The Next 20 Most Popular Gre Words

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abstain

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: to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice <abstain from drinking>

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adulterate

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: to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element; especially : to prepare for sale by replacing more valuable with less valuable or inert ingredients

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apathy

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1 : lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness 2 : lack of interest or concern : indifference

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audacious

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1 a: intrepidly daring : adventurous <an audacious mountain climber> b: recklessly bold : rash <an audacious maneuver>2: contemptuous of law, religion, or decorum : insolent3: marked by originality and verve <audacious experiments>

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capricious

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: governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive, unpredictable

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corroborate

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: to support with evidence or authority : make more certain

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desiccate

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transitive verb 1 : to dry up 2 : to preserve (a food) by drying : dehydrate 3 : to drain of emotional or intellectual vitality intransitive verb : to become dried up

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engender

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1 : beget, procreate 2 : to cause to exist or to develop : produce <policies that have engendered

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ephemeral

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1 : lasting one day only <an ephemeral fever> 2 : lasting a very short time <ephemeral pleasures>

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gullible

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: easily duped or cheated

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homogenous

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1 : of the same or a similar kind or nature 2 : of uniform structure or composition throughout <a culturally homogeneous neighborhood> 3 : having the property that if each variable is replaced by a constant times that variable the constant can be factored out : having each term of the same degree if all variables are considered <a homogeneous equation>

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laconic

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: using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious

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laudable

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: worthy of praise : commendable

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loquacious

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1 : full of excessive talk : wordy 2 : given to fluent or excessive talk : garrulous

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mitigate

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1: to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify <aggressiveness may be mitigated or…channeled — Ashley Montagu>2 a: to make less severe or painful : alleviate b: extenuate

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pedant

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1obsolete : a male schoolteacher2 a: one who makes a show of knowledge b: one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge c: a formalist or precisionist in teaching

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pragmatic

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1archaic a (1): busy (2): officious b: opinionated2: relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic <pragmatic men of power have had no time or inclination to deal with…social morality — K. B. Clark>3: relating to or being in accordance with philosophical pragmatism

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propriety

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1obsolete : true nature2obsolete : a special characteristic : peculiarity3: the quality or state of being proper : appropriateness4 a: conformity to what is socially acceptable in conduct or speech b: fear of offending against conventional rules of behavior especially between the sexes cplural : the customs and manners of polite society

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vacillate

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1 a: to sway through lack of equilibrium b: fluctuate, oscillate2: to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses

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volatile

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1: readily vaporizable at a relatively low temperature2: flying or having the power to fly3 a: lighthearted, lively b: easily aroused <volatile suspicions> c: tending to erupt into violence : explosive <a volatile temper>4 a: unable to hold the attention fixed because of an inherent lightness or fickleness of disposition b: characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change <a volatile market>5: difficult to capture or hold permanently : evanescent, transitory