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GRE's 2
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Undergraduate 1
09/26/2010

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churlish
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adj. boorish; vulgarm loutish; difficult & intractable
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coalesce
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verb. to come together to fuse or unite
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coda
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noun. concluding section of a musical or literary piece.
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coeval
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adj. of the same period; coexisting
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commensurate
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adj. matching; corresponding or proportionate in degree, size, or amount
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contemn
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verb. to scorn or despise
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contumacious
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adj. insubordinate; rebellious
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corrigible
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adj. capable of being set right; correctable; reparable.
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countenance
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noun/verb. to approve of or tolerate; face; composure
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cozen
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verb. to deceive, beguile, or hoodwink
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craven
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adj. contemptibly fainthearted; lacking any courage
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curmudgeon
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noun. a crusty, ill-tempered coot; a misanthrope
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daunt
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verb. to cow or dismay
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debacle
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noun. rout; fiasco; complete failure
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decorous
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adj. correct; formal; marked by decorum.
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defalcate
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verb. to embezzle or misappropriate
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denigrate
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verb. to blacken; to belittle' to sully; to defame; to disparage
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denouement
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noun. an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot
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deposition
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noun. accretion; depositing' building up layer by layer; official testimony
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deprecate
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verb. to disparage, belittle or put down
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depredate
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verb. to plunder, pillage, ravage or destroy; exploit in a predatory manner.
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derivative
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adj. unoriginal; obtained from another source.
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descant
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verb. to comment at length.
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descry
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verb. to discriminate or discern.
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desuetude
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noun. disuse
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desultory
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adj. random; thoughtless; marked by a lack of plan or purpose
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detraction
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noun. slandering; verbal attack, aspersion
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diaphanous
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adj. transparent; gauzy
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diffident
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adj. reserved, shy or unassuming; lacking of self-confidence
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digress
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verb. to stray from the point; to go off on a tangent
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dilatory
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adj. causing delay; procrastination
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din
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noun. loud, sustained noise
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dirge
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noun. a song of grief or lamentation
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disaffect
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verb. to estrange or alienate the affection of
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discomfit
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verb. to defeat; to put down
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discursive
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adj. digressive, passing from one topic to another
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dissolution
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noun, disintegration; looseness in morals
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distention
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noun. the state or act of extending or being swollen out of shape
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distrait
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adj. distracted; absent-minded, especially due to anxiety.
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doggerel
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noun. trivial, poorly constructed verse.
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dross
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noun. slag, waste, or foreign matter. impurity. surface scum.
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dulcet
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adj. melodious. harmonious. melliflous
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dynamo
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noun. generator; forceful, energetic person
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eclectic
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adj. culled from many sources
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edacious
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adj, voracious; devouring
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edifying 
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adj. enlightening
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effluvia
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noun. outflow in a stream of particles; a noxious odor or vapor
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effrontery
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noun. boldness, impudence, arrogance.
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effusive
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adj. gushing. excessively demonstrative.
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egress
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noun. exit.
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encomium
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noun. glowing and enthusiastic praise; panegyric; tribute; eulogy.
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endemic.
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adj. restricted or peculiar to a particular region, indigenous. 
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engender
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verb. to cause; to produce; to give rise to.
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enormity

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noun. excessive wickedness; evilness.
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ephemeral
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adj. evanescent; fleeting; short-lived
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epicure
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noun. one devoted to sensual pleasure, particularly in food & drink; gourmand; sybarite
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episodic
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adj. loosely connected; not flowing logically
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epithet
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noun. disparaging word or phrase
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epitome
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noun. embodiment; quintessence
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equanimity
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noun. composure; self-possesion.
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