GREs
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- blueprint
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(noun)
1. photographic print of plans or technical drawings, etc.
2. something intended as a guide for making something else
(verb)
1. make a blueprint of - blunt
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(verb)
1. make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
2. make less sharp
3. make less intense
4. make dull or blunt
5. make numb or insensitive
(adj sat)
1. devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
2. characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
3. used for a knife or other blade; not sharp
4. having a broad or rounded end - boggle
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(verb)
1. overcome with amazment
2. startle with amazement or fear
3. hesitate when ocnfronted with a problem, or when in doubt or fear - bogus
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(adj sat)
1. fraudulent; having a misleading appearance - bolster
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(noun)
1. a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows
(verb)
1. support and strengthen
2. add padding to
3. prop up with a pillow or bolster - boisterous
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(adj sat)
1. violently agitated and turbulent
2. noisy an dlacing in restraint or discipline
3. full of rough and exuberant animal sports - boorish
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(adj sat)
1. ill mannered and coarse and contempible in behavior or appeearance - braid
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(noun)
1. trimming used to decorate clothes or curtians
2. a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting hair
(verb)
1. form or weave into a braid or braids
2. decorate with braids or ribbons
3. make by braiding or interlacing - brash
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(adj sat)
1. offensively bold
2. presumptuously daring - brass
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(noun)
1. a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece
2. a memorial made of brass
3. an ornament or utensil made of brass
4. impudent aggressiveness
5. the persons who make up a body for the purposes of administering something
6. th esection of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments
7. an alloy of copper and zinc - brazen
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(verb)
1. face with defiance or impudence
(adj sat)
1. unrestrained by convention or propriety
(adj)
1. made of or resembling brass (As in color or hardness) - breach
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(noun)
1. a failure to perform some promised act or obligation
2. a perosnal or social separation
3. an opening
(verb)
1. make an opening or gap in
2. act in disregard of laws and rules - brisk
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(verb)
1. become brisk
(adj sat)
1. very active
2. quick and energetic
3. imparting vitality and energy - brisket
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(noun)
1. a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef - brittle
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(noun)
1. caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
(adj sat)
1. having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped
2. (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured
3. lacking warmth and generosity of spirit - broach
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(noun)
1. a decorative pin worn by a woman
(verb)
1. bring up a topic for discussion - brook
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(noun)
1. a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
(verb)
1. to put up with something or somebody unpleasant - buoyant
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(adj sat)
1. characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness
2. tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas - burgeon
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(verb)
1. grow and flourish - burnish
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(noun)
1. the property of being smooth and shiny
(verb)
1. polish and make shiny - bust
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(noun)
1. an occassion for excessive eat or drinking
2. a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
3. a complete failure
(verb)
1. break open or apart suddenly and forcefully
2. go to pieces
3. ruin completely
4. separate or cause to separate abruptly
5. search without warning, make a sudden attack on
(adj sat)
1. lacking funds - cabal
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(noun)
1. a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act
2. a clique (often secret) that eeks power usually through intrigue
(verb)
1. engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together - cadge
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(verb)
1. obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling
2. ask for and get free; be a parasite - calipers
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(noun)
1. an instrument for measuring the distance between two points - calumniate
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(verb)
1. charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone - calumny
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(noun)
1. an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
2. a malicious attack - candid
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(adj sat)
1. characterized by directness in a manner or speech; without subtlely or evasion
2. starkly realistic
3. openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness
4. informal or natural; especially caught off guard or unprepared - canvas
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(noun)
1. heavy closely woven fabric
2. the mat that forms the floor ring on which boxers or professional wrestlers compete
3. an oil painting on canvas
4. a tent made of canvas
5. a large piece of fabric by means of which is used to propel a sailing vessel
6. an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
7. the setting for a narrative of fictional or dramatic account
(verb)
1. consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
2. get the opinions of people by asking specific questions
3. solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign - capricious
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(adj sat)
1. determined by chance or impluse or whim rather than by necessity or reason - castigate
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(verb)
1. censure severly
2. inflict sever punishment on - castigation
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(noun)
1. verbal punishment
2.a severe scolding - casual
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(adj sat)
1. hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
2. marked by blithe unconcern
3. not showing effort or strain
4. suited for everyday use
5. natural and unstudied
6. characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility
7. occurring or appearing or singled out by chance
8. without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand
9. employed in a specific capacity from time to time - catalyst
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(noun)
1. something that causes an important event to happen
2. a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected - caustic
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(noun)
1. any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue
(adj sat)
1. of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
2. harsh or corrosive in tone - censure
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(noun)
1. harsh criticism or disapproval
2. the state of being excommunicated
(verb)
1. rebuke formally - census
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(noun)
1. a period count of the population
(verb)
1. conduct a census - centurion
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(noun)
1. the leader of 100 soldiers - chary
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(adj sat)
1. characterized by great cautious and wariness - chastened
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(adj sat)
1. punished especially by reproof or reprimand - chastisement
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(noun)
1. verbal punishment
2. a rebuke for a making a mistake - chauvinist
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(noun)
1. an extreme bellicose mationalist
2. a person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind - chisel
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(noun)
1. an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge
(verb)
1. carve with a chisel
2. deprive somebody of sometihng by deceit
3.engage in deceitful behaviour; practice trickery or fraud - churl
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(noun)
1. a bad-tempered person
2. a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
3. a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement - cite
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(verb)
1. call in an offical matter, such as to attend court
2. advance evidence for
3. commend
4. repeat passage from
5. refer to for an illustration or proof
6. make reference to
7. refer to - clamor
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(noun)
1. loud and persistent outcry from many people
2. al od harsh or strident noise
3. make loud demands
4. utter or proclaim insistently and noisily
5. compel someone to do something by insistent clamoring - cleanse
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(verb)
1. clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing
2. purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins - clot
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(noun)
1. a lump of material from the content of a liquid
(verb)
1. coalesce or unite in a mass
2. turn into curds
3. change from a liquid to a thickened of solid state
4. cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state - cloture
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(noun)
1. a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
2. terminate debate by calling for a vote - coax
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(noun)
1. a transission line for high-frequency signals
(verb)
1. influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattening - coddle
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(verb)
1. cook in nerly boiling water
2. treat with excessive indulgence - codicil
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(noun)
1. a supplement to a will; a testamentary instrument instrument intended to alter an already executed will - coerce
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(verb)
1. to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means - coeval
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(noun)
1. a person of nearly the same age as another
(adj sat)
1. of the same period - cogent
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(adj sat)
1. powerfully persuasive
2. having the power to influence or convince - cogitate
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(verb)
1. use or exercise the mind of one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgements
2. consider carefully and deeply; reflet upon; turn over in one's mind - cognition
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(noun)
1. the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning - cognizant
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(adj)
1. have knowledge or understanding - coherent
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(adj sat)
1. sticking together
2. capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner
(adj)
1. marked by an orderly, logical and aesthetically consistent relation of parts - colander
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(noun)
1. secret agreement
2. agreement on a secret plot - combustion
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(noun)
1. the act of burning something
2. a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light
3. a state of violent disturbance and excitement - commemorate
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(verb)
1. call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony
2. be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
3. mark by some ceremony or observation - commend
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(verb)
1. express approval of
2. mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship
3. expres a good opinion of
4. give to in charge
5. present as worthy of regard, kindness or confidence