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GRE Vocabulary List 6
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Undergraduate 4
06/11/2010
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prodigal
 Definition
wasteful, extravagant
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propitiate
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to appease
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pulchritudinous
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physically beautiful
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pusillanimous
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cowardly
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quiescence
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inactive, quiet
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rarefy
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to make rarer
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reproof
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to censure or rebuke
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rescind
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to abolish by formal/official means, to revoke
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sagacious
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having sharp/powerful intellect
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sanguine
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cheeful, optimistic, reddish (complexion)
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saturnine
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gloomy temperament
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sedulous
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diligent, persistent
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specious
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appearing good but is really deceptive, superficially pleasing
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tacit
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understood without being expressed
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taciturn
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reserved in speech, inclined to be silent
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tirade
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prolonged speech of denunciation
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tortuous
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full of twists, deceitfully crooked
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tractable
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easily managed, yielding
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turpitude
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vile, depravity
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tyro
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a beginner in learning anything
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