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GRE FLASHCARDS (PRACTICE TESTS) ALL GRE PASSING TIPS
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GRE FLASHCARDS (PRACTICETESTS) ALL GRE PASSING TIPS
Provident - correct answer-prudent, frugal, saving
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Unscrupulous - correct answer-unprincipled, without scruples or principles
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Profligate - correct answer-recklessly wasteful, wildly extravagant
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Somber - correct answer-
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grave or even gloomy in character, dismal, depressing, melancholy
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Allay - correct answer-lessen the intensity of or calm, alleviate, make quiet
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Rueful - correct answer-mournful, regretful
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Impenitent - correct answer-not penitent or remorseful
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Sublime - correct answer-inspiring awe, to elevate or exalt, indignify
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Austere - correct answer-stern and cold in appearance, strict, ASCETIC
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Gadfly - correct answer-person who stimulates or annoys by persistent criticism
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Insipid - correct answer-lacking interest or significance, dull, flat, BANAL
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Expiation - correct answer- J J J
the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)
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Repose - correct answer-Verb: lean in a comfortable resting position, Noun: lay to rest
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Demur - correct answer-take exception to, to object
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, Schism - correct answer-division of a group into opposing factions, discord, separation
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Boon - correct answer-a desirable state or a blessing, benefit, something very helpful
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Imbroglio - correct answer-intricate, complicated situation
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Acrimonious - correct answer- J J J
marked by strong resentment or cynicism, bitter, biting in feeling
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Panache - correct answer-dash or flamboyance in style
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Nepotism - correct answer-favoritism based on kinship
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Recidivism - correct answer-tendency to relapse into a behavior
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Cronyism - correct answer- J J J
favoritism shown to friends and associates (as by appointing them to positions without r
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egard for their qualifications)
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Dogmatism - correct answer- J J J
giving opinion without evidence, a viewpoint or system of ideas based on insufficient ex
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Eschew - correct answer-avoid and stay away from deliberately
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Mollify - correct answer-
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make less rigid or softer; to reduce in intensity or rigidity, appease, soften
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Masticate - correct answer-chew (food); to soften or reduce to pulp by crushing
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Anecdote - correct answer-short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
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Harangue - correct answer- J J J
a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion; ranting speech
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Volition - correct answer- J J J
act of making a decision, the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
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Aggregate - correct answer-taking all units as a whole
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Iconoclast - correct answer- J J J
a person who destroys religious images, one who opposes established beliefs, customs
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, and institutions
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Taciturnity - correct answer-the trait of being uncommunicative
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Garrulity - correct answer-the quality of being wordy and talkative
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Loquacity - correct answer-the quality of being wordy and talkative
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