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Barrons list
110
General Vocab
Graduate
07/25/2008
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abate
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subside or moderate
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abeyance
 Definition
suspended action
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abscond
 Definition
depart secretly and hide
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abstemious
 Definition
sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
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adulterate
 Definition
to make impure by adding substances
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alacrity
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cheerful promptness; eagerness
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anachronism
 Definition
something misplaced in time
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antipathy
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aversion; dislike
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apprise
 Definition
inform
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approbation
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approval
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artless
 Definition
without guile; open and honest
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assiduous
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diligent
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attenuate
 Definition
to make thinner
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audacious
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daring; bold
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aver
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asert confidently or declare; as used in law, state formally as fact
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belie
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contradict; give a false impression
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bombastic
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pompous; using inflated language
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burnish
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make shiny by rubbing
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castigation
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severe criticism; punishment
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coda
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concluding section of musical or literary composition
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cogent
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convincing
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compendium
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brief, comprehensive summary
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complaisant
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trying to please; overly polite; obliging

 
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craven
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cowardly
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daunt
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intimidate/ frighten
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denigrate
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blacken
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derivative
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unoriginal; obtained from another source
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desultory
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aimless; haphazard; digressing at random
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diatribe
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bitter scolding; invective
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diffidence
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shyness
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dirge
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lament with music
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disabuse
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correct a false impression; undecieve
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disparage
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belittle
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dissemble
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disguise; pretend
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divest
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strip; deprive
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dupe
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someone easily fooled
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ebullient
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showing excitement
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elegy
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poem or song expressing lamentation
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endemic
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prevailing among a specific group of people
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enervate
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weaken
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engender
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cause; produce
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equivocate
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lie; mislead; attempt to conceal truth
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euphemism
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mild expression in place of an unpleasant one
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exigency
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urgent situation; pressing needs or demands
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facetious
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joking (often inappropriately); humorous
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fatuous
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brainless; foolish yet smug
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felicitous
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suitably expressed; well chosen
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flag
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droop; grow feeble
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flout
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reject; mock; show contempt for
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gainsay
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deny
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garrulous
 Definition
loquacious; talkative
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grandiloquent
 Definition
pompous; bombastic; using high-sounding language
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guileless
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without deciet
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harangue
 Definition
long, passionate, and vehement speech
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hyperbole
 Definition
exaggeration; overstatement
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immutable
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unchangeable
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impassive
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without feeling; stoical
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implacable
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incapable of being pacified
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inchoate
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recently begun, rudimenatary; elementary
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indigence
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poverty
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indolent
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lazy
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inert
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inactive; lacking power to move
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ingenuous
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naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated
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insensible
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unconsious; unresponsive
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insipid
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lacking in flavor; dull
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intractable
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unruly; stubborn
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intransigence
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refusal of any compromise; stubbornness
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inured
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accustomed; hardened
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invective
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abuse
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irascible
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irritable; easily angered
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lassitude
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langour; weariness
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levity
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lack of seriousness or steadfastness; frivolity
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mendacious
 Definition
lying; habitually dishonest
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misanthrope
 Definition
one who hates mankind
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mollify
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sooth
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obdurate
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stubborn
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obsequious
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slavishly attentive; sycophantic
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obviate
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make unnecessary; get rid of
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officious
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meddlesome
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opprobrium
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infamy; villification
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paucity
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scarcity
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penury
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severe poverty; stinginess
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perfidious
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treacherous; disloyal
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phlegmatic
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calm; not easily disturbed
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precipitate
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rash; premature, hasty, sudden
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prevaricate
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lie
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probity
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uprightness; incorruptibility
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propitiate
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appease
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proscribe
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ostracize; banish; outlaw
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rarefied
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made less dense
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recondite
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abstruse; profound; secret
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refractory
 Definition
stubborn; unmanageable
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repudiate
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disown; disavow
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rescind
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cancel
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reticent
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reserved; inclined to silent
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salubrious
 Definition
healthful
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solicitous
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worried; concerned
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specious
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seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often intentionally)
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stint
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be thrifty; set limits
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stolid
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dull; impassive
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supposition
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hypothesis
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tacit
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understood; not put into words
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tenuous
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thin; rare; slim
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tortuous
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winding; full of curves
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tractable
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docile; easily managed
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trucluence
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aggressiveness; ferocity
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veracious
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truthful
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vituperative
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abusive; scolding
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welter
 Definition
turmoil; bewildering jumble
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