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GRE Vocab. Cs
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General Vocab
Graduate
09/16/2009

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cacophonous
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adj. discordant; inharmonious
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capricious
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adj. unpreditable; fickle
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castigation
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n. punishment; severe criticism
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catalyst
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n. agent that influences the pace of a chemical reaction while it remains unaffected and unchanged; person or thing that causes action
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caustic
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adj. burning; scarcastically biting
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chicanery
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n. trickery; deception
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coagulate
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v. thicken; congeal; clot
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coda
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n. concluding section of a musical or literary composition; something that rounds out, summarizes, or concludes
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cogent
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adj. convincing
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commensurate
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adj. corresponding in extent, degree, amount, etc.; proportionate
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compendium
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v. brief, comprehensive summary
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complaisant
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adj. trying to please; overly polite; obliging
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compliant
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adj. yielding; conforming to requirements
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conciliatory
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adj. reconciling; soothing
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condone
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v. overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse
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confound
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v. confuse; puzzle
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connoisseur
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n. person competent to act as a judge of art, etc.; a lover of an art
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contention
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n. claim; thesis
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contentious
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adj. quarrelsome
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contrite
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adj. penitent
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conundrum
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n. riddle; difficult problem
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converge
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v. approach; tend to meet; come together
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convoluted
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adj. coiled around; involved; intricate
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craven
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adj. cowardly
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