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GRE Vocabulary
Letter B-C
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01/18/2010

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barren
Definition
desolate, infertile
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belligerent (adjective)
Definition
quarrelsome, combative
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belligerent (noun)
Definition
an opposing army, a party wagging war
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benevolent
Definition
wishing or doing good
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berate
Definition
to scold or criticize harshly
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boggle
Definition
to overwhelm with amazement
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bogus
Definition
phony, a sham
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bombastic
Definition
inflated or pompous in style
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boor
Definition
crude, insensitive, and overbearing
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brazenly
Definition
acting with disrespectful boldness
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broach
Definition
to bring up an issue for discussion, to propose
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burgeon
Definition
to bloom, literally or figuratively
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burnish
Definition
to shine by polishing, literally or figuratively
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buttress
Definition
something that supports of strengthens
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cacophony
Definition
discordant sounds, dissonance
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cadge
Definition
to beg for
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calibrate
Definition
to determine or mark graduations, to adjust or finely tune
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castigate
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to chastise; to punish severely
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catalytic
Definition
bringing about, causing, or producing some result
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caustic
Definition
burning, corrosive
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chaos
Definition
disorder, confusion, chance
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charisma
Definition
dynamic charm or appeal
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chary
Definition
slow to accept, cautious
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chronology
Definition
an arrangement of events by occurrence, a list of dates, the science of time
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churlish
Definition
course and ill mannered
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circumspect
Definition
prudent, cautious
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cleave
Definition
to stick closely together or split apart
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coagulant
Definition
any material that causes another to thicken or clot
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coalesce
Definition
to fuse, to unite
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coerce
Definition
to force someone to either do something or to refrain from doing someting
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cogent
Definition
forceful and convincing
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commensurate
Definition
aligned with, proportional
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commingle
Definition
to blend, to mix
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complaisant
Definition
tending to bow to others' wishes; amiable
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compound
Definition
to intensify, to exacerbate
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conceivable
Definition
possible, imaginable
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concur
Definition
to approve, to agree
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condensation
Definition
a reduction to a denser form, an abridgment of a literary work
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condescending
Definition
having an attitude of superiority towards another; patronizing
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condone
Definition
to overlook, to permit to happen
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congruent
Definition
coinciding, harmonious
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conjunction
Definition
to occurrence of two or more events at the same time or space
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consolation
Definition
relief or comfort in sorrow or suffering
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consternation
Definition
shock, amazement, dismay
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convergence
Definition
the act of coming together in unity or similarity
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conviviality
Definition
fondness for good company, eating and rinking
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convoluted
Definition
twisting, complicated, intricate
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corral
Definition
to enclose, to gather, to collect
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corroborating
Definition
supporting with evidence, confirming
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corrosive
Definition
eating away, gnawing, destroying
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cosmopolitanism
Definition
international sophistication, worldliness
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covert
Definition
secret, clandestine
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covetous
Definition
envious particularly of another's possessions
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craven
Definition
cowerdly
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credulous
Definition
ready to believe, gullible
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cryptic
Definition
puzzling, ambiguous
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culmination
Definition
climax
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culpable
Definition
deserving blame, guilty
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curmudgeon
Definition
a crusty, ill-tempered person
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cursory
Definition
hasty and superficial
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