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GRE- Hit Parade Words, G1
Group 1 Words
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Graduate
06/09/2009

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Abscond
Definition
to depart clandestinely: to steal off and hide
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Adversity
Definition
hardship or difficult; opposition
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Aggravate
Definition
to worsen or intensify
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Arduous
Definition
strenuous; taxing; requiring significant effort
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Belie
Definition
to give a false impression of; to misrepresent
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bombast
Definition
self-important or pompous writing or speech
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cacophony
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harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance
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castigation
Definition
severe criticism or punishment
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censure
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to criticize severely; to officially rebuke
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chicanery
Definition
trickery or subterfuge
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coercive
Definition
serving or intended to compel by force or authority
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condemn
Definition
to blame or denounce
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conspire
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to secretly work together with the intent to commit a wrong or illegal act
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covert
Definition
hidden clandestine
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cower
Definition
shrink in fear; cringe
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craven
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contempitibly fainthearted, lacking any courage
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denigrate
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to blacken; to belittle; to sully; to defame; to disparage
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denounce
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to publicly condemn or criticize
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derision
Definition
scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment
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diatribe
Definition
a harsh denunciation
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discomfit
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to defeat; to put down
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disingenuous
Definition
insincere; lacking in honesty or frankness
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dissemble
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to diguise or conceal; to mislead
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exacerbate
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to make worse or more severe; to increase in violence
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fraud
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deliberate deceit with the goal of gaining and unlawful advantage
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furtive
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marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious
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garrulous
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pointlessly talkative; talking too much
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