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Top GRE Words #3
Top GRE Words from Kaplan Test Prep Book
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Graduate
08/10/2012

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Enumerate
Definition
to count, list, or itemize
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Ephemeral
Definition
lasting a short time
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Equivocate
Definition
to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead
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Erratic
Definition
wandering and unpredictable
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Erudite
Definition
learned, scholarly, bookish
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Esoteric
Definition
known or understood only by a few
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Estimable
Definition
admirable
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Eulogy
Definition
speech in praise of someone
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Euphemism
Definition
use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one
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Exacerbate
Definition
to make worse
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Exculpate
Definition
to clear from blame; prove innocent
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Exigent
Definition
urgent; requiring immediate action
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Exonerate
Definition
to clear of blame
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Explicit
Definition
clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression
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Fanatical
Definition
acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion
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Fawn
Definition
to grovel
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Fervid
Definition
intensely emotional; feverish
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Florid
Definition
excessively decorated or embellished
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Forment
Definition
to arouse or incite
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Frugality
Definition
a tendency to be thrifty or cheap
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Garrulous
Definition
tending to talk a lot
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Guile
Definition
deceit or trickery
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Gregarious
Definition
outgoing, sociable
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Gullible
Definition
easily deceived
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Homogeneous
Definition
of a similar kind
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Iconoclast
Definition
one who opposes established beliefs, customs and institutions
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