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GRE Set R
20 GRE Words
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Language - English
Graduate
07/06/2013

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Term
Adroit
Definition
Showing skill and resourcefulness
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Assuage
Definition
To lessen or ease
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Catalyst
Definition
A trigger for an event
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Cordial
Definition
Courteous; friendly; warm
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Derision
Definition
Ridicule; mockery
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Eclectic
Definition
Combining elements from many different sources or styles
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Eulogize
Definition
To praise highly; especially the dead
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Feint
Definition
N: A deceptive diversionary action; V: To make a deceptive show of
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Guile
Definition
Cunning; shrewdness; trickery
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Incursion
Definition
A hostile invasion of a place or territory; raid
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Inure
Definition
To accustom to hardship; to habituate
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Lugubrious
Definition
Mournful, dismal, or gloomy
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Obfuscate
Definition
To confuse, bewilder, or stupefy
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Permeable
Definition
Able to be penetrated or saturated
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Preclude
Definition
To prevent or make impossible
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Quixotic
Definition
Impulsively romantic; impractical; imaginary
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Retaliate
Definition
To return like for like; to counter or repay
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Stoic
Definition
Indifferent; impassive
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Treatise
Definition
A long, academic written arguement
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Voluminous
Definition
Full; extensive; able to fill volumes
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