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Unit 6
Barron's GRE Words
10
English
Graduate
02/13/2013

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Term
appellation
Definition
name
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apposite
Definition
strikingly appropriate and relevant

The writer searched two dictionaries and a thesaurus before finding the perfectly apposite word he was looking for.
Term
apprise
Definition
to inform
Term
approbation
Definition
praise; approval

The opera met with high approbation.
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apropos
Definition
relevant

The composer's reference to child's play is apropos
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aragesque
Definition
ornate design featuring intertwined curves; a ballet position in which one left is extended in back while the other supports the weight of the body
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archeology
Definition
the study of material evidence of past human life
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ardor
Definition
great passion or emotion
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arduous
Definition
extremely difficult; laborious
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appropriate
Definition
to take possession for one's own use; confiscate
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