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GRE Vocab
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Undergraduate 4
06/25/2012

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Term
Obviate
Definition

remove, avoid, prevent

 

similar words: avert, evade, preclude, eliminate

Term
Arduous
Definition

involving strenuous effort, difficult and tiring

 

synonyms: laborious, tough, toilsome

Term
Corrugated
Definition

shaped into alternate ridges or grooves

 

synonyms: wavy, undulating

Term
Admonish
Definition

warn, reprimand firmly, advice, urge earnestly

 

synonyms: exhort, advise, caution

Term
Sophism
Definition

a fallacious argument, one used specifically to decieve

 

synonyms: fallacy, sophistry

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Censure
Definition

express severe disapproval formally

 

synonyms: condemn, decry, reprehension

Term
Pique
Definition

feeling of irritation or resentment from a slight (ego) or excite

 

synonyms: umbrage, offend, excite

Term
Augment
Definition

make something greater by adding to it, increase

 

synonyms: magnify, increment, amplify

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Preclude
Definition

prevent from happening, make impossible

 

synonyms: debar, hinder, exclude

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Evade
Definition

escape or avoid by trickery

 

synonyms: dodge, shun, eschew

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Laborious
Definition

requiring time and effort

 

synonyms: hard, painful, heavy, arduous, toilsome

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Toilsome
Definition

involving hard or tedious work

 

synonym: arduous, laborious, difficult

 

Term
Billow
Definition

large undulating mass of something like smoke or steam

 

synonyms: wave, surge, undulate

Term
Earnestly
Definition

seriously or in a serious manner, showing intense conviction, a sign or promise of what is to come.

 

synonym: serious, grave, zealous, pledge, handsel

Term
Censure
Definition

express severe disapproval formally

 

synonym: condemn, decry, reproof, blame

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Umbrage
Definition

offense or annoyance, shade or shadow

 

synonym: resentment, insult, shade

Term
Renege
Definition

go back on promise or contract

 

synonyms: default, reverse

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Perfidious
Definition

deceitful, untrustworthy

 

synonyms: unfaithful, disloyal, treacherous

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Docile
Definition

ready to control or instruction, submissive

 

synonyms: obedient, biddable

Term
Flay
Definition

peel skin off corpse

 

synonym: strip, peel, fleece

Term
Amenable
Definition

Open or responsive to suggestion, susceptible

 

synonyms: liable, docile, obedient

Term
Coda
Definition
concluding passage of piece, finale
Term
Extenuate
Definition

to make thin, make offense seem less serious or more forgivable

 

synonyms: mitigate, abate, relieve, allay, palliate

Term
Deplore
Definition

feel or express strong disapproval

 

synonym: weep, lament, regret

Term
Debar
Definition

prohibit one from doing something, exclude

 

synonym: forbit, inhibit

Term
Pedantic
Definition

a person who is over concerned with minor details, a stickler

 

prig, precisian

Term
Indigence
Definition
state of extreme poverty, need, destitution
Term
Felicitous
Definition

well chosen, appropriate, suited to circumstance;

pleasing, fortunate, opportune, apposite, lucky

Term
Prig
Definition

a self righteous, moralistic person who behaves as if superior to others;

 

pedant

Term
Apposite
Definition

apt in the circumstances, relation to something;

proper, suitable, fit

Term
Destitute
Definition
without the basic needs of life; poor, impecunious, indigent, penurious
Term
Impecunious
Definition
having little or no money; poor, indigent, destitute
Term

Paucity

 

Definition
scare, present in small amounts; deficient
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Avouch
Definition
affirm or assert; aver, gaurantee, predictate
Term

Malevolent

 

Definition
having/showing wish to do evil
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