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Words I didn't know well from Kaplan's 2011-2012 edition
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General Vocab
Graduate
11/30/2011

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Abscond
Definition
To leave secretly
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Antipathy
Definition
Extreme dislike
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Austere
Definition
Severe or stern in appearance; undecorated
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Capricious
Definition
Changing one's mind quickly and often
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Chauvinist
Definition
Someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs
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Chicanery
Definition
Deception by means of craft or guile
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Cogent
Definition
Convincing and well-reasoned
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Credulous
Definition
Too trusting; gullible
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Deride
Definition
To speak of or treat with contempt; to mock
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Desultory
Definition
Jumping from one thing to another; disconnected
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Diffident
Definition
Lacking self-confidence
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Dilatory:
Definition
Intended to delay
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Dilettante
Definition
Someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic
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Dirge
Definition
A funeral hymn or mournful speech
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Disabuse
Definition
To set right; to free from error
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Disparate
Definition
Fundamentally different; entirely unlike
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Dogmatic
Definition
Dictatorial in one's opinions
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Elegy
Definition
A sorrowful poem or speech
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Enervate
Definition
To reduce in strength
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Engender
Definition
To produce, cause or bring about
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Enigma
Definition
A puzzle; a mystery
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Estimable
Definition
Admirable
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Exculpate
Definition
To clear from blame; prove innocent
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Exigent
Definition
Urgent; requiring immediate action
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Florid
Definition
Excessively decorated or embellished
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Foment
Definition
To arouse or incite
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Garrulous
Definition
Tending to talk a lot
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Guile
Definition
Deceit or trickery
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Iconoclast
Definition
One who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions
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Impetuous
Definition
Quick to act without thinking
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Inchoate
Definition
Not fully formed; disorganized
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Ingenuous
Definition
Showing innocence or childlike simplicity
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Inimical
Definition
Hostile, unfriendly
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Insipid
Definition
Lacking interest or flavor
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Intransigent
Definition
Uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled
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Irascible
Definition
Easily made angry
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Laconic
Definition
Using few words
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Malinger
Definition
To evade responsibility by pretending to be ill
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Mollify
Definition
To calm or make less severe
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Obdurate
Definition
Hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion
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Obsequious
Definition
Overly submissive and eager to please
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Obviate
Definition
To prevent; to make unnecessary
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Opprobrium
Definition
Public disgrace
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Pedant
Definition
Someone who shows off learning
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Perfidious
Definition
Willing to betray one's trust
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Perfunctory
Definition
Done in a routine way; indifferent
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Precipitate
Definition
To throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation
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Prodigal
Definition
Lavish, wasteful
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Propitiate
Definition
To conciliate; to appease
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Quiescent
Definition
Motionless
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Rarefy
Definition
To make thinner or sparser
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Reticent
Definition
Silent, reserved
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Soporific
Definition
Causing sleep or lethargy
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Specious
Definition
Deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious
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Stolid
Definition
Unemotional; lacking sensitivity
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Tacit
Definition
Done without using words
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Torpor
Definition
Extreme mental and physical sluggishness
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Vex
Definition
To annoy
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