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GRE Vocabulary List 7
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06/11/2010

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vacuous
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empty, lack of ideas or purpose
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venerate
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to revere
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verbose
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wordy
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voracious
Definition
consuming large quantities
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abdicate
Definition
formal renunciation of power
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aberration
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condition different from the norm
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abeyance
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temporary inactivity
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abjure
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formally reject a formally held belief
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abrogate
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revoke formally, to put an end to
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abstruse
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difficult to penetrate or understand
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abut
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share a boundary
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abysmal
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limitless, so great that it's ummeasurable
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acarpous
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not producing fruit, sterile
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accolade
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an award or honor
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accretion
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an increase by natural growth or addition
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adamant
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not capable of being diverted, insusceptible to persuasion
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admonitory
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expressing reproach, warning
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adulteration
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to make impure by adding inferior materials
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alacrity
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liveliness, eagerness
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ambivalent
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uncertain about which course to follow, mixture of feelings
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