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GRE Vocab Set #4
Set #4
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General Vocab
Graduate
01/02/2010

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innocuous
Definition
harmless, not likely to irritate or offend; not interesting, stimulating, or significant
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timorous
Definition
fearful, timid
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anthropomorphic
Definition
resembling a human form
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anthropocentric
Definition
regarding humans as the central fact of the universe
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animistic
Definition
belief that objects have souls, belief that the soul is central to life and health
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excoriate
Definition
to denounce or berate severely, flay; to strip or remove the skin of
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exculpate
Definition
to free from guilt or blame, vindicate
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exonerate
Definition
to free from guilt or blame; to relieve from an obligation, duty or task
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travesty
Definition
a grotesque, absurd or debased likeness or imitation
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mawkish
Definition
weakly emotional, slightly nauseating
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irascible
Definition
easily provoked to anger, irritable
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inimical
Definition
unfavorable, harmful; unfriendly, hostile
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abut
Definition
to be adjacent to, border
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abet
Definition
to encourage or support, usually in a wrongdoing
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fetter
Definition
anything that confines or constrains
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percipient
Definition
having perception, discernment, discriminating
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pellucid
Definition
clear in meaning, expression, or style
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trenchant
Definition
incisive or keen as language or person; vigorous, effective, energetic; clearly or sharply defined, distinct
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puritanical
Definition
very strict in moral standards, austere
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mercurial
Definition
changeable, fickle, flighty; animated, quick-witted
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pernicious
Definition
evil, wicked; deadly, fatal; ruinous, injurious, hurtful
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malapropism
Definition
an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously
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spoonerism
Definition
transposition of initial or other sounds of words, usually by accident
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peripheral
Definition
pertaining to minor or irrelevant aspects of something
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pathos
Definition
pity, compassion; suffering
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opaque
Definition
not transparent; hard to understand; stupid or unintelligent
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arcane
Definition
known or understood by very few, mysterious, secret, obscure, esoteric
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laudable
Definition
deserving praise, comendable
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cavalier
Definition
haughty, disdainful, supercilious; offhand or unceremonious;
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panacea
Definition
an answer or solution for all problems or difficulties
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fortuitous
Definition
happening my chance, lucky, fortunate
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oblique
Definition
indirect, not straightforward; deviously achieved, morally or ethically wrong
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pertinacious
Definition
extremely persistent, stubborn,
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avow
Definition
acknowledge, confess, admit
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bibelot
Definition
trinket, small decorative object without practical utility
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quotidian
Definition
occuring daily; ordinary
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nebbish
Definition
a weak-willed, timid or ineffectual person
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onus
Definition
burden; blame, stigma
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lapidary
Definition
terse or refined in expression; having to do with stone cutting
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flagitious
Definition
grossly wicked, scandalous
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