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Vocab Set 1
GRE
76
Language - English
Graduate
07/05/2009

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abscond
Definition
v: to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
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aberrant
Definition
adj: deviating from the norm
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alacrity
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n: eager and enthusiastic willingness
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anomaly
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n: deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality
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approbation
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n: an expression of approval or praise
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arduous
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adj: strenuous, taxing; requiring significan effort
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assuage
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v: to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
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audacious
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adj: daing and fealess; recklessly bold
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austere
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adj: without adornment; bare; severly simple; ascetic
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axiomatic
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adj: taken as a given; possing self-evident truth
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canonical
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adj: following or in agreement with accpeted, traditional standards
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capricious
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adj: inclinded to change one's mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable
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censure
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v: to criticize severely; to officially rebuke
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chicanery
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n: trickery or subterfuge
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connoisseur
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n: an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
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convoluted
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adj: complex or complicated
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disabuse
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v: to undeceive; to set right
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discordant
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adj: conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound
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disparate
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adj: fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
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effrontery
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n: extreme boldness; presumptuousness
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eloquent
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adj: well-spoken, expressive, articulate
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enervate
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v: to weaken; to reduce in vitality
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ennui
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n: dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
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equivocate
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v: to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
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erudite
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adj: very learned; scholarly
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exculpate
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v: exonerate; to clear of blame
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exigent
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adj: urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
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extemporaneous
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adj: improvised; done wihtout preparation
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filibuster
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n: intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
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fulminate
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v: to loudly attack or denounce
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ingenuous
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adj: artless; frank and candid; lacking sophistication
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inured
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adj: accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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irascible
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adj: easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
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laud
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v: to praise highly
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lucid
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adj: clear; easily understood
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magnanimity
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n: the quality of being generously nobile in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving
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martial
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adj: associated with war and the armed forced
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mundane
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adj: of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary
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nascent
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adj: coming into being; in early developmental stages
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nebulous
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adj: vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
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neologism
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n: a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words of senses
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noxious
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adj: harmful, injurious
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obtuse
Definition
adj: lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
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obviate
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v: to anticipate and make unnecessary
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onerous
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adj: troubling; burdensome
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paean
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n: a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
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parody
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n: a humorous initation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature or art
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perennial
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adj: recurrent through the year or many yewars; happening repeatedly
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perfidy
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n: intentional breach of faith; treachery
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perfunctory
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adj: cursory; done without care or interest
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perspicacious
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adj: acutely perceptive; having keen discernment
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prattle
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v: to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
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precipitate
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adj: acting with excessive haste or impulsive
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predilection
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n: a disposition in favor of something; preference
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prescience
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n: foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring
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prevaricate
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v: to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
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qualms
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n: misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
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rectant
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v: to retract, esp. a previously held belief
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refute
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v: to disprove; to successfully argue against
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relegate
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v: to forcibly assign, esp. to lower place or position
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reticent
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adj: quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
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solicitous
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adj: concerned and attentive; eager
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sordid
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adj: characterized by filth, grime or squalor; foul
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sporadic
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adj: occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances
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squander
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v: to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
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static
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adj: not moving, active, or in motion; at rest
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stupefy
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v: to stun, baffle, or amaze
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stymie
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v: to block; thwart
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synthesis
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n: the combination of parts to make a whole
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torque
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n: a force that causes rotation
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tortuous
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adj: winding, twisting; excessively complicated
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truculent
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adj: fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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veracity
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n: truthfulness, honesty
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virulent
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adj: extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antangonistic
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voracious
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adj: having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
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waver
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v: to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion
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