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GRE Word Groups 4
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General Vocab
Undergraduate 4
11/04/2009
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indolent
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lazy/sluggish
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inert
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lazy/sluggish
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lackadaisical
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lazy/sluggish
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languid
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lazy/sluggish
Term
lassitude
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lazy/sluggish
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lethargic
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lazy/sluggish
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phlegmatic
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lazy/sluggish
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quiescent
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lazy/sluggish
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slothful
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lazy/sluggish
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torpid
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lazy/sluggish
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adventitious
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luck
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amulet
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luck
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auspicious
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luck
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fortuitous
 Definition
luck
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kismet
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luck
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optimum
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luck
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portentous
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luck
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propitiate
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luck
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propitious
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luck
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providential
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luck
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talisman
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luck
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admonish
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nag
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cavil
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nag
Term
belabor
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nag
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enjoin
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nag
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exhort
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nag
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harangue
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nag
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hector
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nag
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martinet
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nag
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remonstrate
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nag
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reproof
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nag
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fetid
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nasty
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noisome
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nasty
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noxious
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nasty
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askance
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not a straight line
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awry
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not a straight line
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careen
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not a straight line
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carom
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not a straight line
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circuitous
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not a straight line
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circumvent
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not a straight line
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gyrate
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not a straight line
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labyrinth
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not a straight line
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meander
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not a straight line
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oblique
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not a straight line
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serrated
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not a straight line
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sidle
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not a straight line
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sinuous
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not a straight line
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undulating
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not a straight line
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vortex
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not a straight line
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bombastic
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overblown/wordy
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circumlocution
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overblown/wordy
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garrulous
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overblown/wordy
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grandiloquent
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overblown/wordy
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loquacious
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overblown/wordy
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periphrastic
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overblown/wordy
Term
prolix
 Definition
overblown/wordy
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rhetoric
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overblown/wordy
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turgid
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overblown/wordy
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verbose
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overblown/wordy
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ameliorate
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pacify/satisfy
Term
appease
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pacify/satisfy
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assuage
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pacify/satisfy
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defer
 Definition
pacify/satisfy
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mitigate
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pacify/satisfy
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mollify
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pacify/satisfy
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placate
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pacify/satisfy
Term
propitiate
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pacify/satisfy
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satiate
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pacify/satisfy
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slake
 Definition
pacify/satisfy
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sooth
 Definition
pacify/satisfy
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euphonious
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pleasant sounding
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harmonious
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pleasant sounding
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melodious
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pleasant sounding
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sonorous
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pleasant sounding
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destitute
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poor
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esurient
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poor
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impecunious
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poor
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indigent
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poor
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acclaim
 Definition
praise
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accolade
 Definition
praise
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aggrandize
 Definition
praise
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encomium
 Definition
praise
Term
eulogize
 Definition
praise
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extol
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praise
Term
fawn
 Definition
praise
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laud/laudatory
 Definition
praise
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venerate/veneration
 Definition
praise
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augur
 Definition
predict
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auspice
 Definition
predict
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fey
 Definition
predict
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harbinger
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predict
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portentous
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predict
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presage
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predict
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prescient
 Definition
predict
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prognosticate
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predict
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discomfort
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prevent/obstruct
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encumber
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prevent/obstruct
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fetter
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prevent/obstruct
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forfend
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prevent/obstruct
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hinder
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prevent/obstruct
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impede
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prevent/obstruct
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inhibit
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prevent/obstruct
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occlude
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prevent/obstruct
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astute
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smart/learned
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canny
 Definition
smart/learned
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erudite
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smart/learned
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perspicacious
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smart/learned
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disconsolate
 Definition
sorrow
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doleful
 Definition
sorrow
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dolor
 Definition
sorrow
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elegiac
 Definition
sorrow
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forlorn
 Definition
sorrow
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lament
 Definition
sorrow
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lugubrious
 Definition
sorrow
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melancholy
 Definition
sorrow
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morose
 Definition
sorrow
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plaintive
 Definition
sorrow
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threnody
 Definition
sorrow
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