GRE Vocabulary: Kaplan's Top 50 Words
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| anomaly | deviation from what is normal
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| assuage | to make something unpleasant less severe
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| enigma | a puzzle; a mystery
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| equivocal | having a double or doubtful meaning; suspicious
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| erudite | learned; scholarly; bookish
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| fervid | intensely emotional; feverish
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| lucid | clear and easily understood
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| opaque | impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light
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| placate | to sooth or pacify
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| precipitate | to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation
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| prodigal | wasteful; reckless with money
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| zeal | passion, excitement
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| abstain | to choose not to do something
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| adulterate | to make impure
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| apathy | lack of interest or emotion
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| audacious | fearless and daring
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| capricious | changing one's mind quickly and often
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| corroborate | to provide supporting evidence
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| desiccate | to dry out thoroughly
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| engender | to produce, cause, or bring about
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| ephemeral | lasting a short time
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| gullible | easily deceived
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| homogenous | of a similar kind
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| laconic | using few words
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| laud | to give praise; to glorify
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| loquacious | talkative
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| mitigate | to soften; to lessen
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| pedant | someone who shows off learning
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| pragmatic | practical as opposed to idealistic
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| propriety | correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs
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| vacillate | to sway physically; to be indecisive
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| volatile | easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive
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| advocate | to speak in favor of
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| antipathy | extreme dislike
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| bolster | to support; to prop up
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| cacophony | harsh, jarring noise
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| deride | to speak of or treat with contempt; to mock
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| dissonance | a harsh and disagreeable combination, often of sounds
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| enervate | to reduce in strength
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| eulogy | speech in praise of someone
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| garrulous | tending to talk a lot
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| ingenuous | showing innocence or childlike simplicity
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| lethargic | acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner
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| malleable | capable of being shaped
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| misanthrope | a person who dislikes others
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| obdurate | hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion
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| ostentation | excessive showiness
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| paradox | a contradiction or dilemma
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| philanthropy | charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness
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| prevaricate | to lie or deviate from the truth
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| venerate | to respect deeply
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| waver | to fluctuate between choices
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