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A list of words used on the GRE General Test
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07/17/2012

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obduracy
Definition
stubbornness; obstinacy; intransigence
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chicanery
Definition
trickery to deceive someone; deception; fraud
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innocuousness
Definition
harmlessness; inoffensiveness; insipidity; innocence
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insularity
Definition
narrow-mindedness; provinciality; parochialism
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redoubtable
Definition
formidable; causing fear or awe; commanding respect
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salubrious
Definition
conducive to good health; healthful; beneficial
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coda
Definition
concluding section of a musical or literary composition; something that rounds out, summarizes or concludes
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commensurate
Definition
corresponding in extent, degree, or amount; proportionate; adequate
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tangential
Definition
peripheral; digressive; divergent; only superficially pertinent; off on a tangent
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tenuous
Definition
thin; threadlike; attenuated; unsubstantiated; weak; flimsy, rarefied; insignificant; unimportant
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intractable
Definition
stubborn; unyielding; obstinate; obdurate; unruly; pigheaded
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tirade
Definition
bitter outburst; vehement denunciation; extended scolding; harangue; diatribe
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complaisant
Definition
obliging; eager to please; overly polite
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profligacy
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dissipation; dissolution; licentiousness; debauchery; depravity; wasteful extravagance
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torpor
Definition
apathy; sluggishness; listless indifference; lethargy; stolidity; inertia; dormancy
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encomium
Definition
eulogy; high priase; formal tribute; panegyric
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enervate
Definition
weaken; debilitate; render feeble; drain
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tortuous
Definition
full of twists and turns; winding; curvy; crooked; circuitous; serpentine
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onerous
Definition
burdensome; heavy; oppressive
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opprobrium
Definition
ignominy; disgrace caused by shameful behavior; obliquy
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panegyric
Definition
eulogistic oration; encomium; tribute; formal expression of praise
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tout
Definition
solicit support, business; publicize; promote; advertise
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contention
Definition
claim or thesis; disagreement; debate; strife
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assiduous
Definition
diligent; industrious; unremitting; persistent
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aver
Definition
assert confidently; affirm; declare; avow; profess; state as a fact
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blithe
Definition
carefree; happy; lighthearted
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parsimony
Definition
excessive frugality; stinginess; meanness
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inured
Definition
accustomed; hardened; toughened; habituated
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invective
Definition
abuse; verbal attack; vituperation
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irascible
Definition
irritable; touchy; testy; quick-tempered
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