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GRE Set E
20 GRE Words
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Language - English
Graduate
07/05/2013

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Term
Abeyance
Definition
Temporary inactivity or suspension
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Annotate
Definition
To provide with extra notes or comments
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Benevolence
Definition
The desire to be kind or charitable; goodwill
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Coherent
Definition
Logically connected; clear; consistent
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Dearth
Definition
An inadequate supply; scarcity
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Disingenuous
Definition
Lacking in frankness or candor; hypocritical; insincere
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Encumber
Definition
To impede or hinder; to weigh down; to burden
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Extant
Definition
Currently existing; not destroyed
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Fracas
Definition
A noisy fight; a brawl
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Imperturbable
Definition
Hard to excite or upset; very calm
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Inscrutable
Definition
Difficult to understand; impenetrable
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Languish
Definition
To become weak; to droop; to fade
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Mettle
Definition
Courage; fortitude
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Paradox
Definition
A self-contradiction; something that appears to be self-contradictory but is nonetheless true; a puzzle or riddle
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Plagerize
Definition
To copy another's work and pretend that it is original
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Proliferate
Definition
To grow or increase rapidly
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Refractory
Definition
Hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient
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Shirk
Definition
To evade or dodge
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Tangential
Definition
Slightly connected; divergent or disgressive
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Venal
Definition
Corruptible; open to bribery
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