GRE '08 Hit Parade Group 1 Vocab.
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| 1. ABERRANT | show 🗑
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| show | (verb) to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
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| 3. ALACRITY | show 🗑
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| 4. ANOMALY | show 🗑
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| show | (n) an expression of approval or praise
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| 6. ARDUOUS | show 🗑
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| 7. ASSUAGE | show 🗑
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| show | (adj) daring and fearless; recklessly bold
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| 9. AUSTERE | show 🗑
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| show | (adj) taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth
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| 11. CANONICAL | show 🗑
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| 12. CAPRICIOUS | show 🗑
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| 13. CENSURE | show 🗑
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| show | (noun) trickery or subterfuge
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| show | (noun) an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
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| show | (adj) complex or complicated
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| 17. DISABUSE | show 🗑
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| 18. DISCORDANT | show 🗑
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| show | (adj) fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
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| show | (n) extreme boldness; presumptuousness
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| 21. ELOQUENT | show 🗑
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| show | (verb) to weaken; to reduce in vitality
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| show | (noun) dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
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| 24. EQUIVOCATE | show 🗑
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| 25. ERUDITE | show 🗑
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| show | (verb) exonerate; to clear of blame
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| 27. EXIGENT | show 🗑
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| 28. EXTEMPORANEOUS | show 🗑
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| show | (noun) intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
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| 30. FULMINATE | show 🗑
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| show | (adj) artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
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| 32. INURED | show 🗑
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| 33. IRASCIBLE | show 🗑
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| show | (verb) to praise highly
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| 35. LUCID | show 🗑
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| show | (noun) the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving
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| show | (adj) associated with war and the armed forces
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| 38. MUNDANE | show 🗑
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| show | (adj) coming into being; in early developmental stages
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| show | (adj) vague; cloudy; lacking in clearly defined form
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| show | (noun) a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses
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| show | (adj) harmful, injurious
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| 43. OBTUSE | show 🗑
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| show | (verb) to anticipate and make unnecessary
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| 45. ONEROUS | show 🗑
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| show | (noun) a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
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| show | (noun) a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature and art
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| show | (adj) recurrent throughout the year or many years; happening repeatedly
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| show | (noun) intentional breach of faith; treachery
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| 50. PERFUNCTORY | show 🗑
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| show | (adj) acutely perceptive; having keen discernment
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| 52. PRATTLE | show 🗑
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| 53. PRECIPITATE (adj) | show 🗑
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| show | (verb) to cause or happen before anticipated or required
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| 55. PREDILECTION | show 🗑
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| show | (noun) foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring
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| show | (verb) to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
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| show | (noun) misgivings; reservation; causes for hesitancy
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| show | (verb) to retract, esp. a previously held belief
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| 60. REFUTE | show 🗑
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| 61. RELEGATE | show 🗑
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| show | (adj) quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts or feelings
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| 63. SOLICITOUS | show 🗑
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| 64. SORDID | show 🗑
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| show | (adj) occurring only occasionally or in scattered instances
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| show | (verb) to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
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| show | (adj) not moving, active, or in motion; at rest
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| show | (verb) to stun, baffle or amaze
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| 69. STYMIE | show 🗑
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| show | (noun) the combination of parts to make a whole
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| 71. TORQUE | show 🗑
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| 72. TORTUOUS | show 🗑
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| show | (adj) fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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| show | (noun) truthfulness, honesty
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| show | (adj) extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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| 76. VORACIOUS | show 🗑
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| 77. WAVER | show 🗑
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