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GRE Word Smart 1
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08/30/2005
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abate
 Definition
to lessen in intensity or degree
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abjure
 Definition
to renounce or avoid
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abrogate
 Definition
to abolish or annul by authority
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adumbrate
 Definition
to foreshadow vaguely
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alacrity
 Definition
eager and enthusiastic willingness
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amenable
 Definition
agreeable, responsive to suggestion
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apocryphal
 Definition
spurious, of dubious authenticity
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apostate
 Definition
one who abandons long-held religious/political convictions
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apotheosis
 Definition
the perfect example
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apposite
 Definition
appropriate, apropos
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arcane
 Definition
mysterious
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arrant
 Definition
utter, bare-faced
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artless
 Definition
natural, without guile
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asperity
 Definition
severity, rigor
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aspersion
 Definition
act of defamation or maligning
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assiduous
 Definition
diligent, hard-working
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attenuate
 Definition
to rarefy, weaken
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augury
 Definition
the reading of omens
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august
 Definition
majestic, venerable
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auspice
 Definition
protection or support, patronage
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austere
 Definition
bare, without adornment
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avarice
 Definition
greed, esp. for wealth
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aver
 Definition
to state as a fact, confirm
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baleful
 Definition
sinister, pernicious
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beatify
 Definition
to bless, make happy
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bedizen
 Definition
to adorn esp. in a cheap showy manner, festoon, caparision
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belie
 Definition
to give a false impression of, to misrepresent
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bellicose
 Definition
belligerent
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bent
 Definition
tendency
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blandish
 Definition
to coax with flattery
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blithe
 Definition
carefree, merry
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boor
 Definition
a rude person, lout, yokel
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brook
 Definition
to tolerate
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bucolic
 Definition
characteristic of a rural area
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burgeon
 Definition
to grow rapidly, to flourish
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burnish
 Definition
to polish
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byzantine
 Definition
labyrinthe, complex
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cadge
 Definition
mooch, beg
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calumniate
 Definition
to slander
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castigation
 Definition
severe punishment
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chary
 Definition
cautious, sparing, wary
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chasten
 Definition
to correct, subdue, chastise
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chicanery
 Definition
trickery
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chimera
 Definition
illusion
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churlish
 Definition
boorish, vulgar
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coda
 Definition
concluding section of a musical piece
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color
 Definition
to gloss over, distort
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commensurate
 Definition
matching
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consequential
 Definition
self-important
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contemn
 Definition
scorn, despise
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contentious
 Definition
argumentative
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contiguous
 Definition
sharing a border
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contrite
 Definition
seeking forgiveness
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corrigible
 Definition
capable of being set right, correctable
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countenance
 Definition
approve or tolerate
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cozen
 Definition
to decieve, beguile, hoodwink
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craven
 Definition
lacking any courage
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credulous
 Definition
tending to believe too readily, gullible
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culpable
 Definition
deserving blame
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credulous
 Definition
tending to believe too readily, gullible
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culpable
 Definition
deserving blame
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damp
 Definition
to dimish in intensity
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debable
 Definition
rout, fiasco, complete failure
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demur
 Definition
to question or oppose
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denigrate
 Definition
blacken, belittle, sully, disparage
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derision
 Definition
scorn ridicule
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depredate
 Definition
to plunder, pillage, ravage
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derivative
 Definition
unoriginal
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desuetude
 Definition
disuse
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desultory
 Definition
random, thoughtless
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detraction
 Definition
slandering, verbal attack, aspersion
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diaphanous
 Definition
transparant, gauzy
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diatribe
 Definition
a harsh denunciation
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die
 Definition
a tool used for shaping
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diffident
 Definition
reserved, shy, lacking in self-confidence
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digress
 Definition
to stay from a point, to go on a tangent
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dilettante
 Definition
one with amateurish interest in the arts
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disabuse
 Definition
to undecieve, set right
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discomfit
 Definition
to defeat, put down
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disinterested
 Definition
free from self-interest, impartial
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disparage
 Definition
to slight or belitte
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disparate
 Definition
fundamentally distinct, dissimilar
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dissemble
 Definition
to disguise or conceal, mislead
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dissolution
 Definition
looseness in morals, disintegration
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distrait
 Definition
distracted, absent-minded
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doggerel
 Definition
trivial, poorly constructed verse
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dogmatic
 Definition
stubbornly opinionated
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dross
 Definition
waste, slag
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ebullience
 Definition
lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings
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edifying
 Definition
enlightening, informative
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effrontery
 Definition
extreme boldness
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effusive
 Definition
gushing, excessively demonstative
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egress
 Definition
exit
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elegy
 Definition
mournful poem
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emollient
 Definition
soothing
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empirical
 Definition
based on observation
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encomium
 Definition
glowing and enthusiastic praise
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endemic
 Definition
indigenous
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engender
 Definition
to cause, give rise to
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enormity
 Definition
evilness
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epicure
 Definition
one devoted to sensual pleasure
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episodic
 Definition
loosely connected
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epithet
 Definition
disparaging word or phrase
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equanimity
 Definition
composure, self-possession
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equivocate
 Definition
to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
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errant
 Definition
traveling, itinerant, peripathetic
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eschew
 Definition
to shun or avoid
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esoteric
 Definition
understood by a small specific group
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essay
 Definition
to test or try
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estimable
 Definition
worthy
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evince
 Definition
to show clearly, indicate
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exacerbate
 Definition
to make worse, more severe
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exact
 Definition
to demand, call for, require, take
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excoriate
 Definition
to censure scathingly, to upbraid
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exculpate
 Definition
to clear of blame
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exemplar
 Definition
model
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exhort
 Definition
to incite, make urgent appeals
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exigent
 Definition
urgent, pressing
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exonerate
 Definition
to remove blame
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expatiate
 Definition
discuss or write about at length, to range freely
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expurgate
 Definition
to purify, censor
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extant
 Definition
existing
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extemporaneous
 Definition
done w/o preperation
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extirpate
 Definition
to destroy, exterminate
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