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GRE Vocab 04
Words learned during Analogies practice
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General Vocab
Undergraduate 3
06/25/2009

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listless
Definition
having or showing no interest in anything
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bigot
Definition
someone intolerant of any differing creed, belief, or opinion
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hubris
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arrogance
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drawl
Definition
to speak slowly
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scintillate
Definition
to emit sparks; to flash
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saunter
Definition
to walk leisurely, to stroll
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precipitous
Definition
extremely steep
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strident
Definition
making or having a harsh sound; grating; creeking
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noisome
Definition
offensive or disgusting; having a bad odor
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lamentation
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the act of expressing grief
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elegy
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a mournful poem or musical composition
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supplicant
Definition
a suppliant; petitioner
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beseech
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to make an urgent appeal; to beg eagerly for
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coquette
Definition
a flirtatious woman
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pedantic
Definition
ostentatious in one's learning
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cogitate
Definition
to think hard
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wary
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watchful, being on one's guard against danger
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derisive
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contemptuous, mocking
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rapt
Definition
deeply absorbed; transported with emotion
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parry
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to ward off (i.e. in fencing)
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furtive
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secret; sly
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hangar
Definition
shed/shelter; wide structure for housing planes
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circumlocution
Definition
roundabout way of speaking
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syllogism
Definition
logic; deductive reasoning
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portentous
Definition
momentous; significant
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trite
Definition
lacking in effectiveness because of constant use/repetition; hackneyed
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platitude
Definition
flat, dull, or trite remark
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gambit
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any maneuver by which someone seeks to gain an advantage
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resolute
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firmly determined; set in purpose/opinion
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abet
Definition
to encourage or support, usually in wrongdoing
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penury
Definition
extreme poverty; insufficiency
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sagacious
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having keen practical sense
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ignominious
Definition
discreditable, humiliating
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lascivious
Definition
inclined to lustfulness
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soporific
Definition
causing or tending to cause sleep
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posthumous
Definition
arising, occurring, or continuing after one's death
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pandemonium
Definition
wild uproar or unrestrained disorder
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miser
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a person living in wretched circumstances in order to save/hoard money; stingy person
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