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GRE Extra from book

  1. ineluctable
    assured
  2. invidious
    causing envy
  3. plangent
    full of lamentation
  4. nugatory
    inconsequential
  5. antediluvian
    extremely old-fashioned
  6. pusillanimous
    cowardly
  7. jejune
    vapid; immature
  8. ludology
    study of games
  9. kinesiology
    study of movement
  10. belies
    contradicts
  11. antedates
    comes before
  12. icthyologist
    fish studier
  13. ornothologist
    bird studier
  14. herpetologist
    reptile studier
  15. superannuation
    becoming obsolete
  16. senescence
    becoming old
  17. acrimonius
    sharp language
  18. inured
    accustomed to something bad
  19. inveterate
    long established, unlikely to change
  20. cowed
    make someone submit through initimidation
  21. turgid
    swollen; congested
  22. repatriate
    return to one's origin; deport
  23. extradite
    to give up a criminal to another country
  24. expurgate
    remove unsuitable material from (a book)
  25. probity
    good behaviour
  26. parsimony
    stinginess
  27. morose
    sullen; ill-tempered
  28. extirpate
    tear up by roots, destroy
  29. augury
    a religion involving omens
  30. didactic
    intended to instruct
  31. teratoid
    monstrously deformed
  32. limpid
    transparent
  33. fatuous
    foolish
  34. bonny
    beautiful
  35. felicitous
    well-expressed
  36. decorous
    full of propriety
  37. propriety
    well-mannered
  38. decorum
    well-mannered
  39. diffident
    lack of self-confidence
  40. pithy
    concise and forcefully expressive
  41. facile
    easy
  42. glib
    easy
  43. doughty
    bold
  44. bellicose
    aggression and willingness to fight
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