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Top GRE Words #4
Top GRE Words from Kaplan Test Prep Book
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Graduate
08/10/2012

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Imperturbable
Definition
not capable of being disturbed
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Impervious
Definition
impossible to penetrate incapable of being affected
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Impetuous
Definition
quick to act without thinking
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Implacable
Definition
unable to be calmed down or made peaceful
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Inchoate
Definition
not fully formed; disorganized
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Ingenuous
Definition
showing innocence or childlike simplicity
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Inimical
Definition
hostile, unfriendly
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Innocuous
Definition
harmless
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Insipid
Definition
lacking interest or flavor
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Intransigent
Definition
uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled
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Inundate
Definition
to overwhelm; to cover with water
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Irascible
Definition
easily made angry
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Laconic
Definition
using few words
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Lament
Definition
to express sorrow, to grieve
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Laud
Definition
to give praise; to glorify
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Lavish
Definition
to give unsparingly(verb); extremely generous or extravagant (adjective)
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Lethargic
Definition
acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner
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Loquacious
Definition
talkative
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Lucid
Definition
clear and easily understood
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Luminous
Definition
bright, brilliant, glowing
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Malinger
Definition
to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill
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Malleable
Definition
capable of being shaped
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Metaphor
Definition
a figure of speech comparing 2 unlike things; a symbol
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