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GRE words - Kaplan 2
From a Kaplan book.
51
General Vocab
Graduate
08/20/2007

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acidulous
Definition
"sour, sharp"
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acrimonious
Definition
bitter and sharp in language or tone
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mordant
Definition
"sharply sarcastic, burning, biting"
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mordacious
Definition
"sarcastic, biting"
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extol
Definition
"to praise highly, exalt"
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baleful
Definition
"harmful, injurious"
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baneful
Definition
"harmful, deadly"
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deleterious
Definition
"harmful, injurious"
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insidious
Definition
"intended to entrap, stealthily treacherous, corrupting"
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recreant
Definition
"cowardly, craven"
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banal
Definition
"boring, commonplace"
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stultify
Definition
"to cause to appear foolish, to cripple or hinder"
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abet
Definition
encourage or assist someone to commit a crime
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ancillary
Definition
providing necessary support
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countenance
Definition
support
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espouse
Definition
to adopt or support
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mainstay
Definition
"a thing on which something else is based or depends on, backbone"
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munificent
Definition
generous
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proponent
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"a person who advocates a theory, supporter"
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stalwart
Definition
"loyal, reliable, hardworing"
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sustenance
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"support, the maintaining of someone in life"
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antithetic
Definition
"directly oppoed, incompatible"
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churlish
Definition
"rude in a mean spirited way, impolite"
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curmudgeon
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"bad tempered person, grouch"
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inexorable
Definition
impossible to stop or prevent
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refractory
Definition
"stubborn, unmanageable"
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renitent
Definition
"stubborn, resistant"
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untoward
Definition
"unexpected, inconvenient"
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vexing
Definition
"stubborn, frustrating"
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callow
Definition
"inexperienced, immature"
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clement
Definition
"generous, kind, merciful"
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largess
Definition
generoisty in bestowing money or gifts upon others
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unstinting
Definition
"liberal, generous"
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mercenary
Definition
primarly concerned with making money at the expense of ethics
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miserly
Definition
greedy
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venal
Definition
"corrupt, greedy, able to be bribed"
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rapacious
Definition
aggressively greedy
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compendious
Definition
"succinct, short and to the point"
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taciturn
Definition
"reserved uncommunicative, saying little"
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circumlocution
Definition
"use of too many words, wordy"
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periphrastic
Definition
"indirect, wordy"
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turgid
Definition
"pompous, bombastic, wordy"
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despotic
Definition
"tyrranical, oppressive"
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imperious
Definition
"assuming power without justification, arrogant and domineering"
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peremptory
Definition
"insisting on immediate attention or obedience, commanding"
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abhorrence
Definition
"disgusted loathing, hatred"
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antagonism
Definition
"hostility, animosity"
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antipathy
Definition
"aversion, great feeling of dislike"
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detestation
Definition
"intene dislike, hatred"
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enmity
Definition
"hostility, animsity, loathing"
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rancor
Definition
bitterness or resentfulness
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