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300 Absolutely Essential GRE Words
Barron's Essential Words for the GRE
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General Vocab
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05/22/2015

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Aberrant
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adj. deviating from what is normal

 

When a person's behavior becomes aberrant, his or her peers may become concerned that the individual is becoming a deviant (a person whose behavior differs from the accepted standards of society).  

 

*Aberration (n.): something different from the usual or normal.  

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Abeyance
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n. temporary suppression or suspension

 

A good judge must hold his or her judgment in abeyance until all the facts in a case have been presented.

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Abscond
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v. to depart secretly 

 

A warrant is out for the arrest of a person believed to have absconded with three million dollars.  

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Abstemious
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adj. moderate in appetite

 

Some research suggests that people with an abstemious lifestyle tend to live longer than people who indulge their appetites.

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Aesthetic
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Aggregate
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Alacrity
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Amalgamate
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Ambiguous
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Ambivalence
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Ameliorate
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Anachronism
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Analogous
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Anomalous
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Antipathy
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Apprise
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Approbation
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Appropriate
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Artless
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Ascetic
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Assiduous
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Assuage
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Attenuate
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Audacious
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Austere
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Autonomous
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Aver
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Banal
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Belie
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Beneficent
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Bombastic
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Boorish
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Burgeon
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Burnish
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Buttress
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Cacophonous
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Capricious
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Castigation
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Catalyst
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Causality
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Chicanery
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Coagulate
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Coda
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Commensurate
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Compendium
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Complaisant
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Conciliatory
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Confound
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Connoisseur
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Contention
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Contentious
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Conundrum
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Conventional
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Convoluted
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Craven
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Decorum
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Deference
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Delineate
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Denigrate
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Derivative
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Desiccate
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Desultory
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Diatribe
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Dichotomy
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Diffidence
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Diffuse
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Digression
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Dirge
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Disabuse
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Discerning
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Discordant
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Discredit
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Discrepancy
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Discrete
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Disingenuous
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Disinterested
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Disjoined
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Dismiss
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Disparage
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Disparate
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Dissemble
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Disseminate
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Dissolution
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Dissonance
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Distend
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Distill
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Doctrinaire
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Dogmatic
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Dupe
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Ebullient
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Eclectic
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Efficacy
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Effrontery
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Elegy
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Elicit
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Embellish
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Empirical
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Emulate
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Endemic
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Enervate
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Engender
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Ephemeral
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Equanimity
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Equivocate
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Erudite
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Esoteric
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Eulogy
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Euphemism
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Exacerbate
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Exculpate
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Exigency
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Extraneous
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Facetious
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Facilitate
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Fallacious
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Fatuous
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Fawning
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Felicitous
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Flag
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Fledgling
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Flout
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Foment
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Forestall
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Frugality
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Gainsay
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Garrulous
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Goad
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Gouge
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Grandiloquent
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Gregarious
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Guileless
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Gullible
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Harangue
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Homogeneous
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Hyperbole
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Iconoclastic
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Idolatry
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Immutable
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Impair
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Impassive
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Impede
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Impermeable
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Imperturbable
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Impervious
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Implacable
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Implicit
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Implode
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Inadvertently
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Inchoate
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Incongruity
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Inconsequential
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Incorporate
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Indeterminate
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Indigence
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Indolent
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Inert
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Ingenuous
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Inherent
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Innocuous
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Insensible
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Insinuate
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Insipid
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Insularity
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Intractable
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Intransigence
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Inundate
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Inured
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Invective
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Irascible
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Irresolute
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Laconic
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Lassitude
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Laud
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Lethargic
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Levee
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Levity
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Log
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Loquacious
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Lucid
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Magnanimity
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Malingerer
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Malleable
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Maverick
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Mendacious
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Metamorphosis
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Meticulous
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Misanthrope
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Mitigate
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Mollify
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Morose
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Mundane
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Negate
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Neophyte
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Obdurate
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Obsequious
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Obviate
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Occlude
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Officious
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Onerous
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Opprobrium
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Oscillate
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Ostentatious
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Paragon
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Partisan
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Pathological
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Paucity
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Pedantic
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Penchant
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Penury
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Perennial
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Perfidious
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Perfunctory
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Permeable
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Pervasive
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Phlegmatic
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Piety
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Placate
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Plasticity
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Platitude
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Plethora
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Plummet
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Pragmatic
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Precarious
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Precipitate
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Precursor
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Presumptuous
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Prevaricate
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Pristime
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Probity
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Problematic
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Prodigal
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Proliferate
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Propensity
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Propitiate
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Propriety
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Proscribe
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Pungent
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Qualified
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Quibble
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Quiescent
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Rarefied
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Recalcitrant
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Recant
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Recondite
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Refractory
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Refute
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Relegate
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Reproach
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Reprobate
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Repudiate
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Rescind
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Resolution
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Reticent
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Reverent
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Sage
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Salubrious
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Sanction
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Satiate
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Saturate
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Secrete
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Shard
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Skeptic
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Solicitous
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Soporific
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Specious
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Spectrum
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Sporadic
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Stigma
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Stint
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Stipulate
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Stolid
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Striated
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Strut
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Subpoena
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Substantiate
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Supersede
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Supposition
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Tacit
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Tangential
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Tenuous
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Tirade
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Torpor
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Tortuous
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Tractable
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Transgression
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Truculence
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Vacillate
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Venerate
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Veracious
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Verbose
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Viable
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Viscous
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Vituperative
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Volatile
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Warranted
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Wary
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Welter
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Whimsical
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Zealot
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