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Princeton Review-Hit Parade 1
1st vocab set for studying GRE
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Undergraduate 4
10/04/2010

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ABSCOND
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v. to leave secretly
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ABERRANT
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adj. deviating from the norm
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ALACRITY
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n. eager willingness
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ANOMALY
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n. deviation from normal order
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APPROBATION
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n. approval or praise
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ARDUOUS
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adj. strenuous or taxing
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ASSUAGE
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v. to ease or appease
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AUDACIOUS
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adj. recklessly bold
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AUSTERE
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adj. severely simple
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AXIOMATIC
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adj. self-evident truth
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CANONICAL
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adj. following the norm or accepted tradition
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CAPRICIOUS
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adj. erratic, unpredictable
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CENSURE
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v. to severely criticize or rebuke
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CHICANERY
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n. trickery
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CONNOISSEUR
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n. an expert
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CONVOLUTED
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adj. complex or complicated
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DISABUSE
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v. to undeceive, set right
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DISCORDANT
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adj. conflicting; harsh in sound
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DISPARATE
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adj. fundamentally distinct
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EFFRONTERY
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n. extreme boldness
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ELOQUENT
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adj. well-spoken, expressive,articulate
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ENERVATE
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v. to weaken
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ENNUI
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n. dissatisfaction and restlessness due to boredom
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EQUIVOCATE
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v. use confusing language to deceive
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ERUDITE
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adj. learned; scholarly
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EXCULPATE
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v. to exonerate
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EXIGENT
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adj. urgent
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EXTEMPORANEOUS
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adj. improvised
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FILIBUSTER
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n. intentional obstruction using a speech to delay legislative action
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FULMINATE
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v. loudly attack or denounce
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INGENUOUS
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adj. artless; frank; unsophisticated
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INURED
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adj. accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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IRASCIBLE
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adj. easily angered
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LAUD
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v. to praise highly
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LUCID
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adj. clearly understood
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MAGNANIMITY
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n. the quality of being generous and noble
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MARTIAL
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adj. associated with war and armed forces
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MUNDANE
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adj. worldly; typical, ordinary
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NASCENT
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adj. coming into being, in bloom
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NEBULOUS
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adj. vague; cloudy
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NEOLOGISM
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n. a new word or usage;creation or use of new word
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NOXIOUS
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adj. harmful
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OBTUSE
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adj. not sharp in intellect; not precise in thought
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OBVIATE
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v. to anticipate and make unnecessary
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ONEROUS
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adj. troubling; burdensome
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PAEAN
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n. song of praise and thanksgiving
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PARODY
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n. humorous imitation
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PERENNIAL
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adj. annual
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PERFIDY
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n. treachery
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PERFUNCTORY
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adj. done carelessly
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PERSPICACIOUS
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adj. very perceptive; keen discernment
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PRATTLE
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v. to babble on meaninglessly
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PRECIPITATE
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adj. impulsive

v. to cause to happen before anticipated

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PREDILECTION
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n. a disposition; preference
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PRESCIENCE
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n. foresight
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PREVARICATE
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v. to purposely avoid truth; to mislead
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QUALMS
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n. reservations; cause for hesitancy
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RECANT
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v. to retract
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REFUTE
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v. to disprove; argue against
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RELEGATE
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v. to forcibly assign to lower position
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RETICENT
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adj. quiet; reserved
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SOLICITOUS
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adj. concerned and attentive; eager
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SORDID
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adj. filthy or foul
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SPORADIC
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adj. scattered instances
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SQUANDER
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v. to wasting by spending or using irresponsibly
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STATIC
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adj. not moving, active, or in motion
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STUPEFY
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v. to stun, baffle or amaze
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STYMIE
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v. to block; thwart
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SYNTHESIS
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n. the combination of parts to make a whole
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TORQUE
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n. a force that causes rotation
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TORTUOUS
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adj.. twisting; excessively complicated
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TRUCULENT
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adj. fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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VERACITY
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n. honesty
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VIRULENT
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adj. extremely harmful or poisonous; hostile
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VORACIOUS
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adj. having an insatiable appetite for activity or pursuit; ravenous
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WAVER
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v. to sway; to be unsettled in opinion
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