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GRE Vocab Brian Albrecht
GRE Vocab P 51-61
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Language - English
Undergraduate 4
09/08/2009

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strident
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adj. Loud and Harsh
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precipitous
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adj. Dangerously high or steep
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Laudable
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adj. Deserving praise
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Malinger
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verb Fake illness to avoid work or duty
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soporific
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adj. Tending to Induce tiredness or sleep
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noisome
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adj. having and extremely offensive smell
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countenance
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noun person's facial expression
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vindicate
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verb clear someone of blame or suspicion
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belie
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verb fail to give a true impression of
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diffident
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adj. modest or shy because of lack of self confidence
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evince
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verb reveal the excitement of
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regale
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verb amuse with talk
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aggrandize
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verb increase the power or wealth of
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obviate
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verb remove
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mendacious
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adj. not telling the truth
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truculent
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adj. eager or quick to fight
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lascivious
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adj. offensive sexual desire
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noxious
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adj. harmful, poisonous
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ignominious
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adj. deserving or cuasing public disgrace or shame
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penury
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noun extreme poverty
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abet
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verb encourage to do something wrong
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shinto
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noun old Japanese religion
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gambit
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noun an opening in which a player makes a sacrifice, typically of a pawn, for the sake of some compensating advantage.
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