GRE '08 Hit Parade Group 4 Vocab.
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| show | (adj) having a sour or bitter taste or character; sharp; biting
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| show | (v) to increase in intensity, power, influence or prestige
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| show | (n) a medieval science aimed at the transmutation of metals into gold
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| show | (adj) agreeable; responsive to suggestion
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| show | (n) something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context
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| show | (adj) having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe
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| 7. CONTIGUOUS | show 🗑
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| 8. CONVENTION | show 🗑
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| 9. CREDULOUS | show 🗑
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| show | (n) an attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness
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| show | (n) polite or appropriate conduct or behavior
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| show | (n) scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment
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| show | (v) to dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull
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| show | (n) one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge
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| show | (v) to slight or belittle
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| show | (v) to disclose something secret
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| show | (v) to flatter or praise excessively
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| show | (v) to show contempt for, as in a rule or convention
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| show | (adj) pointlessly talkative, talking too much
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| show | (adj) marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial
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| show | (n) overbearing presumption or pride; arrogance
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| 22. IMMINENT | show 🗑
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| 23. IMMUTABLE | show 🗑
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| show | (adj) hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement
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| show | (adj) having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice
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| show | (adj) damaging; harmful; impending
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| show | (adj) not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate
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| 28. INTREPID | show 🗑
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| 29. LACONIC | show 🗑
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| show | (n) an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party
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| show | (adj) characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood
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| 32. MOLLIFY | show 🗑
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| 33. NEOPHYTE | show 🗑
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| show | (v) to deliberately obscure; to make confusing
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| show | (adj) stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising
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| 36. OSTENTATIOUS | show 🗑
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| 37. PERVADE | show 🗑
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| 38. PHLEGMATIC | show 🗑
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| show | (adj) practical rather than idealistic
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| show | (adj) overstepping due bounds; taking liberties
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| show | (adj) pure; uncorrupted; clean
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| 43. PROBITY | show 🗑
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| show | (n) a natural predisposition or inclination
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| show | (adj) excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant
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| show | (n) a natural inclination or tendency; penchant
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| show | (adj) dull; lacking in spirit or imagination
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| 48. PUNGENT | show 🗑
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| show | (adj) foolishly impractical; marked by lofty romatic ideals
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| show | (v) to make or become thin, less dense; to refine
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| show | (adj) hidden, concealed; difficult to understand; obscure
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| show | (v) to fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise
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| show | (adj) diligent; persistent; hardworking
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| 56. SHARD | show 🗑
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| 57. SOPORIFIC | show 🗑
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| show | (adj) thin; not dense; arranged at widely spaced intervals
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| 59. SPENDTHRIFT | show 🗑
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| show | (adj) not obvious; elusive; difficult to discern
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| 61. TACIT | show 🗑
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| show | (adj) brief and concise in wording
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| show | (v) to publicly praise or promote
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| 64. TRENCHANT | show 🗑
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| 65. UNFEIGNED | show 🗑
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| show | (adj) indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable
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| 67. VACILLATE | show 🗑
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| show | (adj) multicolored
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| 70. VIGILANT | show 🗑
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| show | (v) to use harsh, condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely; to berate
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| 72. VOLATILE | show 🗑
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