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GRE Vocab
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Language - English
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10/17/2014

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Paltry
Definition
Small or meager amount
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Pithy
Definition
Concise and forceful
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Blithe
Definition
An inappropriate disregard; happy-go-lucky
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Avarice
Definition
Extreme greed
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Rapacious
Definition
Agressively greedy
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Propriety
Definition
Conforming to social norms and behaviors
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Vicissitude
Definition
A negative change in fortune
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Calumny
Definition
Untrue slanderous statements meant to defame and hurt reputation
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Equivocal
Definition
Open to more than one meaning, ambiguous
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Assauge
Definition
To lessen the severity of something unpleasant
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Erudite
Definition
Someone who is well learned and knowledgable
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Picayune
Definition
Petty or worthless
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Acquiesce
Definition
To reluctantly accept without objection
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Rubicon
Definition
A boundary that can not be returned to once crossed
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Jaunty
Definition
Cheerful and confident
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Burnish
Definition
To polish
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Idiosyncratic
Definition
Peculiar and unique
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Parsimony
Definition
Unwillingness to use resources
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Penurious
Definition
Poverty stricken, or mean and miserly
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Winnow
Definition
To remove using air
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Inexorable
Definition
Unstoppable or unavoidable
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Quotidian
Definition
Routine, occuring on a daily basis
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Dearth
Definition
A scarcity of someting
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Enervate
Definition
To weaken or exhaust
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Prevaricate
Definition
To speak or act in and evasive way; to lie
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Tawdry
Definition
Showy but cheap
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Slighted
Definition
To insult by disrespecting
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Munificent
Definition
Larger or more generous than necessary
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Pertinacious
Definition
Firmly holding an opinion or course of action
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Credulity
Definition
Tendency to believe what they are told; not skeptical
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Exculpate
Definition
To prove innocent
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Indefatigable
Definition
Persist tirelessly
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Fawn
Definition
To gain favor by flattery or obedience
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Iconoclast
Definition
Someone who challenges traditional values
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Opprobrious
Definition
Expressing scorn or criticism
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Prodigal
Definition
Lavish and wasteful
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Fervid
Definition
Excessive enthusiasm
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Derision
Definition
Contemptuous ridicule or mockery
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Recalcitrant
Definition
Obstinate opposition to authority
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Garrulous
Definition
Excessively talkative on trivial matters
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Conflate
Definition
To synthesize two ideas
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Coeval
Definition
Beginning at the same time; contemporary
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Delimit
Definition
To determine a limit or boundary
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Modish
Definition
Conforming with trends and fads (neg.)
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Imperturbable
Definition
Unable to upset or excite; Unshakable
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Eschewed
Definition
To deliberately avoid
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Paucity
Definition
Presence of something in minute quantities
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Indignant
Definition
Expressing annoyance / anger over unjust treatment
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Daedalean
Definition
Creative
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Gordian
Definition
Difficult to solve
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Interminable
Definition
Seemingly endless
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Middling
Definition
Average in size or quality
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Abatement
Definition
To come to an end
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Aver
Definition
To assert or allege in pleading
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Punctilious
Definition
Very careful about behaving properly, and doing things correctly
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Vociferous
Definition
Given to vehement (strong) insistent outcry
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Mien
Definition
An appearance that expresses a mood
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Convalescing
Definition
Recovering in health
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Salubrious
Definition
Health giving
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Truculent
Definition
Easy to anger or fight; aggressively defiant
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Panegyrical
Definition
A speech in praise of someone or something
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Ebullient
Definition
Lively and enthusiastic
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Phlegmatic
Definition
Having a calm and unemotional disposition
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Timorous
Definition
Easily frightened
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Vacillate
Definition
Wavering in a decision
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Dilettante
Definition
Someone who is not an expert in something
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Veridical
Definition
Coinciding with the reality
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Reductive
Definition
To state something in simpler terms than the true state of the world
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Turgid
Definition
Swollen and inflated, something that is complex and hard to understand
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Depilation
Definition
The loss of hair
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Arrogate
Definition
To unjustly take or something
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Mellifluous
Definition
Smooth and flowing sound
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Euphonic
Definition
Pleasant to the ear
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Strident
Definition
Loud and harsh, a bold unexpected statement on something potentially controversial
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Extirpate
Definition
To root out and eliminate
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Recondite
Definition
A little known subject
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Detritus
Definition
Debris that is left behind
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Refuse
Definition
Trash, things considered worthless
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Acrimonious
Definition
Angry and Bitter
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Attest
Definition
To back a claim
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Ostentatious
Definition
Show offish and vulgar, meant to attract attention
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Pointed
Definition
Expressing direct and clear criticism
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Effigy
Definition
A figure or model of a person
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Brusque
Definition
Abrupt and offhanded speech
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Orotund
Definition
Speech sounding full and imposing, or pretentious and pompous sounding writing
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Laconic
Definition
Using few words
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Delapidated
Definition
Deterioration due to age or neglect
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Mollify
Definition
To appease either anxiety or anger
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Extant
Definition
Still in existance
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Acerbic
Definition
Commentary that is frank and forthright
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Diffident
Definition
Lacking self confidence
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Cosset
Definition
To indulge in over protecting
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Imbibe
Definition
To drink or to indoctrinate
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Interpolation
Definition
An insertion in a text
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Collusive
Definition
In secret cooperation
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Patois
Definition
A dialect or unwritten speech; vernacular
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Pedantic
Definition
Ostentatiously learned; Making a show of knowledge and placing over emphasis on minutiae in use of knowledge
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Vituperated
Definition
To accost using harsh language
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Reticent
Definition
Hesitant to speak freely on a matter
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Decry
Definition
To publicly denounce
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Quaffing
Definition
To drink heartily
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Torrid
Definition
Hot and dry
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Pedestrian
Definition
Dull
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Insular
Definition
Unwillingness to learn about other cultures
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Baseness
Definition
Lack of moral principles
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Taciturn
Definition
temperamentally disinclined to talk, shy
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Perfidious
Definition
Willing to betray ones trust
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Mendacity
Definition
Untruthfulness
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Occlude
Definition
To block the passage of
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Malinger
Definition
To fake ill, to not claim responsibility
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Irascible
Definition
Easily made angry
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Intransigent
Definition
Uncompromising
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Cadge
Definition
To gain by begging
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Disabuse
Definition
To reveal an error in ones thinking
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Vehement
Definition
Showing strong feeling
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Insipid
Definition
lacking vigor or interest
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Chic
Definition
Elegant and fashionable
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