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Princeton Review GRE Vocab Advanced
Beyond the Hit Parade Group 1
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Undergraduate 4
06/03/2009

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Alloy
Definition
To commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior
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Appropriate
Definition
To take for one's own use, confiscate
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Arrest, arresting
Definition
To suspend; to engage; holding one's attention: as in arrested adolescence, an arresting portrait
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August
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Majestic, venerable
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Bent
Definition
Leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency
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Broach
Definition
Bring up, announce, begin to talk about
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Brook
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To tolerance, endure, countenance
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Cardinal
Definition
Major, as in cardinal sin
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Chauvinist
Definition
A blindly devoted patriot
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Color
Definition
To change as if by dyeing, i.e., to distort, gloss, or affect
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Consequential
Definition
Pompous, self-important
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Damp
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To diminish the intensity of check the vibration of a sound
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Die
Definition
A tool used for shaping, as in a tool-and-die shop
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Essay
Definition
To test or try; attempt; experiment
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Exact
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To demand, call for, require, take
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Fell
Definition
To cause to fall by striking
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Flag
Definition
To sag or droop, to become spiritless, to decline
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Flip
Definition
Sarcastic, impertinent, as in flippant
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Ford
Definition
To wade across the shallow part of a river or stream
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Grouse
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To complain or grumble
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Guy
Definition
A rope, cord, or cable attached to something as a brace or guide; to steady or reinforce using a guy
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Intimate
Definition
To imply, suggest, or insinuate
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List
Definition
To tilt or lean to one side
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Lumber
Definition
To move heavily and clumsily
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Meet
Definition
Fitting, proper
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Milk
Definition
To exploit, to squeeze every last ounce of
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Mince
Definition
Pronounce or speak affectedly, euphemize, speak too carefully
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Nice
Definition
Exacting, fastidious, extremely precise
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Obtain
Definition
To be established, accepted, or customary
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Occult
Definition
Hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension
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Pedestrian
Definition
Commonplace, trite, unremarkable, quotidian
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Pied
Definition
Multicolored, usually in blotches
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Pine
Definition
To lose vigor (as through grief); to yearn
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Plastic
Definition
Moldable, pliable, not rigid
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Pluck
Definition
Courage, spunk, fortitude
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Prize
Definition
To pry, to press or force with a lever; something taken by force, spoils
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Rail
Definition
To complain about bitterly
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Rent
Definition
Torn; an opening or tear
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Quail
Definition
To lose courage, turn frightened
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Qualify
Definition
To limit
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Sap
Definition
To enervate or weaken the vitality of
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Scurvy
Definition
Contemptible, despicable
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Singular
Definition
Exceptional, unusual, odd
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Stand
Definition
A group of trees
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Steep
Definition
To saturate or completely soak, as in to let a tea bag steep
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Strut
Definition
The supporting structural cross-part of a wing
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Table
Definition
To remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration
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Tender
Definition
To proffer or offer
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Waffle
Definition
To equivocate; to change one's position
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Wag
Definition
Wit, joker
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