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General Vocab
Graduate
06/15/2011

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Abscond
Definition
To steal off and hide
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Aberrant
Definition
Deviating from the norm
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Alacrity
Definition
Eager and enthusiastic willingness
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Anomaly
Definition
Deviation from normal order
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Approbation
Definition
Expression of approval
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Arduous
Definition
Strenuous, taxing
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Assuage
Definition
To appease, pacify
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Audacious
Definition
Daring and fearless
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Axiomatic
Definition
Taken as given; posessing self-evident truth
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Canonical
Definition
Following accepted traditions
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Capricious
Definition
Inclined to change one's mind impusively
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Censure
Definition
To criticize severely
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Chicanery
Definition
Trickery, subterfuge
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Connoisseur
Definition
An informed judge in matters of taste, expert
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Convoluted
Definition
Complex or complicated
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Disabuse
Definition
To undeceive; to set right
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Discordant
Definition
Conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound
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Disparate
Definition
Fundamentally distinct
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Effrontery
Definition
Extreme boldness
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Eloquent
Definition
Well-spoken, expressive, articulate
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Enervate
Definition
To weaken, reduce in vitality
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Ennui
Definition
Dissatisfaction resulting from boredom
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Equivocate
Definition
To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
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Erudite
Definition
Very learned, scholarly
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Exculpate
Definition
Exonerate; to clear of blame
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Exigent
Definition
Urgent, pressing, requiring immediate action
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Extemporaneous
Definition
Improvised
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Filibuster
Definition
Long speech to delay legislation
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Fulminate
Definition
To loudly attack or denounce
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Ingenuous
Definition
Artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
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Inured
Definition
Accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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Irascible
Definition
Easily angered, prone to outburts
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Laud
Definition
To praise highly
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Lucid
Definition
clear, easily understood
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Magnanimity
Definition
Quality of being generously noble in mind and heart
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Martial
Definition
Associated with war and armed forces
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Mundane
Definition
Of the world, ordinary
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Nascent
Definition
Coming into being, early stages
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Nebulous
Definition
Vague; cloudy; lacking defined form
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Neologism
Definition
New word or expression
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Noxious
Definition
Harmful
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Obtuse
Definition
Lacking sharpness of intellect
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Obviate
Definition
To anticipate and make unnecessary
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Onerous
Definition
Troubling, burdensome
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Paean
Definition
Song of thanksgiving
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Parody
Definition
A humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect
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Perennial
Definition
Recurrent through the year
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Perfidy
Definition
Intentional breach of faith; treachery
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Perfunctory
Definition
Cursory, done without care or interest
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Perspicacious
Definition
Acutely perceptive, having keen discernment
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Prattle
Definition
To babble meaninglessly
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Precipitate
Definition
Acting with excessive haste or impulse
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Predilection
Definition
A disposition in favor of something; preference
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Prescience
Definition
Foreknowledge of events
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Prevaricate
Definition
To deliberately avoid the truth
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Qualms
Definition
Misgivings, reservations
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Recant
Definition
To retract
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Refute
Definition
To disprove
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Relegate
Definition
To forcibly assign
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Reticent
Definition
Quiet, reserved, reluctant to express thought
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Solicitous
Definition
Concerned and attentive
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Sordid
Definition
Characterized by filth, grime or squalor
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Sporadic
Definition
Occurring only occassionally
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Squander
Definition
To waste
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Static
Definition
Not moving
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Stupefy
Definition
To stun, baffle
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Stymie
Definition
To block, thwart
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Synthesis
Definition
The combination of parts to make a whole
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Torque
Definition
A force that causes rotation
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Tortuous
Definition
Winding, twisting, excessively complicated
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Truculent
Definition
Fierce and cruel, eager to fight
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Veracity
Definition
Truthfulness, honesty
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Virulent
Definition
Extremely harmful or poisonous
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Voracious
Definition
Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit
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Waver
Definition
To move to and fro, to be unsettled in opinion
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