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GRE Vocab GROUP 1/8
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Post-Graduate
10/05/2015

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Abscond
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v. to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
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Aberrant
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adj. deviating from the norm
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Alacrity
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n. eager and enthusiastic willingness
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Anomaly
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n. deviation from the normal order, form or rule; abnormality
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Approbation
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n. an expression of approval or praise
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Arduous
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adj. strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort
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Assuage
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v. to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
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Audacious
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adj. daring and fearless; recklessly bold
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Austere
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adj. without adornment; bare; severely simple; ASCETIC
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Axiomatic
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adj. taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth
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Canonical
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adj. following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards
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Capricious
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adj. inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable
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Censure
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v. to criticize severely; to officially rebuke
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Chicanery
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n. trickery or subterfuge
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Connoisseur
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n. an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
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Convoluted
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adj. complex or complicated
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Disabuse
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v. to set right
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Discordant
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adj. conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound
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Disparate
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adj. fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
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Effrontery
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n. extreme boldness; presumptuousness
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Enervate
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v. to weaken; to reduce in vitality
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Ennui
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n. dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
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Equivocate
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v. to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
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Erudite
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adj. very learned, scholarly
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Exculpate
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v. exonerate; to clear of blame
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Exigent
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adj. urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
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Extemporaneous
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adj. improvised; done without prep
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Fulminate
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v. to loudly attack or denounce
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Ingenuous
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adj. artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
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Inured
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adj. accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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Irascible
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adj. easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
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Magnanimity
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adj. the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, especially in forgiving
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Martial
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adj. associated with war and armed forces
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Nascent
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adj. coming into being; in early developmental stages
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Nebulous
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adj. vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
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Neologism
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n. a new word, expression or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses
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Obviate
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v. to anticipate and make unnecessary
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Onerous
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adj. troubling, burdensome
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Paean
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n. a song of praise and thanksgiving
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Perennial
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adj. recurrent through the year/years; happening repeatedly
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Perfidy
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n. intentional breach of faith; treachery
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Perfunctory
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adj. cursory; done without care or interest
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Perspicacious
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adj. acutely perceptive; having keen discernment
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Prattle
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v. to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
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Predilection
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n. a disposition in favor of something; preference
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Prescience/precient
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n./adj. foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occuring
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Prevaricate
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v. to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
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Qualms
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n. misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
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Reticent
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adj quiet, reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
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Solicitous
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adj. concerned and attentive; eager
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Sordid
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adj. characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul
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Squander
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v. to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
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Stymie
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v. to block or thwart
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Torque
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n. a force that causes rotation
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Tortuous
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adj. winding and twisting; excessively complicated
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Truculent
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adj. fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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Veracity
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n. truthfulness, honesty
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Virulent
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adj. extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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