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magnanimity
noun
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"benevolent magnanimity"
generosity; greatness of spirit; nobility
malinger
verb
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"lazybones malingering"
shirk; feign illness to evade work
malleable
adj
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"as malleable as soft gold"
capable of being shaped by pounding; soft and pliable
maverick
noun
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"a maverick breaking away from the herd"
rebel; nonconformist; oddball
mendacious
adj
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"mendacious as a used car salesman"
untruthful; lying; deceitful
mericurial
adj
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"mercurial mood swings"
unpredictable; volatile
metamorphosis
noun
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"Anakin's metamorphosis into Darth Vader"
change of form; transformation
misanthrope
noun
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"a distrustful misanthrope"
one who hates or distrusts people
morose
adj
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"morosed and depressed"
melancholy; gloomy
neophyte
noun
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"an inexperienced neophyte"
novice; beginner
obduracy
noun
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"pigheaded obduracy"
stubborness; inflexibility
obsequious
adj
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"obsequious bootlickers"
servile; fawning
obviate
verb
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"obviating a need"
prevent; make unnecessary
occlude
verb
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"occluding and artery"
shut; close; clog; block
officious
adj
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"and officious bureaucrat"
meddlesome; interfering
onerous
adj
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"and onerous burden"
heavy; oppressive
opprobrium
noun
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"scorn and opprobrium"
discrace caused by shameful behavior; state of dishonor
oscillate
verb
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"ocillating between hope and fear"
swing to and fro like a pendulum; waver
ostentation
noun
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"vulgar ostentation"
pretentious show of wealth; gaudy display; excessive showiness
plapable
adj
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"a plapable hit"
tangible; obvious
panegryic
noun
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"a eloquent panegryic"
tribute; formal expression of praise
paragon
noun
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"a paragon of virtue"
model of prefection; pattern of excellence
parsimony
noun
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"meaness and parismony"
excessive frugality; meanness
pathological
adj
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"a pathological liar"
caused by disease; manifesting compulsive behavior; abnormal
paucity
noun
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"the paucirt of information"
scarcity; fewness
peccadillo
noun
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"a mere peccadillo"
minor sin; slight offence; slip
pendantic
adj
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"a pedantic schoolmaster"
showing off one's learning; nitpicking
penchant
noun
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"the administration's penchant for secrecy"
strong inclination; decided taste; definite liking
penury
noun
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"reduced to penury"
extreme poverty; desitution; pennilessness
perennial
adj; noun
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"perennial underachievers"
lasting many years; enduring; continuing
perfidious
adj
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"perfidious Judas"
disloyal; treacherous; deceitful
perfunctory
adj
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"a perfunctory glance"
superficial; cursory; indifferent
permeable
adj
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"passing through a permeable membrane"
pentrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass through
phlegmatic
adj
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"calm and phlegmatic"
calm; composed
plasticity
noun
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"the plasticity of clay"
physical malleability; capable of being molded
platitude
noun
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"an empty platitude"
trite remark; commonplace statement
plethora
noun
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"a plethora of options"
superabundance; excess
plummet
verb
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"temperatures plummeted to below 0"
drop sharply; fall swiftly
porous
adj
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"porous as a sponge"
full of pores; permeable; allowing passage of air or liquids
preamble
noun
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"a preamble explaining the statute"
preface; introduction; foreword
precarious
adj
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"the precarious balance between civil liberties and security"
dangerous; risky
precipitate
adj
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"beating a precipitate retreat"
hasty; rash; sudden; abrupt
precursor
noun
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"a precursor of the revolution to come"
forerunner; predecessor
prevaricate
verb
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"fibbers prevaricate"
lie; fib;
pristine
adj
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"a pristine white sandy beach"
unspoiled; pure; unpolluted
probity
noun
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"a high reputation for probity"
integrity; honesty
problematic
adj
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"the future is problematic"
doubtful; uncertain
prodigality
noun
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"reckless prodigality"
wasteful extravagance; recklessness with money
profligacy
noun
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"vice and profligacy"
dissipation; debauchery
prohibitive
adj
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"the prohibitive cost:
inclined to prevent or forbit
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GRE Vocabulary Flash Cards V.4
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GRE Vocabulary
Updated
2010-03-16T23:33:21Z
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