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v. To endow with rights, especially voting rights
To free from bondage |
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v. to set fire to
to 'excite, animate, or arouse' - more metaphoric definition |
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| n. pay or recompense (usually for work) |
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| n. lucky charm, anything whose presence creates a powerful influence on human beings |
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| v. Cheat, defraud; to evade payment of; to frustrate; to elude |
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| v. To produce, cause, or give rise to; to beget or progreate |
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| v. lessen in intensity or degree; to make less |
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adj. deviating from the norm
things can be referred to as aberrant or aberration |
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v. to renounce or reject; to avoid
similar in definition to 'abdicate' |
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| v. to abolish or annul by authority; put down, repeal |
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n. act of cutting off or removing
'abscise' is the verb form, it means 'to cut off'
word can also refer to the actual cut |
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| v. to steal off and hide; to sneak away |
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v. marked by moderation
typically refers to food and drink, related to the word 'abstain' |
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| n. an expression of praise, an award |
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n. growth, increase by building up over time
ex. 'accretion of dirt on the floor' |
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adj. sour or bitter taste or character
I generally see this word in relation to character and people |
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n. fast, keen, or accurate knowledge
think acute, which means sharp - get it? |
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v. to express warning or disapproval
related to 'admonitory' and 'admonition' |
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adj. adept, dexterous
If you ever see the word 'maladroit', its the opposite |
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n. excessive praise, intense adoration
'adulator' is someone who expresses admiration
consider 'lation', like 'congratulations' |
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v. to foreshadow vaguely, suggest 'shakily'
not an exact premonition |
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| v. to increase in intensity or power; to make something appear more than it tsi |
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| n. Eager and enthusiastic willingness |
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v. to mingle or blend; to debase by mixing with something inferior
'unalloyed' = pure, unmixed |
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| v. combine several elements into a whole |
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| v. to make better or more tolerable |
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n. the quality of having opposing ideas or feelings
think 'on the fence' |
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| n. a solemn or religious curse; loathed person or thing |
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adj. soothing
As a noun, means something that soothes pain |
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n. aversion or dislike
related to 'antipathetic', which means strong aversion |
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adj. diametrically opposed, direct opposite
think 'antithesis' |
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adj. of dubious authenticity or origin
typically seen in a religious context |
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| n. highest point; culmination, zenith |
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n. lowest or closest point
think 'moon is at perigee when closest to the earth' |
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n. "glorification to godliness", the best example of something
Think Lindsey Ellis |
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adj. appropriate, relevant
Think 'apropos' |
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| v. give notice to, inform |
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| n. an expression of approval |
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n. complex, ornate design
Think Debussy |
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| adj. impudent; in every way, utter |
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| adj. completely without guile, natural, without artifice; without skill |
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n. one who practices rigid self-denial, usually an act of religious devotion
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adj. austere, stark |
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| n. severity, rigor, roughness, harshness, irritability |
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| n. act of defamation or maligning |
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| adj. diligent and hardworking |
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v. to ease or lessen; pacify
Refers specifically to lessening things that cause pain or distress |
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| adj. having a tightening effect; harsh; severe |
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| v. to make thinner, weaken, lessen |
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n. omen, portent, the reading of omens
can also be a verb 'augur' |
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adj. Majestic, venerable
Think like a castle |
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n. protection or support, patronage
can also mean sign or portent |
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v. to state as a fact; to confirm or support
used in place of 'said', 'averred' |
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n. a universally recognized saying, commonly accepted
adjective form 'axiomatic' |
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adj. sinister, ominous
think 'baleful looks' |
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| adj. cause of injury, source of irritation |
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| v. to bless, make happy, or regard as saintly |
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| v. to adorm in a cheap way, 'festoon' |
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| v. to influence with trickery, to purposefully mislead |
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| adj. belligerent, combative |
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v. to coax with flattery
adjective form is blandishment, flattery intended to coax |
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v. to restrain or hold back
past participle of 'bridle' |
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v. to tolerate or endure
like 'brook no back talk' |
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| adj. rustic, characterised by rural areas and thier inhabitants |
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v. grow rapidly or flourish
'burgeoning' |
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| adj. complex and convoluted |
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| v. to slander or make false accusations |
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| adj. primary, of basic importance |
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| n. Something relating to the bod or flesh |
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| n. one blindly devoted to a group they're a member of |
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| n. an illusion; related to chimerical, meaning illusory |
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| adj. tending toward anger |
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adj. making a loud, resonant sound
think CLANG |
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n. concluding section to a musical or or literary piece; something that concludes something
Coda to a career |
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| adj. appearling forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing |
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| adj. matching, corresponding, or proportionate |
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| n. willingness to comply with what someone else wants |
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adj. pompous, self important
*This word has multiple definitions, but the GRE is more likely to be used in this context* |
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| adj. Capable of being set right, correctable |
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v. to approve of or tolerate
check for the part of speech when this word appears - as a noun, this word is COMPLETELY different |
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| adj. cowardly, lacking any courage |
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| v. to diminish intensity, usually a sound or a feeling |
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| v. to plunder, pillage, ravage or destroy, usually in a predatory manner |
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| n. score, ridicule, contemptuous |
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| adj. unoriginal, derived from something else |
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| adj. random, thoughtless, something characterized by lack of plan |
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| n. slandering, verbal attack, aspersion |
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| adj. causing delay, procrastinating |
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| n. someone with a superficial interest in the arts or a specific subject |
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| n. song or poem for the dead |
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| v. to undecieve, or set right |
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| adj. conflicting, harsh in sound |
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adj. free from self interest; unbiased or impartial
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| adj. fundamentally distinct or different |
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| v. to disguise or conceal, to mislead |
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| adj. theoretical or impractical |
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| n. trivial, poorly constructed poetry |
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| adj. arrogantly assertive of principles, mostly ones that can't be proved; stubbornly opinionated |
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adj. the quality of enthusiastic expression
think 'glowing' |
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| adj. composed of elements drawn from various sources |
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| adj. enlightening or informative |
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n. the state or a period of flowering; an example or result of growth and development
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| n. mournful poem, writing or music lamenting the dead |
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adj. soothing, usually referring to the skin
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| adj. conclusion based on an observation or an experiment |
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| n. glowing and enthusiastic praise; tribute or eulogy |
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| adj. indigenous; restricted to a specific place |
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| v. to weaken; reduce in vitality |
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| n. dissatisfaction resulting from boredom or apathy |
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| n. one devoted to sensual pleasure, especially in food |
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| n. disparaging word or phrase |
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| n. composure and self-posession |
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| adj. level, not easily disturbed |
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| v. to use ambiguous language to deceive |
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| adj. traveling, usually in search of adventure; failing to follow guidelines or keep to moral standards |
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| v. to test or try; attempt or experiment |
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| v. to denounce or criticize something harshly |
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| v. exonerate or clear from blame |
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| n. typical of a specimen or model |
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| v. to incite, to make urgent appeals |
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| adj. urgent, requiring immediate actions or attention |
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| v. discuss or write about for a long time |
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| v. atone or make amends for |
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