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Vocabulary II
GRE Vocabulary Study
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01/09/2010

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precipitate
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adj; acting with excessive haste or impulse

verb; to cause or happen before anticipated or required
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predilection
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noun; a disposition in favor of something; preference
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prescience
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noun; foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring (adj form: prescient)
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prevaricate
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verb; to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
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qualms
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noun; misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
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recant
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verb; to retract, esp. a previously held belief
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relegate
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verb: to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position
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reticent
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adj; quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
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solicitous
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adj; concerned and attentive; eager
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sordid
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adj; characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul
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sporadic
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adj; occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances
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squander
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verb; to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
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stupefy
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verb; to stun, baffle, or amaze
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static
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adj; not moving, active, or in motion; at rest
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stymie
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verb; to block; thwart
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synthesis
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noun; the combination of parts to make a whole (verb form: synthesize)
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torque
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noun; a force that causes rotation
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tortuous
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adj; winding, 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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noun; truthfulness, honesty
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virulent
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adj; extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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voracious
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adj; having and insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
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waver
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verb; to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion
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