GRE Flashcards 2 (A-B)
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- appropriate
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verb
to take for one's own use, confiscate - arabesque
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noun
complex, ornate design - abstruse
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adjective
difficult to comprehend
Latin abstrusus, from past participle of abstrudere to conceal - artless
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adjective
lacking art, knowledge, or skill OR natural, without artificiality - aspersion
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noun
an act of defamation or maligning - attenuate
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verb
to rarefy, weaken or make thinner, lessen - augury
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noun
omen, portent, the reading of omens - baleful
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adjective
sinister, pernicious, ominous - baneful
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adjective
cuasing harm or ruin, pernicious, destructive - bedizen
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verb
to adorn, especially in a cheap, showy manner; festoon, caparison - blandish
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verb
to coak with flattery, toady or fawn - blithe
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adjective
carefree, merry - brook
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verb
to tolerate, endure, countenance
Middle English brouken to use, enjoy, from Old English brucan - burnish
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verb
to polish, rub to a shine