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GRE Vocabulary List 9
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06/11/2010
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astute
 Definition
clever, ingenious
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augury
 Definition
divination
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auspice
 Definition
a favorable omen
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auspicious
 Definition
favorable circumstances
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aver
 Definition
to declare
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avow
 Definition
to declare as true
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baleful
 Definition
deadly, sinister
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beatify
 Definition
to declare a dead person to be blessed (to become a saint), or to fill with emotion
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bedizen
 Definition
decorate tastelessly
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belie
 Definition
to show to be false, to misrepresent
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bellicose
 Definition
having a disposition to fight
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belligerent
 Definition
someone who fights
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bequest
 Definition
a gift of personal property through a will
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bereft
 Definition
sorrowful
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blatant
 Definition
obvious, offensively noisy, conspicuous
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blithe
 Definition
carefree
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boisterous
 Definition
violent, turbulent, noisy, lacking in restraint
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boorish
 Definition
coarse behavior, ill-mannered
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brash
 Definition
offensively bold
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brazen
 Definition
shameless, impudent
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burnish
 Definition
being smooth and shiny