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GRE Vocab - F, G, and H
Essential words for the GRE beginning with F, G, and H
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Graduate
02/08/2010

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facetious
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humorous (adj)
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facilitate
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to make less difficult (v)
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factotum
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a handyman (n)
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fallacious
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based on a false idea or fact; misleading (adj)
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fallow
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plowed but not sowed; uncultivated (adj)
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fatuous
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foolishly self-satisfied (adj)
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fauna
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animals of a certain region or period (n)
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fawning
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seeking favor by flattery (adj)
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felicitous
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suitably expressed; appropriate; well-chosen (adj)
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feral
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wild, untamed (adj)
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fervor
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warmth and intensity of emotion (n)
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fetid
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having a bad smell (adj)
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fetter
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to bind; confine (v)
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fiat
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arbitrary order; authorization (n)
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fidelity
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loyalty (adj)
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filibuster
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the use of obstructive tactics in politics in order to delay or prevent legislature (n)
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finesse
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to handle with deceptive or evasive strategy; refinement in performance (v)
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fissure
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crevice (n)
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flag
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to droop; weaken (v)
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fledgling
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novice; beginner (n)
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flora
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plants of a region or period (n)
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florid
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ruddy, reddish; flowery, showy, ornate
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flourish
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an embellishment or ornamentation (n) or to grow vigorously, to thrive (v)
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flout
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to treat scornfully (v)
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flux
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flowing; a continuous movement (n)
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foment
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to incite; arouse (v)
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forbearance
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patience (adj)
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forestall
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to prevent; delay (v)
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formidable
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menacing; threatening (adj)
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forswear
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renounce; repudiate (v)
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founder
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to sink; fail; collapse (v)
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fracas
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a loud quarrel (n)
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fractious
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quarrelsome (adj)
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fresco
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painting done on plaster (n)
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frieze
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ornamental band on a wall (n)
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froward
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stubbornly contrary (adj)
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frugality
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thrift (n)
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fulminate
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to attack loudly (denounce)
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fulsome
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so excessive as to be disgusting (adj)
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fusion
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union; synthesis (adj)
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futile
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ineffective; useless; fruitless (adj)
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gainsay
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to deny; dispute (v)
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gambol
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to frolic (v)
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garrulous
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very talkative (adj)
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gauche
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uncouth and course; clumsy (adj)
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geniality
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kindness; cheerfulness; sociability (adj)
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gerrymander
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to divide voting districts in such a way that favors a political party (v)
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glib
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fluent in an insincere way; offhand (adj)
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goad
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to prod; urge on (v)
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gossamer
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sheer; light and delicate (adj)
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gouge
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to scoop out; to overcharge (v)
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grandiloquent
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pompous; bombastic (adj)
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gregarious
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sociable (adj)
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grouse
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to complain (v)
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guileless
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free of cunning or deceit; sincere; artless (adj)
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guise
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outward appearance; false appearance; pretense (n)
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gullible
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easily deceived (adj)
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gustatory
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affecting the sense of taste (adj)
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halcyon
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calm and peaceful; prosperous (adj)
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hallowed
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holy; sacred (adj)
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harrangue
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long, pompous speech (n)
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harrowing
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extremely distressing; terrifying
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herbivorous
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relating to an herbivore, an animal that feeds on plants
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hermetic
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tightly sealed; magical
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herterodox
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unorthodox
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hieroglyphics
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writing in which pictorial symbols represent meaning or sounds; writing or symbols that are difficult to decipher
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hirstute
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covered with hair
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histrionic
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relating to exaggerated emotional calculated for effect
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homeostasis
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automatic maintenance by an organism of normal temperature
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homily
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sermon; tedious moralizing lecture; platitude
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homogenous
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composed of identical parts; uniform in composition
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hyberpole
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purposeful exaggeration for effect
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