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GRE Study Guide 2
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General Vocab
Graduate
12/28/2008
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Hedonistic
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Indulgent in pleasure and enjoyment
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Abstemious
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abstains from pleasures
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boisterious
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Rowdy, unrestrianed
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Bawdy
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Racy or Lewd
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Mawkish
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Sickeningly sentimental
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Laudatory
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Experessing praise
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superfluous
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unnecessary
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Impunity
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Exemption/freedom from punishment, harm, or loss
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Quixotic
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Romantic and unpredictable (Don Quihote)
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Expurgate
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To cleanse of something morally offensive
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inundated
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Flooded; covered with a flood
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Obsequious
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exhibiting a affectionate attentiveness
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Blanch
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To become white or pale
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Fecundity
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fruitful in offspring/vegetation; also inventive
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levity
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Lack of steadyness; excessive frivolity
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Restive
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resisting control;stubborn;marked by impatience
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Syncopated
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cut short
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vituperative
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verbally abusive blame/condemnation
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Saturnine
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cold and steady in mood : slow to act or change
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contritition
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State of being contrite/remorseful
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charlatan
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Fraud; Faker
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temerity
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Recklessness/Rashness
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jejune
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lacking/devoid of significance or interest
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vitiate
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To make faulty or defective
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sardonic
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sarcasticly mean
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Quell
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Suppress; Put down

 

**to quell an uprising

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draconian
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extremly stern
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Rancor
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a feeling of hostility or antagonism
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wan
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Skin that is pale; lacking color
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