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Mozarts25th GRE Wordlist 30
Mozarts25th GRE Wordlist 30
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10/10/2010
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sodality
 Definition
fellowship; comradeship.
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sorority
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sisterhood
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soubrette
 Definition
a maidservant or lady's maid in a play, opera
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souse
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drunkard OR drenched
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speleologist
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one who studies caves
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spire
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the highest point or summit of something
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spittle
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spit
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spite
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desire to harm OR grudge
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splay
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to spread out
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splenetic
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irritable; peevish;
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spleen
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peevish
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spume
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foam
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spume
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foam
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statue
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regulation
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sterling
 Definition
high quality
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stevedore
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a firm or individual engaged in the loading or unloading of a vessel.
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stiletto
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a short dagger
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strait
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distress
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stricture
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an adverse criticism
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stultify
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to make, or cause to appear, foolish OR weaken
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subcutaneous
 Definition
beneath the skin
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sublimate
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to redirect forbidden
impulses (usually sexual) into
socially accepted activities
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sublunary
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earthly
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susurrant
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whispering
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supervene
 Definition
to ensue
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supernumerary
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excess OR a person who functions as a substitute or assistant
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supererogatory
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superfluous OR going beyond the requirements of duty.
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sylph
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a slender, graceful woman or girl.
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synod
 Definition
a council
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tabernacle
 Definition
temple
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pelf
 Definition
wealth that is dishonestly acquired
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tenement
 Definition
decaying apartment
building
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tenement
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a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, esp. in a poor section of a large city.
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ternary
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triple
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terpsichorean
 Definition
relating to dance
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talion
 Definition
the principle or law of retaliation that a punishment inflicted should correspond in degree and kind to the offense of the wrongdoer
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thrall
 Definition
slave
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thews
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muscle
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tidings
 Definition
news, information, or intelligence
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timorous
 Definition
fearful, timid
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tinsel
 Definition
anything showy or attractive with little or no real worth; showy pretense:
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tincture
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a trace; a smack or smattering
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tocsin
 Definition
alarm bell, signal
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torus
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doughnut shaped object
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tousled
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disheveled
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transpose
 Definition
interchange
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troglodyte
 Definition
cave dweller
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trollop
 Definition
an immoral or promiscuous woman, esp. a prostitute
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troublous
 Definition
troubled , unsettled
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trudge
 Definition
march, slog
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