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GRE Vocab 1
Just a list of some GRE vocab words from a study booklet
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10/03/2013

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Abscond
Definition
to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
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Alacrity
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Eager and often enthusiastic willingness
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Approbation
Definition
An expression of approval or praise
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Assuage
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to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
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Austere
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Without adornment; bare; severely simple
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Axiomatic
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Taken as a given; a self-evident truth
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Canonical
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Following in accordance with accepted traditional standards (comes from canon)
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Chicanery
Definition
Trickery or subterfuge
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Disabuse
Definition
to set things right; to undeceive
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Disparate
Definition
Fundamentally different or distinct
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Effrontery
Definition
Extreme boldness
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Enervate
Definition
To weaken; to reduce in vitality
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Equivocate
Definition
to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
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Erudite
Definition
Very learned or scholarly
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Exculpate
Definition
To clear of blame
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Exigent
Definition
Urgent or pressing
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Extemporaneous
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Improvised
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Fulminate
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To loudly attack or denounce
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Inured
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Accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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Lucid
Definition
Clear; easily understood
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Nebulous
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Unclear; cloudy; lacking in defined form
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Obviate
Definition
to anticipate and make unnecessary
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Paean
Definition
A song or praise of thanksgiving
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Perfidy
Definition
Intentional breach of faith
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Perspicacious
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Acutely perceptive; having keen discernments
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Predilection
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A disposition in favor of something
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Recant
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To retract a previously held belief
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Relegate
Definition
Forcibly assign; especially to someone of a lower position
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Reticient
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Quiet, reserved, reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
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Solicitous
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Concerned and attentive; eager
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Stymie
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to block; to thwart
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Truculent
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Fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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Veracity
Definition
Truthfulness; honesty
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