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GRE
GRE Hit Parade 4 (Princeton Review 2008 ed.)
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Education
Graduate
10/13/2010

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ACERBIC

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(adj.) Having a sour or bitter taste; sharp; biting.

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AGGRANDIZE 

 

 

 

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(v.) To increase in intensity, power, influence, or prestige.

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ALCHEMY

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(n.) A medieval science aimed at transmutating metals into gold.

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AMENABLE

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(adj.) Agreeable; responsive to suggestion.

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ANACHRONISM

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(n.) Something or someone out of place historically or chronologically.

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ASTRINGENT

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(adj. or n.) Having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe.

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CONTIGUOUS

 

 

 

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(adj.) Sharing a border; touching; adjacent.

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CONVENTION

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(n.) A generally agreed upon practice or attitude.

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CREDULOUS

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(adj.) Tending to believe too readily; gullible.

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CYNICISM

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(n.) An attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfish intentions.

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DECORUM

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(n.) Polite or appropriate conduct.

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DERISION

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(n.) Scorn, ridicule, contemtuous treatment.

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DESICCATE

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(v.) To dry out or make dull.

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DILETTANTE

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(n.) One with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or branch of knowledge.

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DISPARAGE

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(v.) To slight or belittle.

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DIVULGE

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(v.) To disclose something secret.

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FAWN

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(v.) To flatter or praise excessively.

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FLOUT

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(v.) To show contempt for regarding a rule convention.

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GARRULOUS

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(adj.) Pointlessly talkative or talking too much.

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GLIB

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(adj.) Marked by ease; nonchalant; lacking depth; superficial.

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HUBRIS

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(n.) Overbrearing presumtion; arrogance.

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IMMINENT

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(adj.) About to happen; impending.

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IMMUTABLE

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(adj.) Not capable of change.

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IMPETUOUS

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(adj.) Hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive.

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INDIFFERENT

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(adj.) Having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice.

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INIMICAL

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(adj.) Damaging; harmful; injurious.

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INTRACTABLE

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(adj.) Not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate.

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INTREPID

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(adj.) Steadfast and courageous.

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LACONIC

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(adj.) Using few words; terse.

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MAVERICK

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(n.) an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party.

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MERCURIAL

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(adj.) Characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood.

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MOLLIFY

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(v.) To calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intensity.

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NEOPHYTE

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(n.) A recent convert; beginner; novice.

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OBFUSCATE

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(v.) To deliberately obscure; to make confusing.

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OBSTINATE

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(adj.) Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising.

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OBSTENTATIOUS

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(adj.) Characterized by or given to pretentious display; showy.

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PERVADE

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(v.) To permeate throughout.

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PHLEGMATIC

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(adj.) Calm; sluggish; unemotional.

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PLETHORA

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(n.) An overabundance; surplus.

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PRAGMATIC

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(adj.) Practical rather than idealistic.

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PRESUMPTUOUS

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(adj.) Overstepping due bounds; taking liberties.

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PRISTINE

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(adj.) Pure; uncorrupted; clean.

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PROBITY

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(n.) Adherence to highest principles; complete and confirmed integrity.

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PROCLIVITY

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(n.) A natural predisposition or inclination.

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PROFLIGATE

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(adj.) Excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagent.

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PROPENSITY

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(n.) A natural inclination or tendency.

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PROSAIC

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(adj.) Dull or lacking in imagination.

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PUNGENT

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(adj.) Characterized by a strong smell or taste.

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QUOXOTIC

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(adj.) Foolishly impractical; marked by lofty romantic ideals.

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QUOTIDIAN

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(adj.) Occurring daily; commonplace.

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RAREFY

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(v.) To become thin or less dense; to refine.

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RECONDITE

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(adj.) Hidden or concealed; difficult to understand.

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REFULGENT

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(adj.) Radiant; shiny; brilliant.

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RENEGE

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(adj.) To fail to honor a commitment or promise.

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SEDULOUS

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(adj.) Diligent, persistent, or hard-working.

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SHARD

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(n.) A piece of broken pottery or glass.

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SOPORIFIC

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(adj.) Causing drowsiness or tending to induce sleep.

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SPARSE

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(adj.) Thin; arranged at widely spaced intervals; not dense.

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SPENDTHRIFT

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(n.) One who spends money wastefully.

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SUBTLE

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(adj.) Not obvious; elusive; difficult to discern.

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TACIT

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(adj.) Implied; not explicitly stated.

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TERSE

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(adj.) Brief and concise in wording.

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TOUT

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(v.) To publicly praise or promote.

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TRENCHANT

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(adj.) Sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating.

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UNFEIGNED

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(adj.) Genuine; not false or hypocritical.

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UNTENABLE

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(adj.) Indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable.

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VACILLATE

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(v.) To waver indecisively between courses or actions or opinions.

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VARIEGATED

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(adj.) Multicolored.

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VEXATION

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(n.) Annoyance; irritation.

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VIGILANT

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(adj.) Alertly watchful.

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VITUPERATE

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(v.) To use harsh, condemnatory language; severely abusive.

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VOLATILE

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(adj.) Changable; fickle; explosive.

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