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versions of GRE Vocab 3:
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Group 1
| Word | Meaning |
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| nascent | starting to develop |
| negate | cancel out; nullify; deny |
| neophyte | recent convert; beginner |
| obdurate | stubborn, hardened in feelings; resistant to persuasion |
| obfuscate | render indistinct or dim |
| oblique | having a slanting or sloping direction |
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| obsequious | overly submissive and eager to please; servile; sycophantic |
| obsolescent | becoming obsolete |
| obstreperous | noisily defiant, unruly |
| obtuse | not sharp, pointed or acute |
| obviate | prevent; make unnecessary; get rid of |
| occlude | stop; close; to prevent the passage of |
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| officious | meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one's services |
| omnivorous | eating or absorbing everything |
| onerous | troublesome and oppressive; burdensome |
| opprobrium | public disgrace; infamy; vilification |
| oscillate | vibrate; waver |
| ostentatious | showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention |
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Group 2
| Word | Meaning |
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| panegyric | formal or elaborate praise at an assembly |
| panoply | a wide-ranging and impressive array or display |
| paragon | model of excellence or perfection |
| partisan | one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party |
| pathogenic | causing disease |
| pathological | pertaining to disease |
| paucity | smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness |
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| pedantic | showing off learning; bookish |
| penchant | strong inclination; liking |
| penury | severe poverty; stinginess |
| percipient | having perception; discerning; discriminating |
| perennial | something long-lasting |
| perfidious | treacherous; disloyal; willing to betray one's trust |
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| perfidious | willing to betray one's trust |
| perfunctory | superficial; not thorough; lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm; done in a routine way; |
| peripatetic | walking or traveling about; itinerant |
| permeable | penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass through |
| permutation | a complete change; transformation |
| perquisite | a gratuity, tip |
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Group 3
| Word | Meaning |
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| perspicacious | having keen mental perception and understanding; shrewd; astute |
| pertinacious | resolute; persistent, stubborn |
| pervasive | spread throughout |
| petulant | showing sudden irritation, esp. over some annoyance |
| philanderer | one who carries on flirtations |
| philanthropy | charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness |
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| philology | the study of literary texts to establish their authenticity and determine their meaning |
| phlegmatic | calm; not easily disturbed |
| piety | devoutness; reverence for God |
| placate | pacify; conciliate |
| plasticity | ability to be molded |
| platitude | trite remark; commonplace statement |
| plethora | excess; overabundance |
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| plummet | fall sharply |
| porous | full of pores; like a sieve |
| pragmatic | practical (as opposed to idealistic); concerned with the practical worth or impact of something |
| preamble | introductory statement |
| precarious | uncertain; risky |
| precept | a commandment given as a rule of action or conduct |
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Group 4
| Word | Meaning |
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| precipitate | n. to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation |
| precipitate | adj. rash, premature, hasty, sudden |
| preclude | prevent the presence of |
| precocious | unusually advanced or mature in mental development or talent |
| precursor | forerunner |
| predilection | preference, liking |
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| prescient | having knowledge of things before they happen |
| presentiment | a feeling of anticipation over a future event |
| presumptuous | arrogant; taking liberties |
| prevaricate | lie or deviate from the truth |
| pristine | characteristic of earlier times; primitive; unspoiled |
| probity | honesty; uprightness; incorruptibility |
| problematic | doubtful; unsettled; questionable; perplexing |
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| prodigal | lavish; wasteful; reckless with money |
| profound | deep; not superficial; complete |
| progeny | descendant or offspring |
| prohibitive | tending to prevent the purchase or use of something; inclined to prevent or forbid |
| proliferate | grow rapidly; spread; multiply |
| promulgate | make known by open declaration |
| propensity | natural inclination |
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Group 5
| Word | Meaning |
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| propitiate | conciliate; to appease |
| propound | set forth for consideration |
| propriety | correct behavior or conduct, obedience to rules and customs |
| proscribe | condemn as harmful or odious; ostracize; banish; outlaw |
| proselytize | convert (a person) from one belief, doctrine, cause, or faith to another |
| protract | prolong, draw out, extend |
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| provident | having or showing foresight |
| prudence | wisdom, caution or restraint |
| puerile | childish, immature |
| pugnacious | quarrel or fight readily |
| punctilious | strict or exact in the observance of formalities |
| pungent | stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic |
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| pusillanimous | lacking courage or resolution |
| qualified | limited; restricted |
| querulous | full of complaints |
| quibble | minor objection or complaint |
| quiescence | n. the condition of being at rest, still, inactive |
| quiescent | adj. at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive; motionless |
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Group 6
| Word | Meaning |
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| rarefied | made less dense (of a gas) |
| recalcitrant | obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly |
| recant | disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error |
| recluse | hermit; loner |
| recondite | abstruse; profound; secret |
| recumbent | lying down; reclining; leaning |
| refractory | stubborn; unmanageable; rebellious |
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| Word | Meaning |
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| refute | disprove |
| rejoinder | reply, retort |
| relegate | banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign |
| remonstrate | say or plead in protest, objection, or reproof |
| reprehensible | deserving rebuke or censure; blameworthy. |
| reprisals | retaliation against an enemy |
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| reproach | express disapproval or disappointment |
| reprobate | person hardened in sin; wicked person; devoid of a sense of decency |
| repudiate | disown; disavow; to reject the validity of |
| rescind | cancel |
| resolution | n. determination |
| resolve | v. to make a firm decision about. |
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Group 7
| Word | Meaning |
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| reticent | silent; reserved; uncommunicative; inclined to silence |
| reverent | respectful; worshipful |
| revile | criticize with harsh language |
| sage | person celebrated for wisdom |
| salient | prominent or conspicuous |
| salubrious | conducive or favorable to health or well-being |
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| sanction | approve; ratify |
| satiate | satisfy fully |
| saturate | soak thoroughly |
| savor | enjoy; have a distinctive flavor, smell, or quality |
| secrete | hide away or cache; produce and release a substance |
| sedition | incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government |
| shard | a piece of broken pottery, especially one found in an archaeological dig; a potsherd. |
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| skeptic | doubter; person who suspends judgment until having examined evidence supporting a point of view |
| sociopath | a person whose behavior is antisocial and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility |
| solicitous | worried; concerned |
| soporific | sleep-causing; lethargy; marked by sleepiness |
| specious | having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually fallacious) |
| spectrum | colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism |
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Group 8
| Word | Meaning |
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| sporadic | occurring irregularly |
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit |
| stint | to restrict or limit, as in amount or number; be sparing with |
| stipulate | lay down as a condition of an agreement; require by contract |
| stolid | dull; impassive; unemotional; lacking sensitivity |
| striated | marked with parallel bands; grooved |
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| strut | pompous walk or supporting bar |
| subjugate | conquer |
| subpoena | a writ requiring appearance in court to give testimony |
| subside | settle down; descend; grow quiet |
| substantiate | establish by evidence; verify; support |
| subterfuge | an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule |
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| supercilious | arrogant, haughty, condescending |
| supersede | cause to be set aside; replace; make obsolete |
| supplicate | make humble and earnest entreaty |
| supposition | hypothesis; surmise |
| tacit | understood; not put into words |
| taciturn | silent, not talkative |
| tangential | peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing |
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Group 9
| Word | Meaning |
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| tenable | capable of being held, maintained or defended |
| tenacious | holding fast; holding or tending to hold persistently to something |
| tendentious | marked by a strong implicit point of view; partisan |
| tenuous | thin; rare; slim |
| tirade | extended scolding; denunciation; harangue |
| torpor | lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy |
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| tortuous | winding; full of curves |
| tractable | docile; easily managed or controlled |
| transcendent | going beyond ordinary limits |
| transgression | violation of a law; sin |
| truculence | aggressiveness; ferocity |
| unconscionable | not restrained by conscience; unscrupulous |
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| vacillate | waver; fluctuate |
| venerate | revere |
| veracious | truthful |
| veracity | filled with trust and accuracy |
| verbose | wordy |
| verisimilitude | the appearance or semblance of truth |
| verity | truthfulness |
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Group 10
| Word | Meaning |
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| viable | practical or workable |
| vicarious | performed, exercised, received or suffered in place of another |
| vilify | slander, to defame |
| viscous | sticky, gluey |
| vituperative | adj. abusive; scolding |
| vociferous | crying out noisily |
| volatile | changeable; explosive; evaporation rapidly |
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| volition | free choice, free will; act of choosing |
| voracious | having a great appetite |
| warranted | justified; authorized |
| wary | very cautious |
| welter | turmoil; bewildering jumble |
| whimsical | capricious; fanciful |
| zealot | fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal |
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