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GRE Vocab 3
Some of the vocab from Princeton Review's Hit List 3
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Undergraduate 4
08/09/2010

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acumen
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n. keen, accurate judgement or insight
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adulterate
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v. to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients
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aver
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v. to state as a fact; to declare or assert
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bombastic
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adj. pompous; gradiloquent
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diatribe
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n. a harsh denunciation
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dissemble
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v. to disguise or conceal; to mislead
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endemic
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adj. characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people
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fortuitous
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adj. happening by chance or accident
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germane
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adj. relevant to the subject at hand
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grandiloquence
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n. pompous speech or expression
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hackneyed
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adj. rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage
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halcyon
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adj. calm and peaceful
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hegemony
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n. the constant dominance of one state or ideology over others
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iconoclast
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n. one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions
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idolatrous
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adj. given to intense or excessive devotion to something
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impunity
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n. immunity from punishment or penalty
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inchoate
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adj. in an initial stage; not fully formed
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infelicitous
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adj. unfortunate; inappropriate
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insipid
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adj. without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit, bland
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mendacity
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n. the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty
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misanthrope
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n. one who hates all other humans
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obdurate
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adj. unyielding; hardhearted, intractable
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obsequious
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adj. exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
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occlude
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v. to obstruct or block
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opprobrium
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n. disgrace, contempt, scorn
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pedgogy
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n. the profession or principles of teaching or instructing
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pith
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n. the essential or central part
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pithy
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adj. precise and brief
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platitude
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n. a superficial remark, esp. one offered as meaningful
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polemical
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adj. controversial; argumentative
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prodigal
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adj. recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse, lavish
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profuse
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adj. given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant
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querulous
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adj. prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish
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rancorous
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adj. characterized by bitter, long lasting resentment
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recalcitrant
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adj. obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
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repudiate
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v. to refuse to have anything to do with; disown
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salubrious
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adj. promoting health or well-being
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solvent
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adj. able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance
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specious
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adj. seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false
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spurious
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adj. lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
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surfeit
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n./v. an overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess
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