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Vocab for the GRE
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Language - English
Graduate
01/04/2009

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Aberrant
Definition
deviating from the norm
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Alacrity
Definition
eager and enthusiastic willingness
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Approbation
Definition
an expression of approval or praise
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Audacious
Definition
daring and fearless; recklessly bold
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Austere
Definition
without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic
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Axiomatic
Definition
taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth
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Disabuse
Definition
to undeceive; to set right
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Effrontery
Definition
extreme boldness; presumptuousness
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Enervate
Definition
to weaken; to reduce in vitality
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Ennui
Definition
dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
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Equivocate
Definition
to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
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Erudite
Definition
very learned; scholarly
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Exculpate
Definition
exonerate; to clear from blame
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Exigent
Definition
urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
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Fulminate
Definition
to loudly attack or denounce
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Ingenuous
Definition
artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
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Inured
Definition
to become accustomed to something unpleasant
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Lucid
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clear; easily understood
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Martial
Definition
associated with war and the armed forces
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Nascent
Definition
coming into being; in early developmental stages
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Noxious
Definition
harmful; injurious
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Obtuse
Definition
lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
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Obviate
Definition
to anticipate and make unnecessary
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Paean
Definition
a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
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Perennial
Definition
recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
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Perfidy
Definition
intentional breach of faith; treachery
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Perfunctory
Definition
cursory; done without care or interest
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Perspicacious
Definition
acutely perceptive; having keen discernment
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Prattle
Definition
to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
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Precipitate (adj)
Definition
acting with excessive haste or impulse
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Precipitate (verb)
Definition
to cause or happen before anticipated or required
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Predilection
Definition
a disposition in favor of something; preference
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Prescience
Definition
foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occuring
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Prevaricate
Definition
to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
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Qualms
Definition
misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
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Recant
Definition
to retract (esp. a previously held belief)
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Refute
Definition
to disprove; to successfully argue against
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Relegate
Definition
to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position
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Solicitous
Definition
concerned and attentive; eager
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Stymie
Definition
to block; thwart
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Synthesis
Definition
the combination of parts to make a whole
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Truculent
Definition
fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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Veracity
Definition
truthfulness; honesty
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Virulent
Definition
extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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Abate
Definition
to lessen in intensity or degree
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Adulation
Definition
excessive praise; intense adoration
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