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GRE Vocabulary C
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10/07/2010

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cacophonous
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unpleasant or harsh-sounding
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capricious
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fickle; an inclination to change one's mind compulsively.
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castigation
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punishment; chastisement; criticism
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catalyst
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something causing change
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causality
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involving a cause
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chicanery
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trickery; fraud
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coagulate
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thicken; congeal
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coda
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concluding part of a literary or musical composition; something that summarizes or concludes
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commensurate
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proportional
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compendium
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brief, comprehensive summary
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complaisant
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overly polite; willing to please; obliging
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conciliatory
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overcoming distrust or hostility
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confound
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to baffle; perplex; mix up
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connoisseur
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a person possessing expert knowledge or training; a person of informed and discriminating taste
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contention
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a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument
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contentious
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quarrelsome; causing quarrels
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conundrum
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riddle; puzzle with no solution
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conventional
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formed by agreement or compact
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convoluted
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twisted; complicated
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craven
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cowardly
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