GRE Vocabulary 2018
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GRE Vocabulary 2018
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acne 
n. a condition characterized by red pimples on the face, prevalent chiefly among teenagers.
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n. a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power
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v. append or add as an extra or subordinate part, especially to a document
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n. a body of permeable rock that can contain or transmit groundwater
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n. a person who settles a dispute or has ultimate authority in a matter
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n. a structure, consisting of a curved top on two supports, that holds the weight of something above it
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n. a state of inaction or suspension; a position of relatively little importance.
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v. jeer loudly in order to express disapproval or to create a distraction
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a. too poor to produce much or any vegetation
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n. a swordlike stabbing blade that may be fixed to a rifle for use in hand-to-hand fighting
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a. in a state of intellectual or moral ignorance, typically owing to a lack of opportunity
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n. prejudice in favor of or against one thing, usually in a way considered to be unfair
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n. of or involving the agreement of two parties that usually oppose each other's policies
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a. without violence or killing, lacking in spirit or vitality
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n. in Buddhism, a person who is able to save suffering beings
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n. a protective cover or cap over a machine or object
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n. illegal musical recording, especially one made at a concert
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a. characterized by a deliberate plainness, crudity, or violence of imagery, especially in style of architecture or art
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n. savage physical violence; great cruelty
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n. a collection or list of sacred books accepted as genuine
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a. extremely unfortunate or unsuccessful
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n. the main constituent of plant cell walls and of vegetable fibers such as cotton
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n. an unpleasant feeling of coldness in the atmosphere
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a. of a route or journey longer than the most direct way
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v. climb, move, or get in or out of something in an awkward and laborious way
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n. a number of different things or parts that are put or grouped together to form a whole but remain distinct entities
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n. a dead body, especially of a human being rather than an animal
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v. crush something, typically paper or cloth so that it becomes wrinkled
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v. hold close in one's arms as a way of showing love or affection
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n. a specified amount of money that the insured must pay before an insurance company will pay a claim
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v. distort the shape or form of; make misshapen
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n. the process of removing salt from seawater
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v. intend or choose for a particular purpose or end
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a. tending to be different or develop in different directions
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n. a large, boring book, generally considered a classic
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n. having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time
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n. an old person, especially one who has become weak or senile.
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v. cause the water or other liquid in something to run out
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ad. in accordance with what is required or appropriate
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v. diminish gradually in size, amount, or strength
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a. ability to understand and share the feelings of another
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n. a repeated or additional performance of an item at the end of a concert
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n. the character or disposition of a community, group, person
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v. he gradual development of something, especially from a simple to a more complex form
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n. a mass departure of people, especially emigrants
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v. change something dishonestly, especially to own advantage
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v. make a quick, nervous movement of the face or body as an instinctive reaction to surprise, fear or pain
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v. instigate or stir up an undesirable action
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a. inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large and powerful
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n. an unfair stroke of play, especially one involving interference with opponent
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n. an authorization granted to carry out specified commercial activities
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a. wild or distraught with fear, anxiety, or other emotion
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v. shock or excite someone, typically into taking action
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n. clothing or dress, especially of a distinctive or special kind
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n. a thick, clear, liquid substance, especially one used on the hair or body
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n. the process of renovating and improving a house or district so that it conforms to middle-class taste
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n. a light flat-bottomed boat used on Venetian canals
an enclosed cabin suspended from an overhead cable to transport passengers
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Gordian knot
n. an extremely difficult or involved problem
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n. lacking any obvious principle of organization.
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n. a person who differs in opinion from established religious dogma
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n. a religious discourse that is intended primarily for spiritual edification, sermon
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n. the limit of a person's mental perception or interest
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v. move or cause to move at a great speed, typically in a wildly uncontrolled manner
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n. a mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual
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n. a type of people or things similar to those already referred to
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n. exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action
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a. originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native
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n. a person who does not believe in religion or who adheres to a religion other than one's own
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a. firmly fixed or established; difficult to change
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n. a person confined to an institution such as a prison or hospital
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n. the capacity to gain an accurate and deep intuitive understanding of a person or thing.
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n. interposition or interference of one state in the affairs of another.
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a. lacking in vitality, force, or conviction; uninspired or uninspiring
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n. a book or other collection of financial accounts of a particular type
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n. a unit of 3,000–6,000 men in the ancient Roman army; a vast number of people or things
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ad. with the intention of preventing something undesirable; to avoid the risk of
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v. throw or hit (a ball or missile) in a high arc.
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n. civil officer or lay judge who administers the law
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a. serving as a temporary substitute; sufficient for the time being
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n. a failure to function in a normal or satisfactory manner
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n. a public declaration of policy and aims
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n. an environment or material in which something develops; a surrounding medium or structure
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a. possessing great and impressive power or strength
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n. the process by which a society organizes itself for military conflict and violence
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n. someone does anything possible to get money
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n. a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia;
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n. a short sentence or phrase chosen as encapsulating the beliefs or ideals guiding an individual, family, or institution.
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v. eat something with a continuous and often audible action of the jaws
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n. an unstable subatomic particle of the same class as an electron, but with a mass around 200 times greater
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n. national team, sports team that is the representative of the whole nation rather than a school or club
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n. a short film of news, formerly made for showing in a movie theater
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n. cancelling something;
when one thing overcomes or overrides another
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occupant
n. a person who resides or is present in a house
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n. a breach of a law or rule; an illegal act
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v. take apart in order to examine it and repair it if necessary
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v. become aware or conscious of; come to realize or understand
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n. money, goods, or other benefit to which one is entitled as an employee or as a shareholder
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n. a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons
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v. grip something tightly and sharply between finger and thumb
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n. the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own
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n. a small colorless disk-shaped cell fragment, found in large numbers in blood and involved in clotting
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n. a long, soft feather or arrangement of feathers used by a bird for display
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n. typical or good example of something
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a. surpassing all others; very distinguished in some way
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a. remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree
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n. a missile designed to be fired from a rocket or gun.
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a. of a word or phrase referred to in a proverb or idiom
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n. a person who gambles, places a bet, or makes a risky investment
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n. a type of malicious software designed to block access to a computer system until a sum of money is paid.
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v. gain or regain possession of something in exchange for payment
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n. a person who deserts and betrays an organization, country, or set of principles
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n. a person who has retired from full-time work
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v. make previously secret information known to others
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n. a surprising and previously unknown fact, especially one that is made known in a dramatic way.
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v. make many holes in someone or something, especially with gunshot
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n. state of trying to defeat or be more successful than another
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n. grass grown extensively as a grain, a cover crop and a forage crop
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n. violation or misuse of what is regarded as sacred
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n. a person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others
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n. a split or division between strongly opposed sections or parties
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v. speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way.
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n. a military policy in which everything in an area are destroyed so that enemy cannot use them
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n. the slow escape of a liquid or gas through porous material or small holes
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a. of or relating to earthquakes or other vibrations of the earth and its crust
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v. metaphorically put the spotlight on an issue or subject so that others will notice it
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n. a yellow insoluble powder, used in photography and artificial rainmaking
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a. gracefully thin; barely sufficient in amount
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v. break or cause to break suddenly and completely
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n. a person ideally suited to another as a close friend
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n. a single-party Marxist-Leninist state, existed from 1922 until 1991
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v. drive or leave a boat or sea creature aground on a shore
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n. close observation, especially of a suspected spy or criminal
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v. administer an oath to someone who then officially begins in office
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n. a stretch of land, especially with regard to its physical features
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n. either of the two oval organs that produce sperm in men and other male mammals, enclosed in the scrotum behind the penis.
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v. attempt to repair or improve something in a casual or desultory way, often to no useful effect
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a. guilty of or involving betrayal or deception
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v. push, fold so as to hide them;
eat food heartily
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tweak
v. improve system by making fine adjustments to it
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n. a tropical storm in the region of the Indian or western Pacific oceans
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a. present, appearing, or found everywhere.
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v. secure or fasten from the underside, especially by a rope or chain passed underneath
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a. incapable of being fully explored or understood
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n. a cycle with a single wheel, typically used by acrobats
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v. take all the things that you own and go and live in a different place
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n. a decision on a disputed issue in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
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n. a member of a self-appointed group of citizens who undertake law enforcement in their community
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n. an image, video, advertisement, etc., that is circulated rapidly on the Internet
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a. absolutely necessary or important; essential
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n. an area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers
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n. an apple or other fruit blown down from a tree or bush by the wind.
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n, a well-paid young middle-class professional who has a luxurious lifestyle
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abdication
n. the act of giving up or renouncing a right, office, or position of power etc.
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abuzz
aflutter
afoul
algae
n. plural of a type of aquatic life form, such as seaweed; any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose form is very diverse
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algorithm
archipelago
n. a large group of islands; a sea, containing a large number of scattered islands
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arsenal
n. a store or supply of anything; a stock of weapons; a military establishment for the storage, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of weapons and war material
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assail
assonant
atrial
austerity
n. quality of being simple and plain, without excess ; a severe and rigid economy.
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avert
backhoe
n. piece of excavating equipment consisting of a digging bucket or scoop on the end of an articulated arm; drawn backwards to move earth
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batter
benchmark
bonanza
broadsheet
n. newspaper having pages of standard dimensions (as opposed to a tabloid), especially one that carries serious treatment of news.
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buoyant
cachet
calamity
canter
n .gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground
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capitalize
cardiovascular
charismatic
circumscribed
commission
confetti
conflate
v. to bring things together and fuse them into a single entity; to mix together different elements
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consumerism
n. an attachment to materialistic positions; economic theory that increased consumption is beneficial to a nation's economy in the long run
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conveyor
convoke
cornice
n. horizontal architectural element of a building, projecting forward from the main walls, originally used as a means of directing rainwater away from the building's walls
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coronary
culpable
a. deserving condemnation, censure or blame, especially as something wrong, harmful or injurious; blameworthy
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cultivation
n. act or practice of tilling land and preparing it for crops; the agricultural management of land; husbandry in general
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curator
n. one who manages or oversees, usually as an administrator in a museum or library
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curtail
dereliction
descend
v. to make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence; to pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards
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dismantle
dividend
n. a payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically
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doom
n. fate, especially a tragic or ruinous one; inevitable destruction or ruin; decision or judgment
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down to the wire
doyenne
drone
embattled
embrace
embroiled
epidemic
equinox
n. either of the two times during a year when the when the length of day and night are equal; anything equal; an equal measure
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equity
n. ownership, especially in terms of net monetary value of some business; ownership interest in a company as determined by subtracting liabilities from assets
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evangelist
n. person marked by extreme enthusiasm for or support of any cause, particularly with regard to religion
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exemption
n. the state of being immune or exempt; freedom from a defect, weakness, or restriction
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exploit
farce
feckless
fibrillation
n. muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibers acting without coordination
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frustrate
funnel
v. to direct (money or resources); to proceed through a narrow gap or passageway akin to a funnel
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gendarme
glitz
grainy
gratifying
hedge fund
n. a professionally-managed investment fund that seeks to maximize profits, usually by pursuing unconventional strategies
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illicit
in line
a. suitable or appropriate; keeping with expectations, norms, ideals, or rules
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intermittent
a. stopping and starting at intervals; alternately containing and empty of water
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interstellar
introspection
n. the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; reflection
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intuitively
kingpin
n. the most important person in a group or undertaking; bolt that provides a steering joint in a motor vehicle
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lantern
leverage
n. any influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage; a force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot
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lily
n. any of various plants of the genus Lilium, having variously colored, often trumpet-shaped flowers
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liquidity
n. the degree to which it can be easily converted into cash; an asset's property of being able to be sold without affecting its value
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loiter
v. to stand about without any aim or purpose; to stand about idly; to linger; to hang around
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magnanimous
magnitude
menace
mentality
murk
nondescript
nostalgic
obsolescence
overhaul
pellet
pepper
v. to be covered with lots of (something made up of small things); to add (something) at frequent intervals
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perish
permaculture
n. system of sustainable agriculture that renews natural resources and enriches local ecosystems
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pirouette
plausible
plexus
n. a network or interwoven mass, especially (anatomy) of nerves, blood vessels, or lymphatic vessels
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pragmatic
a. dealing or concerned with facts or actual occurrences; concerned with making decisions and actions that are useful in practice, not just theory
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prosaic
putative
quintessential
a. having properties of being the most perfect example of its type or the most perfect embodiment of something
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raft
rag-tag
ramshackle
a. in disrepair or disorder; poorly maintained; lacking upkeep, usually of buildings or vehicles
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reimbursement
reinforce
v. give more force or effectiveness to; strengthen; increase the number or amount of
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resumption
resurgent
a. rising again; undergoing a resurgence; experiencing renewed vigor or vitality
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revamp
sabotage
v. to destroy or damage something in order to prevent it from being successful
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scion
scrabble
v. move something about by making rapid movements back and forth with the hands or paws; to scrape or scratch powerfully with hands or claws
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security
n. property temporarily relinquished to guarantee repayment of a loan; something that secures the fulfillment of an obligation or law
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shoestring
solidify
sphinx
stamp out
stewardship
strain
stricken
a. removed or rubbed out; disabled or incapacitated by something; struck by something
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suave
subsidize
v. to aid or promote a private enterprise with public money (e.g. government grants)
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supplant
surreptitious
swath
synod
topographic
a. having detailed graphic representation of the surface features of a place or object
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tricolor
trumpeting
n. publishing by or as by sounding a trumpet; resounding call, as that of the elephant
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vigilant
vigorous
weld
v. to bind together very closely or inseparably; to join two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and/or filler
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whiff
n. a slight sign of something; a brief, gentle breeze; an odour carried briefly through the air
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wobbly
wrest
yardage
n. measurement or amount in yards; use or convenience of a yard or inclosure, as in receiving, lading, or unlading cattle, etc., from railroad-cars
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