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GRE Vocab 12
GRE Vocab 12
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Undergraduate 4
08/15/2008

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Upbraid
Definition
to scold sharply
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Uplift
Definition
to lift up; raise; elevate; to improve socially, culturally, or morally; edify
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Urbane
Definition
sophisticated
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Usury
Definition
the practice of lending money at exorbitant rates
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Vacuous
Definition
empty, without contents
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Vapid
Definition
lifeless, dull, or banal; tasteless; bland or insipid
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Variegated
Definition
varied; marked with different colors
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Veracious
Definition
habitually truthful
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Veracity
Definition
filled with truth and accuracy
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Verdant
Definition
green with vegetation; inexperienced; grassy; leafy; wooded
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Veridical
Definition
truthful; veracious; corresponding to facts; not illusory; real; actual; genuine
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Verisimilitude
Definition
the appearance or semblance of truth
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Verity
Definition
truthfulness
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Vestige
Definition
trace, remanant
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Vicissitude
Definition
a change or variation; ups and downs
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Vilify
Definition
to slander, defame
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Vim
Definition
lively or energetic spirit; enthusiasm; vitality
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Virtuoso
Definition
someone with mastery
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Viscous
Definition
thick and adhesive, live a slow-flowing fluid
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Vitiate
Definition
to corrupt, put wrong, spoil, or make worse
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Vitriolic
Definition
caustic, full of bitterness, extremely nasty
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Vituperate
Definition
to verbally abuse, berate
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Vociferous
Definition
crying out noisily
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Volatile
Definition
easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive
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Volition
Definition
free choice, free will; act of choosing
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Voluble
Definition
talkative; glib; fluent; garrulous
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Wan
Definition
sickly pale
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Wanton
Definition
undisciplined; unrestrained, reckless; capricious; lewd; licentious; sexually lawless or unrestrained
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Waver
Definition
to fluctuate between choices
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Whimsical
Definition
acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable
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Wily
Definition
crafting, cunning
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Winsome
Definition
charming, happily engaging
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Wistful
Definition
yearning, longing
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Wizened
Definition
shriveled, withered, wrinkled
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Wraith
Definition
a ghost or specter
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Xenophobia
Definition
a fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers
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Yoke
Definition
to join together
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Zealot
Definition
someone passionately devoted to a cause
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Zenith
Definition
the point of culmination; peak
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