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GRE words- Kaplan 1
From a Kaplan book.
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General Vocab
Graduate
08/19/2007

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pedant
Definition
a person who makes an excessive display of learning
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engender
Definition
to produce or cause
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corroborate
Definition
to confirm with new evidence
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propriety
Definition
"rightness, justness, conformity to established standards of proper behavior"
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venerate
Definition
to revere
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deride
Definition
"to laugh at in scorn or contempt, to scoff or jeer at, to mock"
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dither
Definition
"be uncertain, hesitate"
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apace
Definition
"quickly, swiftly"
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headlong
Definition
"undertaken quickly, rash"
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abstruse
Definition
difficult to understand
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bemusing
Definition
difficult to understand
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inscrutable
Definition
"not easily understood, mysterious"
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turbid
Definition
"not clear, difficult to understand"
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arcane
Definition
"understood by few, mysterious"
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limpid
Definition
"lucid, clear, easy to understand"
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astute
Definition
"clever, cunning"
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canny
Definition
"knowing, smart, sagacious"
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aspersion
Definition
"slander, defamation"
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calumny
Definition
"a false and malicious statement, slander"
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decry
Definition
"to denounce as worthless, to express strong disapproval of"
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impugn
Definition
"to challenge as false, cast doubt upon, to criticize"
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inveigh
Definition
"to protoest strongly, to attack vehemently with words"
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lambaste
Definition
"to berate harshly, censure, criticize"
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obloquy
Definition
"blame, disgrace, calumny"
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objurgate
Definition
"to denounce vehemently, berate, criticize"
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pillory
Definition
"to expose to ridicule and abuse, criticize harshly"
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reprehend
Definition
"to blame, censure, criticize"
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reprove
Definition
"to criticize or forrect, to disapprove of strongly"
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revile
Definition
"to abuse, berate"
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bacchanalian
Definition
a drunken feast
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deprave
Definition
"to make morally bad, to corrupt"
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dissipate
Definition
to spend wastefully or extravagantly
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iniquity
Definition
"gross injustice, sin"
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libertine
Definition
"one who is unrestrained, a freethinker"
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libidinous
Definition
"lustful, lascivious"
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licentious
Definition
"lascivious, lewd, unrestrained"
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reprobate
Definition
"unprincipled, wicked"
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ribald
Definition
"vulgar or indecent in speech, abusive"
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turpitude
Definition
"vile, shameful"
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fealty
Definition
"fidelity, faithfulness, loyalty"
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indubitable
Definition
"unquestionable, cannot be doubted"
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apocryphal
Definition
"of questionable autencity, false"
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canard
Definition
"false, derogatory rumor"
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duplicity
Definition
deliberate deceptiveness
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ersatz
Definition
"artificial, serving as a substitute"
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guile
Definition
"crafty, skillful deceit"
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mendacious
Definition
"telling lies, dishonest, false"
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