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Princeton Review List Five
Vocabulary
52
Language - English
Graduate
05/19/2010

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alloy
Definition
verb, to commingle, to debase by mixing with something inferior, unalloyed means pure
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appropriate
Definition
verb, to take for one's own use, confiscate
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arrest, arresting
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verb/adjective, to suspend, to engage, holding one's attention: as in arrested adolesecence, an arrested portrait
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august
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adjective, majestic, venerable
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bent
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noun, leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency: he had a naturally artistic bent
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broach
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verb, bring up, announce, begin to talk about
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brook
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verb, to tolerate, endure, countenance
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cardinal
Definition
adjective, major, as in cardinal sin
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chauvinist
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noun, a blindly devoted patriot
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color
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verb, to change as if by dyeing, i.e. to distort, gloss, or affect (usually the first): Yellow journalism colored the truth
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consequential
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adjective, pompous, self-important (primary definitions are: logically following, important)
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damp
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verb, to diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound
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die
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noun, a tool used for shaping, as in a tool-and-die shop
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essay
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verb, to test or try, attempt, experiment: the newly born fawn essayed a few wobbly steps.
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exact
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verb, to demant, call for, require, take: even a victorious war exacts a price.
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fell
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verb, to cause to fall by striking: the lumberjacks arrived and felled many trees.
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fell
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adjective, inhumanly cruel: fell beasts surrounded the explorers
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flag
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verb, to sag or droop, to become spiritless, to decline: think of a flag on a windless day, as in her flagging spirits.
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flip
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adjective, sarcastic, impertinent, as in flippant: a flip remark
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ford
Definition
verb, to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream
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grouse
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verb, to complain or grumble

 

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guy
Definition
noun/verb, a rope, cord, or cable attached to something as a brace or guide, to steady or reinforce using a guy: think guide.
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intimate
Definition
verb, to imply, suggest, or insinuate: are you intimating that I cannot be trusted?
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list
Definition
verb, to tilt or real to one side: the ship's broken mast listed helplessly in the wind.
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lumber
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verb, to move heavily and clumsily: lumbering giants on land, walruses are actually graceful swimmers.
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meet
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adjective, fitting, proper: it is altogether meet that Jackie Robinson is in the baseball hall of fame.
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milk
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verb, to exploit, to squeeze every last ounce of: I milked the position for all it was worth.
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mince
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verb, pronounce or speak affectedly, euphemize, speak too carefully: don't mince words.  Also, to take tiny steps, tiptoe.
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nice
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adjective, exacting, fastidious, extremely precise: he made a nice distinction between the two cases.
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obtain
Definition
adjective, to be established, accepted, or customary: those standards are no longer obtain.
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occult
Definition
adjective, hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension
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pedestrian
Definition
adjective, commonplace, trite, quotidian, unremarkable
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pied
Definition
adjective, multicolored, usually in blotches: the Pied Piper of Hamlin was so called because of his multicolored coat.
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pine
Definition
verb, to lose vigor (as through grief), to yearn
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plastic
Definition
adjective, moldable, pliable, not rigid
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pluck
Definition
noun, courage, spunk, fortitude: Churchill's speeches inspired the pluck of his countrymen during the war.
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prize
Definition
verb, to pry, to press or force with a lever, something taken a force, spoils: the information was prized from him.
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rail
Definition
verb, to complain about bitterly: early American progressives railed against the railroad barons.
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rent
Definition
verb/noun, torn, past of rend: he rent his garments, an opening or tear caused by such: a large rent in the fabric.
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quail
Definition
verb, to lose courage, turn frightened
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qualify
Definition
verb, to limit: let me qualify that statement
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sap, verb
Definition
to enervate or weaken the vitality of: that race sapped my strength.
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sap
Definition
noun, a fool or nitwit: don't be a sap!
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scurvy
Definition
adjective, contemptible, despicable: he was a scurvy old reprobate
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singular
Definition
adjective, exceptional, unusual, odd: he was singularly well-suited for the job
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stand
Definition
noun, a group of trees
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steep
Definition
verb, to saturate or completely soak, as in to let a tea bag steep: she was steeped in esoteric knowledge
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strut
Definition
noun, the supporting structural crosspart of a wing
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table
Definition
verb, to remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration: they tabled the motion and will consider it again later.
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tender
Definition
verb, to proffer or offer: he tendered his resignation
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waffle
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verb, to equivocate, to change one's position: his detractors say that the President waffles too much, he can never make up his mind
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wag
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noun, wit, joker: Groucho Marx was a well-known wag.
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