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GRE Vocabulary
Vocabulary to study for the GRE
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07/08/2011

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profligate
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immoral, excessive
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erroneous
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incorrect
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mendacious
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lying
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affinity
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a kinship, attractive force
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cogent
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convincing, having the power to compel
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venal
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corrupt or capable of being bought
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assuage
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relieve, ease
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equivocal
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deliberately ambiguous, questionable
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erudite
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learned or scholarly
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fervid/fervent
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heated in spirit, enthusiasm; burning
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lucid
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easily understood, clear
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placate
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to appease or pacify
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precipitate
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to bring about prematurely; to cast or send, esp violently or abruptly
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prodigal
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wastefully or recklessly extravagant; lavishly abundant
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zeal
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eager desire or endeavor
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anomaly
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odd, peculiar; inconsistency
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enigma
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a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation
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opaque
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dull; hard to understand
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adulterate
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to debase or make unpure by adding inferior materials or elements
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capricious
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subject to, led by, or indicative of caprice or whim; erratic
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desiccate
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to dry up
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engender
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to produce, cause, give rise to
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ephemeral
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short-lived; transitory
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laconic
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using few words, concise
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pedantic
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overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, esp in teaching
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pragmatic
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pertaining to a practical point
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proprietary
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belonging or controlled as property
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vacillate
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to sway unsteadily, waver; be indecisive
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antipathy
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aversion; an instinctive opposition in feeling
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cacophony
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harsh disordinance of sound; meaningless mixture of sound
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deride
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to laugh at in scorn or contempt; mock
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dissonance
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inharmonious or harsh sound; cacophony; disagreement or incongruity
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enervate
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to deprive of force; destroy the vigor of; weaken
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eulogy
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high praise or commendation
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garrulous
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excessively talkative in a rambling roundabout manner; wordy
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ingenuous
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sincere, innocent
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misanthrope
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a hater of humankind
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obdurate
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unmoved by persuasion; stubborn
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ostentation
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display intended to impress others
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paradox
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any person, thing, or situation exhibiting an apparently contradictory nature
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prevaricate
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to speak falsely; lie
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venerate
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revere; to regard or treat with reverence
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provenance
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place or source of origin
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platitude
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flat, dull or trite remark
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axiom
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a self-evident truth that requires no proof
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portentous
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momentous; marvelous
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syllogism
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logic, deductive reasoning
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furtive
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secret, taken or used by stealth; sly; shifty
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lachrymose
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tending to cause tears; mournful
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sedulity/sedulous
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diligence; persistently or carefully maintained
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