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beyond Hit parade 1
Gre vocab prep
52
Grammar
Undergraduate 4
03/28/2012

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Alloy (verb)
Definition
to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior
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Appropriate (verb)
Definition
to take for one's own use; to confiscate
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Arrest, arresting (verb/adj)
Definition
to suspend; to engage; holding one's attention
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August (adj)
Definition
majestic, venerable
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Bent (noun)
Definition
leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency
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Broach (verb)
Definition
to bring up; to announce; to begin to talk about
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Brook (verb)
Definition
to tolerate; to endure; to countenance
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Cardinal (adj)
Definition
major, basic, central
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Chauvinist (noun)
Definition
blindly devoted to a group or principle
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Color (verb)
Definition
to change as if by dyeing, i.e. to distort, gloss, or affect
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Consequential (adj)
Definition
pompous, self-important
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Damp (verb)
Definition
to diminish the intensity or check the vibrtion of a sound
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Die (noun)
Definition
a tool used for shaping
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Essay (verb)
Definition
to test or try; to attempt; to experiment
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Exact (verb)
Definition
to demand; to call for; to require; to take
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Fell (verb)
Definition
to cause to fall by striking
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Fell (adj)
Definition
inhumanly cruel
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Flag (Verb)
Definition
to sag or droop; to become spiritless; to decline
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Flip (adj)
Definition
sarcastic, impertinent
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Ford (verb)
Definition
to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream
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Grouse (verb)
Definition
to complain or grumble
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Guy (noun)
Definition
a rope, cord, or cable attached to something as a brace
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Intimate (verb)
Definition
to imply, suggest, or insinuate
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List (verb)
Definition
to tilt or lean to one side
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Lumber (verb)
Definition
to move heavily and clumsily
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Meet (adj)
Definition
fitting, proper
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Milk (verb)
Definition
to exploit; to squeeze every last ounce of
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Mince (verb)
Definition
to pronounce or speak affectedly; to euphemize to speak too carefully. Also, to take tiny steps; to tiptoe
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Nice (adj)
Definition
exacting, fastidious, extremely precise
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Obtain (adj)
Definition
to be established, accepted, or customary
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Occult (adj)
Definition
hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension
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Pedestrian (adj)
Definition
commonplace, trite, unremarkable, quotidian
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Pied (adj)
Definition
multicolored, usually in blotches
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Pine (verb)
Definition
to lose vigor (as in grief); to yearn
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Plastic (adj)
Definition
Moldable, pliable, not rigid
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Pluck (noun)
Definition
courage, spunk, fortitude
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Prize (verb)
Definition
to pry, to press or force with a lever; something taken by force, spoils
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Rail (verb)
Definition
to complain about bitterly
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Rent (verb)
Definition
torn; an opening or tear caused by such
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Quail (verb)
Definition
to lose courage; to turn frightened
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Qualify (verb)
Definition
to limit
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Sap (verb)
Definition
to enervate or weaken the vitality of
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Sap (noun)
Definition
a fool or nitwit
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Scurvy (adj)
Definition
contemptable, despicable
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Singular (adj)
Definition
exceptional, unusual, odd
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Stand (noun)
Definition
a group of trees
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Steep (verb)
Definition
to saturate or completely soak
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Strut (noun)
Definition
the supporting structural cross-part of a wing
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Table (verb)
Definition
to remove from consideration
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Tender (verb)
Definition
to proffer or offer
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Waffle (verb)
Definition
to equivocate; to change one's position
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Wag (noun)
Definition
wit, joker
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