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GRE Word List 2
words you need to know to take the GRE
100
General Vocab
Graduate
08/14/2011
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Acrid
 Definition
sharp; pungent (used of smells and tastes)
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Acrophobia
 Definition
fear of heights
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Acuity
 Definition
sharpness (mental or visual)
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Adamant
 Definition
forceful; inflexible
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Adroit
 Definition
skillful
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Adulation
 Definition
strong admiration; worship
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Adversity
 Definition
hardship
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Advocate
 Definition
support
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Aesthetic
 Definition
concerning art or beauty
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Affable
 Definition
friendly; social; easygoing
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Boorish
 Definition
ill-mannered
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Bourgeois
 Definition
middle class
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Braggart
 Definition
someone who boasts
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Brawny
 Definition
muscular
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Brevity
 Definition
being brief
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Bristle
 Definition
to show irritation
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Broach
 Definition
start to discuss; approach
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Brusque
 Definition
blunt; abrupt
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Bulwark
 Definition
fortification; barricade; wall
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Bureaucracy
 Definition
officialdom
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Cynical
 Definition
believing that people act only out of selfish motives
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Debility
 Definition
weakness; incapacity
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Debunking
 Definition
exposing false claims or myths
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Decathlon
 Definition
an athletic competition with ten events
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Decorum
 Definition
dignified; correct behavior
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Decoy
 Definition
lure; trap; trick
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Deference
 Definition
respect
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Defoliate
 Definition
cause leaves to fall off
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Defunct
 Definition
no longer in existence
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Degradation
 Definition
deprivation; poverty; debasement
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Epistle
 Definition
a letter (form of communication
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Epistolary
 Definition
concerned with letters
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Epitomize
 Definition
typified; characterized; personified
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Equivocate
 Definition
speak ambiguously; avoid telling the truth
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Err
 Definition
make a mistake
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Erratic
 Definition
wandering; irregular
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Esoteric
 Definition
obscure and difficult to understand
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Espouse
 Definition
promote; take up; support
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Etymology
 Definition
the study of word origins
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Eulogy
 Definition
praise
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Heresy
 Definition
against orthodox opinion
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Hiatus
 Definition
interruption; pause
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Hidebound
 Definition
rigid in opinions
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Hieroglyphics
 Definition
1. picture writing; 2. writing which is difficult to read or enigmatic
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Hinder
 Definition
obstruct
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Histrionic
 Definition
theatrical; exaggerated
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Hoary
 Definition
old
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Hone
 Definition
sharpen; increase; whet
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Hyperbole
 Definition
grossly exaggerated speech
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Hypochondriac
 Definition
a person obsessed with health; having imaginary illnesses
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Lance
 Definition
spear; spike; javelin
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Languid
 Definition
tired; slow
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Languish
 Definition
decay; fade away; get weaker
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Larceny
 Definition
theft; robbery; stealing
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Largess
 Definition
generosity
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Laud
 Definition
praise
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Lavish
 Definition
on a grand scale; wasteful
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Lax
 Definition
careless; not strict
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Legend
 Definition
1. key to map; 2. myth or stoy
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Legion
 Definition
in large numbers
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Obscure
 Definition
difficult to understand; partially hidden
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Obscured
 Definition
hidden; covered; buried
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Obsequious
 Definition
servile; submissive
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Obsession
 Definition
a dominating concern
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Obsolete
 Definition
no longer valid
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Obstreperous
 Definition
noisy and boisterous
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Obtuse
 Definition
mentally dull
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Obviate
 Definition
avoid; make unnecessary
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Odious
 Definition
hateful
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Officious
 Definition
domineering; intrusive; meddlesome
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Poignant
 Definition
deeply moving; strongly affecting the emotions
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Poised
 Definition
calm; collected; self-possessed
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Polemical
 Definition
causing debate or argument
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Ponderous
 Definition
weighty; slow and heavy
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Pontificate
 Definition
speak pompously or dogmatically
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Portend
 Definition
foretell
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Portent
 Definition
a warning sign; omen
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Poseur
 Definition
someone who puts on an act
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Posterity
 Definition
future generations
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Posthumous
 Definition
after death
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Respite
 Definition
a break; intermission
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Resplendent
 Definition
shining; glowing
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Restorative
 Definition
a tonic
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Retention
 Definition
preservation; withholding
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Reticent
 Definition
restrained; holding something back; uncommunicative
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Retraction
 Definition
withdrawal; cancellation of a statement
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Revere
 Definition
worship
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Riddled
 Definition
full of (usually of holes)
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Rife
 Definition
common
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Rigor
 Definition
thoroughness
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Terse
 Definition
concise; to the point
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Therapeutic
 Definition
medicinal; curative
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Thwart
 Definition
prevent; frustrate
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Timorous
 Definition
cowardly; fearful
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Tirade
 Definition
stream of verbal abuse
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Titter
 Definition
giggle quietly
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Tome
 Definition
large book
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Torpid
 Definition
inactive; lazy; stagnant
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Torpor
 Definition
dormancy; sluggishness; inactivity
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Totter
 Definition
walk unsteadily
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