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Vocabulary for GRE
selected vocabulary / definitions from the Kaplan GRE Prep book 2011
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09/21/2011

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Antipathy
Definition
extreme dislike
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Apathy
Definition
lack of interest or emotion
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Ardor
Definition
Intense and passionate feeling
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Attenuate
Definition
to reduce in force or degree, to weaken
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Audacious
Definition
fearless or daring
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Austere
Definition
severe or stern in appearance, undecorated
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Banal
Definition
predictable, cliched, boring
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Bombastic
Definition
pompous in speech and manner
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Cacophony
Definition
harsh, jarring noise
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Capricious
Definition
changing one's mind quickly and often
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Chauvinist
Definition
someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs
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Chicanery
Definition
deception by means of craft or guile
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Cogent
Definition
convincing and well-reasoned
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Desiccate
Definition
to dry thoroughly
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Desultory
Definition
jumping from one thing to another, disconnected
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Diffident
Definition
lacking self-confidence
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Dilate
Definition
to make larger; to expand
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Dilatory
Definition
intended to delay
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Dilttante
Definition
someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic
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Dirge
Definition
A funeral hymn or mournful speech
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Disabuse
Definition
to set right, free from error
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Dissemble
Definition
to present a false appearance; to disguise one's real intentions or character
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Elegy
Definition
a sorrowful poem or speech
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Emulate
Definition
to copy; to try to equal or excel
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Enervate
Definition
to reduce in strength
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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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Erudite
Definition
learned, scholarly, bookish
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Esoteric
Definition
known or understood by only 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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Exculpate
Definition
to clear from blame, prove innocent
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Exigent
Definition
urgent, requiring immediate attention
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Fervid
Definition
intensely emotional, feverish
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Florid
Definition
excessively decorated or embellished
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Garrulous
Definition
tending to talk a lot
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Gregarious
Definition
outgoing, sociable
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Guile
Definition
deceit or trickery
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Iconoclast
Definition
one who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions
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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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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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Insipid
Definition
lacking interest or flavor
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Irascible
Definition
easily made angry
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Laconic
Definition
using few words
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Loquacious
Definition
talkative
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Malinger
Definition
to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill
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Misanthrope
Definition
a person who dislikes others
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Mollify
Definition
to calm or make less severe
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Obdurate
Definition
hardened in feeling, resistant to persuasion
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Obsequious
Definition
overly submissive and eager to please
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Occlude
Definition
to stop up, prevent the passage of (ie. of light)
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Onerous
Definition
troublesome and oppressive, burdensome
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Opprobrium
Definition
public disgrace
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Paragon
Definition
model of excellence or perfection
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Pedant
Definition
someone who shows off learning
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Perfidious
Definition
willing to betray one's trust
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Perfunctory
Definition
done in a routine way, indifferent
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Precipitate
Definition
to throw violently or bring about abruptly, lacking deliberation
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Prevaricate
Definition
to lie or deviate from the truth
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Prodigal
Definition
lavish, wasteful
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Propitiate
Definition
to conciliate, to appease
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Prevaricate
Definition
to lie or deviate from the truth
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Propitiate
Definition
to conciliate, to appease
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Propriety
Definition
correct behavior, obedience to rules and customs
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Quiescent
Definition
motionless
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Rarefy
Definition
to make thinner or sparser
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Soporific
Definition
causing sleep or lethargy
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Specious
Definition
deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious
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Stolid
Definition
unemotional, lacking sensitivity
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Tacit
Definition
done without using words
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Taciturn
Definition
silent, not talkative
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Torpor
Definition
extreme mental and physical sluggishness
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Vacillate
Definition
a) to sway physically b) to be indecisive
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Venerate
Definition
to respect deeply
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Veracity
Definition
filled with truth and accuracy
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Verbose
Definition
wordy
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Vex
Definition
to annoy
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Whimsical
Definition
acting in a fanciful or capricious manner, unpredictable
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