GRE Practice Test
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- ODIOUS
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deserving or causing hatred.
highly offensive, disgustiong - DUBIOUS
- doubtful
- PARSIMONIOUS
- frugal or stingy. Avaricous
- STRIDENT
- making or having harsh sound
- NOISOME
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offensive or dusgusting, as an odor
harmful or injurious to health - INDEMNITY
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Protection against loss
legal exemption from penalties - ORATION
- a formal public speech
- EFFUSIVE
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unduly demonstrative, lacking reserve
pouring out, overflowing - MUNIFICENT
- very generous
- DISSOLUTE
- indiferent to moral restraints
- IMPEDE
- obstruct. hinder
- DISCOMFIT
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to confuse and deject
foil - GALL
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impudence. effrontry
bitterness of spirit - BELEAGUER
- to surround or beset, as with troubles
- SUPINE
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inactive, impassive, inert
lying on the back. face or front upward - CONSUMMATE
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to bring to a state of perfection. to fuflill
complete or perfect - TURBID
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not clear. as in vision
confused, muddled - CLEAVE
- to adhere closely. stick
- VERACITY
- truthfulness
- STRATEGEM
- a plan, or a trick
- DIAPHANOUS
- very sheer and light. almost completely transparent or translucent
- VERBIAGE
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overabundance or superfluity of words.
verbose - PROFLIGACY
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shameless dissoluteness
recklace extravagance
great abundance - TYRO
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beginner in learning anything. novice
also tiro - VITRIOLIC
- very causitc. scathing. as in criticism
- ARIA
- an air or melody
- SUCCOR
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to help. relief. aid. assistance
a person or thing that gives help
to help - INCULCATE
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to cause or influence someone to accept an idea opr feeling.
to implant by repeated statement or admonition - PILFER
- to steal, in small quantities
- CARAPACE
- a chitinous or boney shield covering an animal. such as a turtle shell
- CHRYSALIS
- hard shelled pupa of a moth or butterfly
- DISCOMMODE
- to cause inconvenience to. bother. disturb. trouble
- IMAGO
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an adlut insect
an idealized concept of a loved one, formed in childhood and retained through adult life - OBLIGE
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to require or constrain. as by law, command, conscience,or force of necessity.
to place under debt of gratitued.
to put one in debt of gratitude as by favor or accomodation - FATALISM
- the acceptance of all things and events as inevitable. submission to fate