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Kaplan's List of Most Common GRE words

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show To reduce in amount, degree, or severity  
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Abscond   show
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Abstain   show
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Abyss   show
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Adulterate   show
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show To speak in favor of  
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Aesthetic   show
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Aggrandize   show
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Alleviate   show
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Amalgamate   show
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Ambiguous   show
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Ameliorate   show
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show Something out of place in time  
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show Similar or alike in some way; equivalent to  
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Anomaly   show
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show To annoy or provoke to anger  
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Antipathy   show
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show Lack of interest of emotion  
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show To judge a dispute between opposing parties  
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show Ancient, old fashioned  
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show Intense and passionate feeling  
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show Able to speak clearly and expressively  
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Assuage   show
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Attenuate   show
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show Fearless or daring, bold  
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Austere   show
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show Predictable, cliched, boring  
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show To support; to prop up  
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show pompous in speech and manner  
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Cacophony   show
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Candid   show
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Capricious   show
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Castigate   show
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show Something that brings about a change in something else  
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Caustic   show
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show great disorder and confusion  
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Chauvinist   show
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show Deception by means of craft or guile  
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show convincing and well reasoned  
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show To overlook, pardon, or disregard  
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show intricate and complicated  
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Corroborate   show
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show Too trusting, gullible  
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show Steadily increasing volume, or force  
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show Appropriateness of behavior or conduct, propriety  
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Deference   show
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show To speak of or treat with contempt;to mock  
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Desiccate   show
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Desultory   show
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Diatribe   show
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Diffident   show
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Dilate   show
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Dilatory   show
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Dilettante   show
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Dirge   show
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show To set right, to free from error  
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Discern   show
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Disparate   show
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Dissemble   show
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Dissonance   show
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Dogma   show
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show Dictatorial in one's opinions  
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Dupe   show
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show Selecting from or made up from a variety of sources  
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Efficacy   show
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Elegy   show
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show Persuasive and moving, especially in speech  
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show To copy, or try to equal or excel  
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Enervate   show
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Engender   show
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show A puzzle, a mystery  
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show To count, list, or itemize  
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Ephemeral   show
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Equivocate   show
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Erratic   show
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Erudite   show
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Esoteric   show
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Estimable   show
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show Speech in praise of someone  
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Euphemism   show
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show To make worse  
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show Yo clear from blame; prove innocent  
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show Urgent, requiring immediate action  
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show To clear of blame  
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Explicit   show
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show Acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme unquestioned devotion  
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show To grovel  
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show Intensely emotional; feverish  
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show Excessively decorated or embellished  
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show To arouse or incite  
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Frugality   show
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Garrulous   show
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Gregarious   show
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Guile   show
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show Easily Deceived  
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show Of a similar kind  
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show One who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions  
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show Not capable of being disturbed  
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show Impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected  
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show Quick to act without thinking  
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show Unable to be calmed down or made peaceful  
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Inchoate   show
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show Showing innocence or childlike simplicity  
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show Hostile, unfriendly  
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show Harmless  
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show Lacking interest of flavor  
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show Uncompromising, refusing to be reconciled  
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Inundate   show
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Irascible   show
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Laconic   show
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show To express sorrow or grieve  
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show To give praise, to glorify  
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show To give unsparingly; extremely generous or extravagant  
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Lethargic   show
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Loquacious   show
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Lucid   show
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Luminous   show
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Malinger   show
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show capable of being shaped  
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Metaphor   show
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show Extremely careful about details  
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show a person who dislikes others  
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show To soften, or lessen  
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Mollify   show
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Monotony   show
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Naive   show
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show hardened in feeling, resistant to persuasion  
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Obsequious   show
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show stubborn, unyielding  
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show to prevent, to make unnecessary  
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Occlude   show
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show troublesome and oppressive,; burdensome  
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show Impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light  
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Opprobrium   show
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show excessive showiness  
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Paradox   show
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show model of excellence or perfection  
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show Someone who shows off learning  
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show willing to betray one's trust  
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show done in a routine day, indifferent  
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show To penetrate  
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show charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness  
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Placate   show
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Plastic   show
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Plethora   show
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Pragmatic   show
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show to throw violently or bring about abruptly lacking deliberation  
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Prevaricate   show
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Pristine   show
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show lavish, wasteful  
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show to increase in number quickly  
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Propitiate   show
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Propriety   show
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Prudence   show
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Pungent   show
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Quiescent   show
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show to make things thinner or sparser  
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show to reject the validity of  
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show silent, reserved  
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Rhetoric   show
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show to satisfy fully or overindulge  
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Soporific   show
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show deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious  
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show a mark of shame or discredit  
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Stolid   show
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Sublime   show
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show Done without using words  
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show Silent, not talkative  
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Tirade   show
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show extreme mental of physical sluggishness  
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Transitory   show
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Vacillate   show
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show to respect deeply  
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show filled with truth and accuracy  
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Verbose   show
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Vex   show
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show easily aroused or changeable;lively or explosive  
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show to fluctuate between choices  
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show acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable  
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Zeal   show
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