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GRE Set O
20 GRE Words
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Language - English
Graduate
07/06/2013

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Term
Acute
Definition
Severe or intense; sharp; keen
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Assert
Definition
To affirm or insist; to demonstrate power
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Calibrate
Definition
To precisely check a measuring instrument
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Contentious
Definition
Argumentative; controversial
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Denigrate
Definition
To speak ill of; to belittle; to disparage
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Docile
Definition
Easy to train or teach
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Esoteric
Definition
Understood by a few people; mysterious
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Fatuous
Definition
Foolish or inane; silly
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Gratuitous
Definition
For no reason; at no cost; unnecessary
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Incinerate
Definition
To burn until reduced to ashes
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Intransigent
Definition
Refusing to agree; uncompromising; inflexible
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Loquacious
Definition
Very talkitive or rambling
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Nostalgia
Definition
A bittersweet longing for the past
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Peripatetic
Definition
Adj: Walking or traveling from place to place; N: One who walks from place to place
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Precedent
Definition
Model; example; standard
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Pungent
Definition
Sharp; biting; acrid
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Resplendent
Definition
Dazzling or brilliant in appearance
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Stanch
Definition
To stop or check the flow of
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Transgress
Definition
To exceed or violate the limits
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Viscous
Definition
Sticky; thick; adhesive
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