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GRE Vocab Study
GRE Vocab study
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Language - English
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09/17/2008
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Term
adumbrate
 Definition
To Foreshadow or intimate; to suggest or outine sketchily; to obscure or overshadow
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captious
 Definition
disposed to point out trivial faults, calculated to confuse or entrap
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chimera
 Definition
an illusion
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apotheosis
 Definition
deification, an exalted example
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cavil
 Definition
to find fault without good reason
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gainsay
 Definition
to dispute, contradict, oppose
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meretricious
 Definition
cheap, gaudy, tawdry
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panegyric
 Definition
formal praise, eulogy
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puissance
 Definition
power, strength
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plangent
 Definition
pounding, thundering, resounding
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sententious
 Definition
moralistic; epigrammatic
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peroration
 Definition
the concluding part of a speech; flowery speech
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protean
 Definition
changeable
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probity
 Definition
complete and confirmed integrity
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salubrious
 Definition
promoting health
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inchoate
 Definition
in an initial stage
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opprobrium
 Definition
disgrace; contempt; scorn
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ascetic
 Definition
one who practices rigid self-control
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acerbic
 Definition
sour or bitter taste; sharp;biting
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