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Word List 15: Advanced Vocabulary Development
Word List 15: Advanced Vocabulary Development
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GRE
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Word list 15
Group 1
Notes
Abraded
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Apposite
fitting; suitable
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Diatribe
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Gerontocracy
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Maculated
spotted
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Quisling
traitor
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Sedulity
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Seine
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Tender
to offer
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Waffle
talk nonsense
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Group 2
Notes
Burlesque
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Exemplar
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Homiletics
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Impugn
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Incubus
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Lope
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Macerate
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Nostrum
remedy
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Saw
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Sibyl
prophetess
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Group 3
Notes
Brook
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Emboss
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Eschew
shun; avoid
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Limpid
transparently clear
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Liturgy
form of worship
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Nexus
connection
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Odometer
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Purchase
1. grip; 2. buy
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Quotidian
daily; routine
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Seminal
essential; formative
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Group 4
Notes
Agog
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Amortize
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Curmudgeon
grumpy person
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Dormancy
state of inactivity
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Efficacy
effectiveness
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Epithet
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Figurehead
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Fracas
fight; disturbance
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Jamb
door post
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Milk
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Group 5
Notes
Chorales
simple hymns
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Dissonance
discord; disagreement
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Frieze
decorative border
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Gist
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Latent
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Partiality
bias
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Plodding
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Rekindle
relight; revive
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Symphony
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Tarnished
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Group 6
Notes
Compromised
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Drabness
dullness
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Endow
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Esoterica
obscure details
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Falters
hesitates
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Prattle
mindless talk
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Prohibitive
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Purist
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Quack
charlatan; fake
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Taunt
mock; tease
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Group 7
Notes
Arresting (a)
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Barrage
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Chantey
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Ferrous
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Manipulative
scheming
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Orate
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Psychosis
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Savor
enjoy
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Table (v)
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Underwrite
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Group 8
Notes
Dissident
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Enigmatic
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Foolhardy
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Homogeneity
evenness; uniformity
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Personification
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Plaque
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Plausibility
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Resilience
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Trilogy
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Vagary
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Group 9
Notes
Aisle
Discountenance
disallow
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Imperative
must be obeyed
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Indigent
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Nadir
lowest point
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Paranoia
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Prudence
caution; wisdom
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Resuscitation
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Shirk
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Teetotalism
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Group 10
Notes
Balm
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Calibrate
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Cataclysmic
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Impropriety
inappropriate behavior
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Pith
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Primordial
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Reconnaissance
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Sinistral
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Tempers
moderates
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Undermine
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