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GRE word list 2013 D-L
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Undergraduate 4
02/28/2014

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Dissonance
Definition
discord; opposite of harmony
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Distend
Definition
expend; swell out
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Distill
Definition
purify; refine; concentrate
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Diverge
Definition
vary; go in different directions from the same point
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Divest
Definition
strip; deprive
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Document
Definition
provide written evidence
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Dogmatic
Definition
opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal
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Dormant
Definition
sleeping; lethargic; latent
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Dupe
Definition
someone easily fooled
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Ebullient
Definition
showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm
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Eclectic
Definition
selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources
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Efficacy
Definition
power to produce desired effect
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Effrontery
Definition
impudence; shameless boldness; sheer nerve; presumptuousness
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Elegy
Definition
poem or song expressing lamentation
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Elicit
Definition
draw out by discussion
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Embellish
Definition
adorn; ornament; enhance, as a story
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Empirical
Definition
based on experience
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Emulate
Definition
imitate; rival
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Endemic
Definition
prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country
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Enervate
Definition
weaken
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Engender
Definition
cause; produce
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Enhance
Definition
increase; improve
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Ephemeral
Definition
short-lived; fleeting
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Equanimity
Definition
calmness of temperament; composure
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Equivocate
Definition
lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth
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Erudite
Definition
learned; scholarly
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Esoteric
Definition
hard to understand; known only to the chosen few
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Eulogy
Definition
expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone’s death
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Euphemism
Definition
mild expression in place of an unpleasant one
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Exacerbate
Definition
– worsen; embitter
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Exculpate
Definition
clear from blame
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Exigency
Definition
urgent situation; pressing needs or demands; state of requiring immediate attention
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Extrapolation
Definition
projection; conjecture
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Facetious
Definition
joking (often inappropriately)
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Facilitate –
Definition
help bring about; make less difficult
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Fallacious –
Definition
false; misleading
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Fatuous
Definition
brainless; inane; foolish, yet smug
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Fawning
Definition
trying to please by behaving obsequiously, flattering, or cringing
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Felicitous
Definition
apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
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Fervor
Definition
glowing ardor; intensity of feeling
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Flag
Definition
droop; grow feeble
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Fledgling
Definition
inexperienced
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Flout
Definition
reject; mock; show contempt for
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Foment
Definition
– stir up; instigate
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Forestall
Definition
prevent by taking action in advance
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Frugality
Definition
thrift, economy
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Futile
Definition
useless; hopeless; ineffectual
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gainsay
Definition
deny
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Garrulous
Definition
– loquacious; wordy; talkative
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Goad
Definition
urge on
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Gouge
Definition
overcharge
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Grandiloquent
Definition
pompous; bombastic; using high-sounding language
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Gregarious
Definition
sociable
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Guileless
Definition
without deceit
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Gullible
Definition
easily deceived
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Harangue
Definition
long, passionate, and vehement speech
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Homogeneous
Definition
off the same kind
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Hyperbole
Definition
exaggeration; overstatement
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Iconoclastic
Definition
attacking cherished traditions
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Idolatry
Definition
worship of idols
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Immutable
Definition
unchangeable
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Impair
Definition
injure; hurt
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Impassive
Definition
without feeling; imperturbable; stoical
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Impede –
Definition
hinder; block
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Impermeable
Definition
impervious; not permitting passage through its substance
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Imperturbable
Definition
calm placid
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Impervious
Definition
impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed
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Implacable
Definition
incapable of being pacified
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Implicit
Definition
understood but not stated
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Implode –
Definition
burst inward
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Inadvertently
Definition
– unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly
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inchoate –
Definition
recently begun; rudimentary; elementary
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Incongruity
Definition
lack of harmony; absurdity
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Inconsequential –
Definition
insignificant; unimportant
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Incorporate
Definition
introduce something into a larger whole; combine; unite
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Indeterminate
Definition
– uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite
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Indigence
Definition
poverty
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Indolent
Definition
lazy
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Inert
Definition
inactive; lacking power to move
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Ingenuous –
Definition
naïve and trusting; young; unsophisticated
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Inherent
Definition
firmly established by nature or habit
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Innocuous
Definition
harmless
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Insensible –
Definition
unconscious; unresponsive
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Insinuate
Definition
hint; imply; creep in
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Insipid –
Definition
lacking in flavor; dull
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Insularity –
Definition
narrow-mindedness; isolation
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Intractable
Definition
unruly; stubborn; unyielding
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Intransigence –
Definition
refusal of any compromise; stubbornness
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Inundate
Definition
overwhelm; flood; submerge
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Inured
Definition
accustomed; hardened
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Invective
Definition
– abuse
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Irascible
Definition
irritable; easily angered
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Irresolute
Definition
uncertain how to act; weak
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Itinerary
Definition
plan of a trip
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Laconic
Definition
brief and to the point
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Lassitude –
Definition
languor; weariness
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Latent
Definition
– potential but undeveloped; dormant; hidden
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Laud
Definition
– praise
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Lethargic
Definition
– drowsy; dull
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Levee
Definition
earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding
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