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Mozarts25th GRE Wordlist 2
Mozarts25th GRE Wordlist 2
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09/11/2010

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Regurgitate
Definition
to surge or rush back, as liquids, gases, undigested food, etc.
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Retinue
Definition
a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
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Scabrous
Definition
having a rough surface because of minute points or projections. OR indecent or scandalous
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Sophistry
Definition
a subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning.
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Somnolent
Definition
tending to cause sleep.
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Spectral
Definition
of or pertaining to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
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Spry
Definition
active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk
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Staccato
Definition
composed of or characterized by abruptly disconnected element
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Stilted
Definition
stiffly dignified or formal, as speech or literary style; pompous.
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Stint
Definition
to be frugal; get along on a scanty allowance
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Stipple
Definition
to paint, engrave, or draw by means of dots or small touches.
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Stockade
Definition
an enclosure or pen made with posts and stakes.
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Stodgy
Definition
heavy, dull, or uninteresting; tediously commonplace; boring:
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Stricture
Definition
a remark or comment, esp. an adverse criticism:
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Sublimate
Definition
to refine or purify (a substance).
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Stricture
Definition
a remark or comment, esp. an adverse criticism:
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Subliminal
Definition
less than the minimum intensity or duration required to elicit a response
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Substantive
Definition
belonging to the real nature or essential part of a thing; essential.
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Subterfuge
Definition
deception OR evade
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Suffuse
Definition
to overspread with or as with a liquid,
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Sundry
Definition
various or diverse
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Supine
Definition
lying on the back, face or front upward
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Supplant
Definition
to replace (one thing) by something else.
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Supple
Definition
characterized by ease in bending; limber; lithe:
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Suppliant
Definition
Beseeching, request earnestly
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Supplicate
Definition
to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
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Suppositious
Definition
formed from or growing out of supposition
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Swarthy
Definition
of skin color, complexion, etc.) dark
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Swathe
Definition
to wrap, bind, or swaddle with bands of some material; wrap up closely or fully.
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Swill
Definition
to drink greedily or excessively.
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Sylvan
Definition
of, pertaining to, or inhabiting the woods.
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Tactile
Definition
perceptible to the touch; tangible.
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Tarry
Definition
To wait / delay
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Tatty
Definition
cheap or tawdry; vulgar:
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Tautological
Definition
needless repetition of an idea, esp. in words other than those of the immediate context,
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Tawdry
Definition
gaudy; showy and cheap.
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Temperate
Definition
moderate or self-restrained;
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Temporal
Definition
temporary; transitory
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Temporize
Definition
to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.
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Tendentious
Definition
having or showing a definite tendency, bias, or purpose:
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Tenuous
Definition
thin or slender in form, as a thread. OR unsubstantial
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Tepid
Definition
moderately warm; lukewarm:
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Tesselated
Definition
of, pertaining to, or like a mosaic.
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Testator
Definition
a person who makes a will.
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Throes
Definition
a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.
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Timorous
Definition
full of fear; fearful:
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Tithe
Definition
any tax, levy, or the like, esp. of one-tenth.
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Titter
Definition
to laugh in a restrained, self-conscious, or affected way, as from nervousness or in ill-suppressed amusement.
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Titular
Definition
having the title but none of the associated duties, powers
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Toupee
Definition
a man's wig.
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