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GRE Group 5
Hit List Group 5
24
General Vocab
Graduate
07/21/2009

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antipathy
Definition

aversion; dislike

anti - against; pathos - feeling

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aversion
Definition
intense feeling of dislike or disgust
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banal
Definition
lacking originality; commonplace
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bent
Definition
an inclination or tendency
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correspond
Definition
to exist in agreement or conformity; harmonize
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defer
Definition
yield; submit; bow
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dogma
Definition
doctrine or set of religious principles
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extraneous
Definition
not vital or pertinent; irrelevant
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fortuitous
Definition
happening by fortunate accident or chance
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illusory
Definition
deceptive; based upon a false belief or impression
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insipid
Definition
bland; lacking in spirit; without taste or flavor
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inured
Definition

accustomed to accepting something undesirable

"Though the food became no more palatable, he soon became sufficiently inured to it"

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miser
Definition
a person who lives poorly in order to hoard money
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penchant
Definition
strong inclination; liking
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penury
Definition
poverty
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preempt
Definition
to replace; to supersede
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prodigal
Definition
recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
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qualms
Definition
misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
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quiescence
Definition
stillness; motionless; quality of being at rest
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repudiate
Definition
to refuse to have anything to do with; to disown
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restitution
Definition
reparation
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solvent
Definition
able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance
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stint
Definition
to restrict or limit; to restrain; to be sparing with or frugal
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superfluous
Definition
exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
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