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GRE Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary words for the GRE
100
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Undergraduate 4
06/28/2013

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Aberrant
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Abnormal; deviating from accepted norm

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Abeyance
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State of suspension; temporary inaction

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Abstemious
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Characterized by self-denial; especially in area of  food and drink.

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Acquiescent
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Agreeing without protest

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Acrid
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Sharply unpleasant, painful, stinging sensation; bitter, harsh

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Acrimonious
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Bitter in temper, manner, speech

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Acumen
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Keeness; mental quickness, intellectual insight

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Admonition
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Gentle reproof; cautionary advice or warning

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Affront
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To offend, as with a gesture

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Aggrandize
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To widen in scope or make bigger

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Aggregate
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Amounting to a whole

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Allay
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To reduce intensity of (esp. pain)

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Amalgamate
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To mix/blend together in a homogeneous body

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Ameliorate
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To make better/improve

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Anecdote
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Short account of interesting incident

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Archipelago
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Large group of islands

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Artifice
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Cleverness or skill, ingenuity

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Ascetic
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Given to severe self-denial; excessive abstinence

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Assiduous
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Persistent, unceasing

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Astute
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Keen, wise

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Audacious
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Bold, fearless, recklessly daring

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Austere
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Unadorned, severely simple

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Aver
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Justify, prove, affirm, avouch (to declare the provable truth or validity of)

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Banal
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Drearily(sad) commonplace and predictable, trite

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Base
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Underlying concept of system or theory

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Beset
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To surround, as in an attack

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Blatant
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Offensively loud and noisy

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Bolster
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To support/reinforce

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Bombastic
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Using inflated language language; pompous

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Boon
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A timely benefit

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Brevity
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Briefness or conciseness

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Browbeat
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To intimidate or subjugate by an overbearing manner or domineering speech; bully.

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Bumptious
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Offensively self-assertive; pushy

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Bungle
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To perform clumsily or inadequately; botch

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Burgeon
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To grow forth; send out buds

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Cacophony
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Disagreeable, harsh, discordant sound or tune

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Callous
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Insensitive, indifferent

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Calumniate
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To make false and malicious statements about

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Candor
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To be open and sincere

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Chicanery
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Use of trickery to deceive

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Churl
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Rude, boorish, surly person

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Coda
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Concluding section of a musical or literary piece; something that summarizes

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Cognizant
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Aware, taking notice

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Colloquial
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Pertaining to common speech

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Complacency
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Feeling of quiet security

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Confidante
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One to whom secrets are confided

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Congruous
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Appropriate or fitting

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Consternation
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Feelings of anxiety and dismay, particularly about unexpected events; Panic

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Contentious
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Quarrelsome; controversial

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Contrite
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Penitent

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Contumacious
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Rebellious; obstinately disobedient

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Corroborate
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To ascertain, confirm

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Countenance
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Appearance, especially look or expression

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Counterpart
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Person or thing resembling or complementing another

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Craven
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Cowardly

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Credulity
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Disposition to believe too readily;willingness to behave or trust too readily

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Cronyism
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Practice of favoring one's friends, especially in political appointments

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Cursory
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Hasty, superficial, as of a review of something

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Dearth
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Inadequate supply; scarcity; lack

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Decorum
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Orderliness and good taste in manners

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Deleterious
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Hurtful, morally or physically; having a harmful effect, injurious

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Delineate
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To represent by sketch or diagram

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Depravity
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State of being morally bad or evil

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Deride
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To ridicule, make fun of

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Derision
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Ridicule

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Derivative
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Something obtained from a source

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Desultory
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Aimless, haphazard

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Diatribe
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Bitter or malicious criticism

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Didactic
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Pertaining to teaching

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Dilatory
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Causing delay; slow, tardy, sluggish;

characterized by procrastination

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Disconcert
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To disturb the composure of

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Discretion
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1. Avoid causing offense or revealing private information

2. Freewill; freedom to decide what should be done in a particular situation

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Disquiet
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Lack of calm, peace, or ease

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Dissemble
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Disquise or pretend

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Dissolution
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Breaking up of a union of persons

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Divest
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To strip, deprive

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Divulge
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To tell or make known, generally of something secret or private

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Doldrums
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State of inactivity or low spirits

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Dubious
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Doubtful

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Dupe
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Someone easily fooled

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Ebullient
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Showing great enthusiasm or exhilaration

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Effervescent
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1. Giving off bubbles; fizzy

2. Vivacious, enthusiastic

 

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Efficacy
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Power to produce intended effect

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Effrontery
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Shameless boldness, imprudence; insolent or impertinent behavior

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Egress
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Act of coming or going out; exit

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Elegy
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Poem lamenting the dead

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Elicit
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To extract without violence; to learn through discussion

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Elitism
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Conciousness or pride in belonging to a select group

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Embellish
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To add attractive or ornamental features

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Emulate
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Imitate

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Enervate
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To weaken

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Engender
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To produce

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Ennui
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Boredom

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Ephemeral
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Short-lived; fleeting

 

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Equable
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1. Not easily angered or disturbed

2. Not varying or fluctuating greatly

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Equanimity
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Evenness of mindness or temper

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Equivocal
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Ambiguous

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Equivocate
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To use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or mislead

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Eradicate
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To destroy completely

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Erudite
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Very learned; showing great knowledge

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