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GRE words - Kaplan 3
From a Kaplan book.
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General Vocab
Graduate
08/20/2007

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fledgling
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beginner
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novitiate
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novice
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proselyte
Definition
"recent convert, person who has converted from one opinion to another recently"
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indolent
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"lazy, lethargic"
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lackadaisical
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"lacking enthusiasm, lazy"
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languid
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"lazy, sluggish"
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lassitude
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"lack of energy, sluggishness"
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defer
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"to give in to, acquiesce to"
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satiate
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to satisfy or fill
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slake
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to quench or satisfy
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absolve
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"to free from blame, guilt, or responsibility"
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acquit
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"to free from a criminal charge, exonerate"
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redress
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"to remedy or set right, to correct"
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disconsolate
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unhappy
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doleful
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"expressing sorrow, mournful"
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dolor
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a state of sorrow or distress
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elegiac
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having a mournful quality
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lugubrious
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looking or sounding sad and dismal
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plaintive
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sounding sad and mournful
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threnody
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a lament
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defile
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"to spoil, mar, tarnish"
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fetid
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smelling exremely unpleasant
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invidious
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"unpleasant, detestable, unfair"
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noisome
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"having an extremely offensive smell, unpleasant"
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rebarbative
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unattractive
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abeyance
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a state of temporary disuse or suspension
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abnegation
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"the act of renouncing or rejecting something, refusal"
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abortive
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"unsuccessful, failed"
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abrogate
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to repeal or do away with
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decamp
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"to depart suddenly, abscond"
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recidivism
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the act of a convicted criminal reoffending repeatedly
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remission
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cancellation
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retrograde
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"moving backward, reverting to an earlier condition"
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bereave
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"to be deprived of loved one through a profound absence, esp due to their eath"
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defunct
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no longer existing or functioning
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knell
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"the sound of a bell, especially rung solemnly for a death or funeral"
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macabre
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disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with death and injury
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moribund
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"at the point of death, in terminal decline"
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sepulchral
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"gloomy, dismal"
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wraith
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"a ghost, esp one seen shortly before or after their death"
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factitious
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"fake, counterfeit, artificially created"
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paradigm
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"model, exemplar"
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quintessence
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the most perfect or typical example
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equitable
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"fair, impartial"
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tantamount
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"virtually the same as, equal to"
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idiosyncrasy
Definition
a distinctive or perculiar feature or characteristic
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