GRE Hit Parade Group 2 from Princeton Review
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| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable
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| avarice | greedm esp. for wealth
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| bucolic | rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants
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| canon | an establised set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature
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| caustic | burning or stinging; causing corrosion
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| chary | wary; cautious; sparing
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| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
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| complaisance | the willingness to comply with the wishes of others
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| contrite | regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness
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| demur | to question or oppose
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| didactic | intended to teach or instruct
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| disinterested | free of bias or self-interest; impartial
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| ebullience | the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings
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| eclectic | composed of elements drawn from various sources
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| emollient | soothing, esp. to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying; an agent that softens or smoothes the skin
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| ephemeral | brief; fleeting
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| esoteric | intended for or understood by a small, specific group
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| exonerate | to remove blame
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| facetious | playful; humorous
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| furtive | marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious
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| harangue | to deliver a pompous speech or tirade; a long, pompous speech
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| heretical | violating accepted dogma or convention
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| impecunious | lacking funds; without money
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| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent
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| intransigent | refusing to compromise
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| inveigle | to obtain by deception or flattery
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| odious | evoking intense aversion or dislike
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| penurious | penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous
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| pernicious | extremely harmful; potentially causing death
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| pious | extremely reverent or devout; showing strong religious devotion
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| putrefy | to rot; to decay and give off a foul odor
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| quaff | to drink deeply
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| quiescence | stillness; motionlessness; quqlity of being at rest
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| redoubtable | awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
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| squalid | sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect
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| torpid | lethargic; sluggish; dormant
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