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GRE Word Smart 3
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68
Language - English
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09/11/2005
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labile
 Definition
readily open to change
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lachrymose
 Definition
causing tears
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laconic
 Definition
using few words, terse
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lassitude
 Definition
listlessness; langor
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laud
 Definition
to praise highly
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libertine
 Definition
someone unrestrained by morality or convention
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limn
 Definition
to draw, outline in detail
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limpid
 Definition
transparent, serene
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list
 Definition
to tilt or lean to one side
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loquacious
 Definition
extremely talkative
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lucid
 Definition
intelligible, easy to understand
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lumber
 Definition
to move heavily
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luminious
 Definition
characterized by brightness
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magnanimity
 Definition
the quality of being generously noble in heart/mind
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malevolent
 Definition
having or showing often vicious ill will
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malinger
 Definition
to feign illness so as to avoid work
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malleable
 Definition
capable of being shaped or formed
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martial
 Definition
associated with war and the armed forces
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maunder
 Definition
to talk or move aimlessly, mutter
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maverick
 Definition
an independent indiviual
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mellifluous
 Definition
sweetly flowing
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mendacity
 Definition
dishonesty
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mendicant
 Definition
beggar
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mercurial
 Definition
characterized by rapid change
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meretricious
 Definition
tawdry, pretentious, having to do with prostitution
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meticulous
 Definition
characterized by extreme care
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mettlesome
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courageous, high-spirited
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militate
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to have weight or bearing on, to argue
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milk
 Definition
to exploit, to squeeze every last ounce of
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minatory
 Definition
menacing, threatening
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mince
 Definition
pronounce or speak affectedly or too carefully
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misanthrope
 Definition
one who hates mankind
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misogynist
 Definition
one who hates women
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mitigate
 Definition
to make or become less severe
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mollify
 Definition
to calm or soothe
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morose
 Definition
sad, sullen, melancholy
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multifarious
 Definition
varied
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mundane
 Definition
of the world, typical
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nadir
 Definition
low point
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nascent
 Definition
coming into being
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natty
 Definition
trimly neat and tidy
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nebulous
 Definition
vague, cloudy
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neologism
 Definition
a new word
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neophyte
 Definition
beginner
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nexus
 Definition
connection
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nice
 Definition
exacting, extremely precise
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noisome
 Definition
offensive
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nonplussed
 Definition
baffled
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nostrum
 Definition
cure-all, placebo
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noxious
 Definition
harmful
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obdurate
 Definition
unyielding, inflexible
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obfuscate
 Definition
to deliberatly obsure, to make confusing
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obseqious
 Definition
exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
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obstinate
 Definition
stubborn
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obstreperous
 Definition
noisy, loudly stubborn
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obtain
 Definition
to be established
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obtuse
 Definition
lacking sharpness of intellect
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obviate
 Definition
to anticipate and make unnecessary
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occlude
 Definition
to obstruct or block
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occult
 Definition
hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension
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officious
 Definition
meddlesome, pushy
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onerous
 Definition
troubling, burdensome
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opprobrium
 Definition
disgrace, contempt, scorn
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oscillation
 Definition
the act or state of swinging back and forth
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ossified
 Definition
changed into bone
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ostensible
 Definition
seeming, appearing as such
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ostentatious
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characterized by or given to pretentiousness
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overweening
 Definition
presumptuously arrogant, immoderate
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