or supply
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limned
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to represent in drawing/words (to describe)
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supersede
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to replace in power
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mountebank
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1. a person who sells quack medicines from a platform 2.a boastful unscrupulous pretender (charlatan)
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physiognomy
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the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance
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inimicable
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harmful, hostile
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welter
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to roll, toss, or heave, wirthe
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welter (noun)
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state of upheaval
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egregious
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obviously bad
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abrogate
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officially annul
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attenuated
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thinned out
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expropriate
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to take for personal use
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inexorable
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unchangeable
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precocious
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overly mature for age
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palliate
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to make less severe
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specious
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deceptive
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carapace
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shield on back of an animal
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profligate
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wasteful
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proscribe
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to denounce
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pabulum
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trite idea
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sui generis
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utterly unique
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extenuate
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to diminish the seriousness of a crime
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