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Top 400 vocab words most likely to be on the GRE
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02/16/2010
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Abdicate
 Definition
To give up a position, right or power.
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Abjure
 Definition
To reject, abandon formally
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Ablution
 Definition
Act of cleansing
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Abnegate
 Definition
to deny, renounce
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Abrogate
 Definition
To abolish or invalidate by authority
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Abstemious
 Definition
Consuming moderatley
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Abstruse
 Definition
Difficult to comprehend
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Abut
 Definition
To touch, to be in contact with
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Acerbic
 Definition
Bitter, Sharp in taste or temper
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Acme
 Definition
Highest point, summit
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Acquiesce
 Definition
To agree or comply in silence
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Adroit
 Definition
Skillfull, accomplished, highly competent
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Adumbrate
 Definition
To sketch, outline in a shadowy way
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Aeire
 Definition
Nook or nest built high in the Air
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Altruism
 Definition
Unselfish concern for others welfare
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Ambulatory
 Definition
Moving, walking around
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Amortize
 Definition
To diminish by installment Payments
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Ancillary
 Definition
Accesory, subordinate, helping
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Antediluvian
 Definition
Prehistoric, ancient beyond measure, before the biblical flood
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Anthropomorphic
 Definition
Attributing human qualities to no humans
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Aplomb
 Definition
Poise, Confidence
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Apostate
 Definition
One who renounces a religious faith
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Apothegm
 Definition
A short instructive saying
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Apotheosis
 Definition
A glorified ideal
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Arboreal
 Definition
Relating to trees, living in trees
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Assiduous
 Definition
diligent, persistent, hardworking
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Bacchanlian
 Definition
Drunkenly Festive
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Balk
 Definition
To refuse, Prevent
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Beatific
 Definition
Saintly, Angelic
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Behemoth
 Definition
Huge Creature
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Belie
 Definition
To misrepresent, expose as false
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Benison
 Definition
Blessing
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Bifurcate
 Definition
divide into two parts
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Bilious
 Definition
easily irrated, relating to bile
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Bonhomie
 Definition
Atmosphere of good chere
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Bulwark
 Definition
Anything serving as defense
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Cajole
 Definition
to flatter, coax, persuade
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Calmatious
 Definition
disastrous, catastrophic
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Calumny
 Definition
False and malicious accusations, Slander
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Canard
 Definition
a lie
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Carom
 Definition
To strike and rebound
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Carom
 Definition
To strike and rebound
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Cavalcade
 Definition
A procession
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Chagrin
 Definition
Shame, Embarrassment, humiliation
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Charlatan
 Definition
Fake, Know-it-all
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Chattel
 Definition
Piece fo personal property
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Chimercial
 Definition
Fanciful, imaginary, visionary, impossible
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Choleric
 Definition
easily angered, short tempered
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Churlish
 Definition
Rude
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Cistern
 Definition
Tank for rainwater
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Coalesce
 Definition
To grow together, unite as one
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Coffer
 Definition
Strongbox, large chest for money
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Cognomen
 Definition
a name like family or nickname
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Comeliness
 Definition
Physical grace and beauty
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Commodious
 Definition
Roomy, Spacious
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Compunctious
 Definition
feeling gulity
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Concilatory
 Definition
overcoming ditrust or hostility
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Conflagration
 Definition
Big, destructive fire
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Congenial
 Definition
Similar in tastes and habits
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Consanguineous
 Definition
Same Origin, Related by blood
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Contentious
 Definition
Quarelsome, dissagreeable, belligerent
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Contumacious
 Definition
Rebellious
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Corpulence
 Definition
Obesity, Fatness, Bulkiness
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Corrugate
 Definition
To mold in a shape with parallel grooves and ridges
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Cosset
 Definition
To pamper, treat with great care
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Coterie
 Definition
Small group of persons with a similar purpose
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Coven
 Definition
Group of witches
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Curmudgeon
 Definition
Cranky person
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Declivity
 Definition
Downward Slope
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Deleterious
 Definition
Harmful, destructive, detrimental
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Deluge
 Definition
Flood
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Demagogue
 Definition
Leader who usually uses appeals to emotion ro prejudice
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Denigrate
 Definition
To slur or blacken someones reputation
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Descry
 Definition
To discover or reveal
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Diaphanous
 Definition
Allowing light to show throw, delicate
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Dictum
 Definition
Authoratative statement, popular saying
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Didactic
 Definition
Diluvial
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Diminutive
 Definition
Small
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Discomfit
 Definition
To cause perplexity and embarrassment
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Distaff
 Definition
The female branch of a family
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Dither
 Definition
To move or act confusedly or without a clear purpose
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Diurnal
 Definition
Daily
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Doctrinaire
 Definition
Rigidly devoted to theories
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Dolor
 Definition
Sadness
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Doughty
 Definition
Courageous
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Droll
 Definition
Amusing in a wry, subtle way
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Dyspetic
 Definition
Suffering from indigestion, gloomy and irritable
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Ebullient
 Definition
Exhilirated, full of enthusiasm and high spirits
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Effluvia
 Definition
Outpouring of gases or vapors
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Effulgent
 Definition
Brilliantly Shining
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Egregious
 Definition
Conspicuously Bad
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Emend
 Definition
To correct a text
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Emollient
 Definition
Having soothing qualties,especially for skin
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Encomium
 Definition
Warm Praise
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Endemic
 Definition
Belonging to a particular area, inherent
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Ennui
 Definition
Boredom, lack of intrest and energy
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Epicure
 Definition
Person with refined taste in food and wine
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Epitome
 Definition
Representative of an entire group, summary
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Ersatz
 Definition
Fake
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Eschew
 Definition
To abstain from, avoid
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Evince
 Definition
To show clearly, display, signify
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Exorcise
 Definition
To expel evil spirits
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Expatiate
 Definition
To wander, discuss or describe at length
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Expiate
 Definition
To atone for, make amends for.
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Expunge
 Definition
To erase, eliminate completely
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Expurgate
 Definition
To censor
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Extemporaneous
 Definition
Unrehursed, on the spur of the moment
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Extol
 Definition
To Priase
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Extrapolate
 Definition
to estimate
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Facetious
 Definition
witty in an inappropriate way
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Fatuous
 Definition
Stupid, unconsciously foolish
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Fealty
 Definition
intense loyalty
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Fecund
 Definition
fertile, fruitful, productive
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Fetid
 Definition
Foul-smelling, putrid
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Fey
 Definition
Doomed
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Filch
 Definition
To steal
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Filial
 Definition
Appropriate for a Child
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Flaccid
 Definition
Limp, flabby, weak
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Foliate
 Definition
To Grow, sprout leaves
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Forswear
 Definition
Renounce, disclaim, reject
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Fracas
 Definition
Nosiy Dispute
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Fractitious
 Definition
Unruly, Rebellious
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Frenetic
 Definition
Wildly Frantic, frenzied, hectic
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Fulminate
 Definition
To explode with anger
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Fulsome
 Definition
excessiv, overdone, sickeningly abundant
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Furtive
 Definition
Secret, stealthy
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Gainsay
 Definition
to deny
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Gambol
 Definition
To dance or skip around playfully
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Gauche
 Definition
crude, socially akward
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Germinate
 Definition
To begin to grow
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Gibe
 Definition
To make taunting remarks
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Glib
 Definition
Fluent ina n insincere manner, offhand, casual
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Gnostic
 Definition
Having to do with knowledge
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Grandiloquence
 Definition
Pompous talk, fancy but meaningless language
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Gratuitous
 Definition
free, vouluntary, unnecessary and unjustified
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Gustatory
 Definition
Relating to a sence of taste
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Hackneyed
 Definition
Worn out by over-use
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Harangue
 Definition
a pompous speech
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Hegemony
 Definition
leadership, domination, usually by a country
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Heretical
 Definition
Opposed to an established religious orthodoxy
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Heremetic
 Definition
Tightly sealed
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Hoary
 Definition
very old, whitish or grey from age
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Husband
 Definition
to farm, manage carefully and thriftily
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Idiosyncrasy
 Definition
Eccentricity, peculiar temperament
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Ignominious
 Definition
Disgraceful and dishonerable
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Ilk
 Definition
Type or Kind
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Illusory
 Definition
Unreal, deceptive
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Imbue
 Definition
to infuse, dye, wet, moisten
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Impecunious
 Definition
Poor, having no money
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Imperious
 Definition
arrogantly self-assured, overbearing
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Impolitic
 Definition
Unwise
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Impromptu
 Definition
Spontaneous, without rehersal
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Impugn
 Definition
To call into question, attack verbally
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Incarnate
 Definition
Having bodily form
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Incendiary
 Definition
Combustable, flammable, burning easily
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Inculcate
 Definition
to teach, impress in the mind
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Inculpate
 Definition
To blame, charge with a crime
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Indefatigable
 Definition
Never Tired
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Indigent
 Definition
Very Poor
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Indolent
 Definition
Habitually Lazy, idle
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Undubitable
 Definition
Unquestionable
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Inert
 Definition
Unable to move, tending to inactivity
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Infallible
 Definition
incapable of making a mistake
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Ingenious
 Definition
Original, clever, inventive
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Ingratiate
 Definition
To bring ones self purposely into antohers good graces
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Ingress
 Definition
Entrance
Term
Innuendo
 Definition
indirect and subtle criticism, insinuation
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