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GRE Frequent Words 2
high-frequency words
38
General Vocab
Graduate
07/09/2009
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COMPENDIUM
 Definition
brief comprehensive summary
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COMPLACENT
 Definition
trying to please
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COMPLIANT
 Definition
yielding, conforming to requests
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CONCILIATORY
 Definition
reconciling or soothing
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CONDONE
 Definition
overlook or excuse
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CONFOUND
 Definition
confuse or puzzle
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CONTENTION
 Definition
a claim or thesis
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CONTENTIOUS
 Definition
quarrelsome
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CONTRITE
 Definition
sorrowful
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CONTRITE
 Definition
sorrowful
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CONVOLUTED
 Definition
involved, intricate
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CRAVEN
 Definition
cowardly
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DAUNT
 Definition
to intimidate or frighten
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DECORUM
 Definition
good taste in manners
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DERIDE
 Definition
to ridicule
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DEFAULT
 Definition
failure to act
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DEFERENCE
 Definition
regard for anothers wish
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DELINEATE
 Definition
portray, depict, or sketch
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DENIGRATE
 Definition
blacken
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DESSICATE
 Definition
to dehydrate
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DESULTORY
 Definition
aimless, haphazard
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DETERRENT
 Definition
something that discourages, hindrance
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DIATRIBE
 Definition
bitter, scolding, invective
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DICHOTOMY
 Definition
split, branching in two parts
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DIFFIDENCE
 Definition
shyness
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DIFFUSE
 Definition
wordy, rambling, spread out
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DIRGE
 Definition
lament with music
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DISABUSE
 Definition
to correct, make right
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DISCRETE
 Definition
separate, unconnected
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DISINTERESTED
 Definition
unprejudiced
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DISPARAGE
 Definition
belittle
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DISPARATE
 Definition
different, unrelated
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DISSEMBLE
 Definition
disguise, pretend
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DISSEMINATE
 Definition
distribute, scatter, or spread
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DISSOLUTION
 Definition
disintegration
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DISSONANCE
 Definition
clash, discord
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DIVEST
 Definition
strip or deprive
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DOGMATIC
 Definition
opinionated, arbitrary, doctrinal
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