GRE vocab 2 – Flashcards
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| begged |
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| extorted |
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| to draw something( like money) from someone by force |
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| exhorted |
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| to urge by words of good advice or to caution |
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| admonished |
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| to warn, to reprove, to caution against specific faults |
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| emigrate |
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| from |
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| prosecution |
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| a legal suit against |
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| peregrinate |
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| to travel |
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| extortion |
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| drawing something from someone by force |
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| immigration |
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| going to another place |
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| arraignment |
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| to bring before a court, to charge |
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| censure |
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| blame or criticism |
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| repartee |
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| clever, witty retort |
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| latent |
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| stresses concealment |
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| satire |
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| wit used for the purpose of exposing vice |
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| sortie |
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| a mission or an attack |
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| abrogate |
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| to annul, to abolish |
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| infer |
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| to draw conclusions from given data |
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| impose |
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| to pass off or to intrude |
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| nullify |
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| to make or render of no value |
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| surmise |
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| to imagine or to guess on slight charges |
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| breech |
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| to cover with breeches |
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| breach |
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| to cancel |
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| annihilate |
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| to make void |
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| astute |
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| shrewd |
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| auspicious |
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| favorable |
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| arbitrary |
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| based on one's preference, not on reason |
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| palindrome |
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| a sentence that reads the same forward and backward |
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| quandrary |
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| a state of doubt or perplexity |
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| colloquy |
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| a dialogue, requiring two or more speakers |
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| liloquy |
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| a monologue that usually presets the character's inner reflections to the audience and is treated as if unhearde by the other actors |
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| obloquy |
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| to speak abusively or offensively |
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| abnegation |
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| self-denial |
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| turpitude |
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| depravity, is the opposite of hte word sought |
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| calumny |
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| refers to false charges or misrepresentation |
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| vacillation |
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| indecision |
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| biddable |
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| obedient |
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| torpid |
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| lazy |
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| truculent |
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| argumentative |
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| contrite |
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| sorry |
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| eccentric |
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| peculiar |
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| deign |
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| condescend |
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| berate |
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| to belittle |
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| commend |
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| to praise |
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| corroborate |
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| to support |
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| repudiate |
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| to deny |
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| imbue |
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| permeate |
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| vaunt |
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| boast |
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| frailty |
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| an imperfection |
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| vice |
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| a "serious" imperfection |
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| cloister |
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| implies seclusion from the world |
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| pundit |
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| an expert |
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| tyro |
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| a novice |
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| celestial |
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| heavenly |
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| amercement |
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| fine or penalty |
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| forfeiture |
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| a fine |
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| mulct |
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| penalty |
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| contraband |
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| illegal or prohibited commerce |
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| semaphore |
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| an apparatus for signaling |
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| malefacation |
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| an evil deed, an offense |
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| impecunious |
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| poor, habitually without money |
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| capricious |
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| fanciful, inconstant, apt ot change suddenly |
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| ludicrous |
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| illogical, senseless or absurd |
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| mundane |
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| earthly |
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| fallacious |
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| logially unsound |
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| jeopardy |
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| danger |
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| perjury |
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| false swearing |
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| conundrum |
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| a puzzle |
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| levity |
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| frivolity |
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| Awry |
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| askew or bent |
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| pied |
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| spotted |
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| dubious |
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| doubtful |
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| precipitant |
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| rushing ahead |
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| insidious |
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| wily, sly |
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| incendiary |
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| tending to excite or inflame |
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| decadent |
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| deteriorating, decling |
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| conducive |
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| helpful |
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| imprudent |
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| lacking in caution, indiscreet |
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| scrupulous |
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| to be careful |
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| copious |
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| polentiful, abundant |
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| sumptuous |
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| luxurious |
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| raucous |
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| harsh |
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| strident |
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| harsh |
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| demure |
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| coy |
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| uncouth |
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| crude |
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| mollify |
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| to appease, to calm |
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| conjecture |
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| to guess based on insufficient evidence |
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| prognosticate |
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| to guess |
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| postulate |
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| to guess |
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| corroborate |
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| to establish, to confirm |
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| refurbish |
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| to brighten or to freshen up |
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| succor |
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| aid, help |
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| Grip |
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| one who moves scenery o a movie set |
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| vigilance |
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| alertly watchful |
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| malefecation |
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| an evil deed, an offense |
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| subsidy |
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| a gift, a form of aid |
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| profligation |
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| the act of wasting |
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| idiosyncratic |
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| peculiar, eccentric |
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| cognate |
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| of similar nature |
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| zephyr |
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| a gentle wind |
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| tycoon |
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| a wealthy powerful individual |
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| typhoon |
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| a violent cyclonic storm |
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| coracle |
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| a small boat |
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| taciturn |
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| quiet, soft-spoken |
