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GRE Vocab 1
GRE Vocabulary Words 1-50
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05/25/2011

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noxious
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harmful, injurious
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perennial
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recurrent through the year or many years, happening repeatedly
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recant
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to retract, esp. a previously held belief
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solicitous
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concerned and attentive, eager
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stymie
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to block, to thwart
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tortuous
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winding, twisting, excessively complicated
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truculent
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fierce and cruel, eager to fight
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virulent
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extremely harmful, poisonous, bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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bucolic
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rustic, pastoral, characteristic of rural areas or their inhabitants
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chary
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wary, cautions, sparing
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dearth
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scarcity, lack
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emollient
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soothing/softening, especially to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying
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harangue
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to deliver a pompous speech or tirade, or the speech itself
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penurious
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excessively thrifty, penny-pinching
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putrefy
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to rot, decay, give off a foul odor
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supplant
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to take the place of; supersede
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vilify
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to defame, to characterize harshly
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endemic
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characteristic of, often found in a particular locality, region or people
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evanescent
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tending to disappear like vapor, vanishing
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grandiloquence
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pompous speech or expression
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hegemony
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the consistent dominance of one state/ideology over others
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idolatrous
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given to intense or excessive devotion to something
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impassive
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revealing no emotion
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impunity
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immunity from punishment or penalty
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mendacity
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dishonesty, untruthful (adj: mendacious)
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pith
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the essential or central part
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pithy
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brief and precise
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polemical
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controversial, argumentative
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salubrious
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promoting health and wellbeing
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solvent
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able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance
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spurious
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lacking authenticity or validity, counterfeit, false
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tenuous
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having little substance or strength, flimsy, weak
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mercurial
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having rapid, unpredictable changes in mood
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ostentatious
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given to pretentious display, showy
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probity
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adherence to highest principles, complete and confirmed integrity
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quixotic
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foolishly impractical, marked by lofty or romantic ideals
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quotidian
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recurring daily, commonplace
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phlegmatic
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calm and unemotional in temperament
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fulminate
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to loudly attack or denounce
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desultory
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jumping from one thing to another, disconnected
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diffident
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lacking self-confidence
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querulous
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prone to grumbling or complaining
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extemporaneous
Definition
improvised, done without preparation
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proclivity
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a natural inclination or predisposition
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censure
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to criticize severely, to officially rebuke
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circumspect
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cautious, aware of potential consequences
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foment
Definition
to arouse or incite
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vituperate
Definition
to use harsh, condemnatory language, to abuse or censure severely
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trenchant
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sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating
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intrepid
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steadfast and courageous
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