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

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Term
Abridge
Definition
To shorten while retaining the basic contents
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Apathetic
Definition
Uninterested; indifferent
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Bereft
Definition
Deprieved or despondent
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Complaisant
Definition
Showing a willingness to please; gracious; compliant
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Decorum
Definition
Politeness; manners; dignity
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Disputatious
Definition
Argumentative; contentious
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Enigmatic
Definition
Perplexing; mysterious
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Extraneous
Definition
Foreign; external; not pertinent; irrelevant
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Gainsay
Definition
To deny or contradict; to oppose
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Implicate
Definition
To show something or someone to be involved, usually in a crime
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Insolent
Definition
Boldly rude or disrepectful; insulting
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Laudable
Definition
Deserving praise; favorable
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Mitigate
Definition
To make less severe
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Parsimony
Definition
Extreme frugality; stringiness
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Plethora
Definition
Excess or overabundance
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Prophetic
Definition
Of or pertaining to a phophet; predictive; ominous
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Reminisce
Definition
To remember or recollect with pleasure
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Solace
Definition
Comfort and safety in misfortune
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Tirade
Definition
A prolonged outburst of bitter denunciation
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Veracity
Definition
Truthfulness; accuracy
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