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GRE List 1
Advanced GRE Words for Sesquipedalians
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Language - English
Graduate
10/18/2012

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Term
divest
Definition
to deprive/ strip
(divested of the company assets)
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opprobrium
Definition
shame/disgrace
from obstructing what is pro (forward)
IE: what you are doing moves against us
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aver
Definition
to verify/ assert
from root: ver
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diffident
Definition
lacking self-confidence/ distrustful
(the new tutor was somewhat diffident and had a hard time reaching students)
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glib
Definition
nonchalant/fluent/ easy
(like a political answer)
--> a glib jibe
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propitiate
Definition
to appease/ regain goodwill
(propitiate the angry gods)
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bent
Definition
unenclosed grassland
(the hobbits wandered a whispering bent)
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inured
Definition
accept what is undesirable
(inured to grief/violence/vendetta)
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blithe
Definition
light-hearted/casual
(certainly not Bryce)
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prodigal
Definition
profligate/wasteful
(Bruce Wayne the prodigal son)
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solvent
Definition
able to pay (dissolve) the debt
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repudiate
Definition
disown/ push away from
(repudiate what is repugnant)
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preempt
Definition
to acquire/ sieze/ become preeminent
(it was a preemptive strike)
(State law preempts federal)
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endemic
Definition
native/ prevalent
(endemic to the peoples)
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engender
Definition
beget/produce
(from generate)
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laconic
Definition
brusque
(but perhaps more ironic in nature)
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perennial
Definition
all-seasons (cacti)
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distention
Definition
extended/ swollen
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precipitate
Definition
cause/ fall/ throw violently/ quickly
(like from a precipice)
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irascible
Definition
hot temper
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disingenuous
Definition
Mojo Jojo
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bombast
Definition
hot air. Pretentions/ over-inflated
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abscond
Definition
depart secretly/ hide
(the dish absconded with the spoon)
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denigrate
Definition
to Negrify. Seriously. To blacken.
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discomfit
Definition
to remove the armor of/ thwart
(comfit = sugar-coated seed)
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garrulous
Definition
annoyingly talkative (Mulcahy)
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inchoate
Definition
halfway out of this reality
(not yet coherent)
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perjury
Definition
lying under oath (bill)
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aberrant
Definition
wandering/ off-topic
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intransigent
Definition
stubborn adherence to belief
(intransigent Israelites)
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perfidy
Definition
mutiny/ treachery
(perfidious Newt Gingrich)
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viscous
Definition
jelly-like: viscid
(from viscum: mistletoe?!)
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rarefy
Definition
to make rare/ less dense
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apprise
Definition
to give notice
(let me apprise you regarding the upcoming appraisal)
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temper
Definition
to dilute/ moderate/ restrain
(reheat and cool the metal)
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corroborate
Definition
to make more robust; to sustain/ certify
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penury
Definition
poverty. having/saving pennies. thrifty
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unfettered
Definition
not held back/ unrestrained
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tortuous
Definition
winding/ twisted
(from torque)
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fatuous
Definition
idiotic/ silly/ overconfident
(Dennis Nedry)
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burnish
Definition
to polish
(burnish the balustrade)
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fractious
Definition
unruly/ quarrelsome/ creating factions
(fracturing the group)
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synoptic
Definition
comprehensive/ holistic/ common-view
(syn + Optic: combined sight) superficial
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tendentious
Definition
to have a tendency towards/ biased
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pellucidity
Definition
admitting maximum light
super-lucid
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fidelity
Definition
faithful/ exact
(L: fides: faith/ trust)
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stint
Definition
limit or to restric (noun: period of time)
not a stent, which was created by Charles Stent and does the opposite by allowing flow
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nonplussed
Definition
confused
(L: no more-- can't see it anymore)
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obviate
Definition
to anticipate/ make unnecessary/ allow avoidance
(The Q and A session obviated our later discomfort)
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dissemble
Definition
simulate/ hide under false appearance
(Macaulay Caulkin dissembles well as the good son)
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