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Top GRE Words part 2
Barrons GRE List
173
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Graduate
08/22/2009
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Aberrant
 Definition
Not normal or usual
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Abeyance
 Definition
Being inactive or suspended
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Abstemious
 Definition
Restraining behavior or appetite
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Admonish
 Definition
To warn or strongly criticize
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Aggregate
 Definition
Forming a collection from separate parts
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Alacrity
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Liveliness, promptness
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Ambivalence
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Equivocation; doubt
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Anarchy
 Definition
Lawlessness, absence of government
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Anomalous
 Definition
Deviating from normal
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Apprise
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Inform, tell
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Approbation
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Praise, admiration, approval
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Appropriate (verb)
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To set apart, take possession of, steal
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Arduous
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Difficult
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Artless
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Simple, honest, clumsy
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Ascetic
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Self-denying
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Coda
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Afterward
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Autonomous
 Definition
Independent
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Aver /əˈvɜr/
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Declare, assert, affirm
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Belie
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To Hide; To give a false idea of
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Beneficent
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Helpful, charitable, compassionate
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Boorish
 Definition
Crude, awkward
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Burgeon /bɜr[image]dʒən/
Definition
To bloom
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Burnish
 Definition
To polish, brighten
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Buttress
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To brace, support
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Castigation
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Punishment
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Coagulate
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To clot, thicken
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Cogent
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Effective, convincing
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Commensurate
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Adequate, appropriate
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Compendium
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Brief account of a subject, epitome
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Complaisant
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Agreeable
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Compliant
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Obedient
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Conciliatory
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Appeasing, yielding
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Confound
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Confuse
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Connoisseur
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Authority, expert
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Contention
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Competition, argument
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Contentious
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Argumentative
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Contrite
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Regretful
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Conundrum
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Puzzle
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Converge
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Gather
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Craven
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Weak, timid
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Daunt
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Frighten, alarm
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Default
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Failure; want
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Delineate
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Describe; outline
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Denigrate
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Belittle
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Derivative
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Borrowed; transmitted from source
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Deterrent /dɪˈtɜr[image]ənt/
Definition
Restraint
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Dichotomy
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Division
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Diffuse
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Spread out
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Digression
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Deviation
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Dirge
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Sad song
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Discerning
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Clear-sighted; makes good decisions
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Discordant
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Conflicting
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Discredit
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Blame; detract from
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Discrepancy
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Disagreement; difference
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Discrete
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Separate; detached from others
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Disingenuous
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Insincere
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Disinterested
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Uninvolved
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Disjointed
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Disconnected; aimless
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Dismiss
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Send away; remove; free
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Disparage
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Criticize; detract from
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Disparate
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Contrasting
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Disseminate
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Distribute, scatter
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Dissolution
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Separation, rupture
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Dissonance
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Disagreement
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Distend
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Expand; swell
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Distill
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To make pure
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Diverge
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Go in different directions
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Divest
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To strip or deprive
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Document (verb)
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To record
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Dormant
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Inactive; sleeping
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Ebullient
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Enthusiastic
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Effrontery
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Nerve, boldness
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Elicit
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Draw out, bring forth
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Embellish
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Decorate; make beautiful
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Empirical
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Practical; derived from experience of experiment
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Endemic
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Regional/local; disease effecting people of a certain class or region
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Enhance
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Improve, embellish
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Equanimity
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Levelheadedness
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Extrapolation
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Prediction
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Facetious
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Tongue-in-cheek, kidding
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Facilitate
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Assist the progress of
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Fallacious
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False
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Fatuous
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Stupid, foolish
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Felicitous
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Appropriate, suitable
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Fervor
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Enthusiasm
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Flag
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Decline, fall off, mark
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Gainsay
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To contradict
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Fledgling
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Beginner in activity
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Flout
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Show contempt for
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Forestall
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Keep from happening
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Futile
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Hopeless, pointless
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Goad
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Urge on
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Gouge
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Tear out
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Grandiloquent
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Pompous
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Gregarious
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Sociable
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Guileless
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Without deceit
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Gullible
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Easily deceived
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Harangue
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Long, passionate, vehement speech
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Hyperbole
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Exaggeration
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Idolatry
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Excessive admiration
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Immutable
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Unchangeable
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Impair
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To injure
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Impassive
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Without feeling
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Impede
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To block
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Impervious
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Incapable of being damaged
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Implicit
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Understood but not stated
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Implode
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Burst inward
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Inadvertently
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Unintentionally
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Inchoate
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Recently begun
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Incongruity
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Lack of harmony
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Inconsequential
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Insignificant
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Incorporate
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Introduce something into a larger whole
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Indeterminate
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Uncertain
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Indigence
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Poverty
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Indolent
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Lazy
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Inert
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Inactive
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Inherent
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Firmly established by nature or habit
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Insensible
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Unconscious, unresponsive
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Insinuate
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Hint
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Insularity
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Narrow-mindedness; isolation
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Intractable
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Unruly; stubborn
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Intransigence
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Stubbornness
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Inured
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Accustomed; hardened
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Invective
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Abuse
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Irascible
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Irritable
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Irresolute
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Uncertain how to act; weak
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Itinerary
 Definition
Plan for a trip
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Lassitude
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Weariness
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Latent
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Underdeveloped; dormant; hidden
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Levee
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Earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding
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Levity
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Lack of seriousness or steadiness
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Log (noun)
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Record of a voyage or flight; record of day to day activities
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Magnanimity
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Generosity
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Maverick
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Rebel
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Mendacious
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Lying; habitually dishonest
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Metamorphosis
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Change of form
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Morose
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Ill-humored; sullen; melancholy
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Mundane
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Worldly vs spiritual; everyday
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Negate
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Cancel out
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Obviate
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Make unnecessary
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Officious
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Meddlesome
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Oscillate
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Waver
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Partisan
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One-sided; prejudiced
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Pathological
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Pertaining to disease
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Paucity
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Scarcity
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Penchant
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Strong inclination; liking
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Penury
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Severe poverty; stinginess
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Perennial
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Something long lasting
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Pervasive
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Spread throughout
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Phlegmatic
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Calm; not easily disturbed
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Piety
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Devoutness; reverence for God
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Plasticity
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Ability to be molded
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Platitude
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Trite remark; commonplace statement
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Plummet
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Fall sharply
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Porous
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Full of pores
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Preamble
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Introductory statement
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Precarious
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Uncertain; risky
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Precursor
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Comes before
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Presumptuous
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Arrogant
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Probity
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Uprightness; incorruptibility
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Problematic
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Perplexing; doubtful
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Profound
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Deep; not superficial
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Prohibitive
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Inclined to prevent or forbid something
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Propensity
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Natural inclination
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Proscribe
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Ostracize; banish; outlaw
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Qualified
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Limited; restricted
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Quibble
 Definition
Minor obstruction or complaint
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Rarefied
 Definition
Made less dense of a gas
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Recalcitrant
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Obstinately stubborn
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Recant
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Disclaim; retract; openly confess error
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Recluse
 Definition
Hermit; loner
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Recondite
 Definition

Dealing with difficult, profound subject matter

 

Abstruse (hard to understand)
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Neophyte
 Definition
Recent convert; beginner
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