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GRE Hit Parade Group 1
words I don't know, taken from Princeton Review's first Hit Parade list
13
English
Graduate
01/24/2009

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approbation
Definition
an expression of approval or praise
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chicanery
Definition
trickery or subterfuge
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effrontery
Definition
extreme boldness; presumptuousness
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equivocate
Definition
to use ambiguous languagae with a deceptive intent (adj. form: equivocal)
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exigent
Definition
urgent; pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
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ingenuous
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artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
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inured
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accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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perennial
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recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
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perfidy
Definition
intentional breach of faith; treachery (adj form: perfidious)
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prevaricate
Definition
to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
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relegate
Definition
to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position
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torque
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a force that causes rotation
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truculent
Definition
fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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