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GRE
Secondary meanings
52
Education
Graduate
11/11/2010

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Term
alloy
Definition
to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior
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appropriate
Definition
to take for one's own use; confiscate
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arrest
Definition
to suspend; to engage; holding one's attention
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august
Definition
majestic; venerable
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bent
Definition
leaning; inclination, proclivity, propensity
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broach
Definition
bring up, announce, begin to talk
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brook
Definition
to tolerate, endure, countenance
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cardinal
Definition
major;as in cardinal sin
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chauvinist
Definition
a blindly devoted patriot
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color
Definition
to change as if by dyeing
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consequential
Definition
pompous, self-important
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damp
Definition
to diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound
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die
Definition
a tool used for shaping, as in a tool-and-die shop
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essay
Definition
to test or try; attempt, experiment
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exact
Definition
to demand
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fell(verb)
Definition
to cause to fall by striking
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fell(adj.)
Definition
inhumanly cruel
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flag
Definition
to become spiritless
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flip
Definition
sarcastic as in flippant
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ford
Definition
to wade across the shallow part of a river
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grouse
Definition
to complain, to grumble
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guy
Definition
a rope, cord, or cable attached to something as a brace or guide
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intimate
Definition
to imply, suggest, or insinuate
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list
Definition
to tilt or lean to one side
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lumber
Definition
to move heavily and clumsily
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meet
Definition
fitting, proper
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milk
Definition
to exploit, to squeeze every last ounce of
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mince
Definition
speak too carefully
to take tiny steps
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nice
Definition
exacting, fastidious, extremely precise
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obtain
Definition
to be established, accepted, or customary
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occult
Definition
hidden,concealed, recondite, beyond comprehension
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pedestrian
Definition
commonplace, trite, unremarkable, quotidian
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pied
Definition
variegated, multicolored
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pine
Definition
to lose vigor; to yearn
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plastic
Definition
malleable, tractable, moldable, pliable, not rigid
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pluck
Definition
courage, spunk, fortitude
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prize
Definition
something taken by force
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rail
Definition
to bitterly complain about
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rent
Definition
torn; part of rend
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quail
Definition
to lose courage; turn frightened
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qualify
Definition
to limit
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sap(verb)
Definition
to enervate or weaken the vitality of; damp; flag
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sap (adj)
Definition
a fool or nitwit
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scurvy
Definition
contemptible; despicable
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singular
Definition
exceptional, unusual, odd
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stand
Definition
a group of tree
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steep
Definition
to saturate or completely soak
(like deep inside into something)
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strut
Definition
the supporting structural cross-part of a wing
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table
Definition
to remove from consideration
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tender
Definition
to proffer or offer
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waffle
Definition
to equivocate; to change one's position
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wag
Definition
joker
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