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@ -298,7 +298,7 @@
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"temporary cessation or suspension",
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"noun",
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"French à\"at\" (see ad-) + ba(y)er \"be open\" = status is still open/in suspence. The word \"bay\" also come this. </br>Syn : suspense, remission, reserve",
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"With the football leagues now in abeyance during Corona crisis, the question now is how and whether the season will finish",
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"With the football leagues now <u>in <b>abeyance</b> during Corona crisis</u>, the question now is how and whether the season will finish",
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"Most Difficult",
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"FT"
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],
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@ -478,7 +478,7 @@
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"the action or process of formally joining an association or institution. Also, the acquisition of a higher rank than one is at present",
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"verb",
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"Latin accessionem (nominative accessio) \"a going to, approach; a joining; increase, enlargement\" </br>Deutsch: Beitritt, Zuwachs </br>Syn : joining, signing up, enrollment",
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"After its accession to the EU, the country adopted the Euro.",
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"After its <u><b>accession</b> to the EU</u>, the country adopted the Euro.",
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"Medium Difficult",
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"FT"
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],
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@ -496,7 +496,7 @@
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"(Especially of a comment or style of speaking) sharp and forthright, expressing harsh or sharp criticism in a clever way",
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"adj.",
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"ic=nature of, like<br>Deutsch : Bitter, Sauer </br>Syn : sardonic, biting, caustic",
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"The writer’s acerbic tone did not sit well with people who had an issue with harsh criticism",
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"<u>The writer’s <b>acerbic</b> tone</u> did not sit well with people who had an issue with harsh criticism",
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"Medium Difficult",
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"FT"
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],
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@ -802,7 +802,7 @@
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"to relieve a problem or ease a burden",
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"verb",
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"latin : alleviare = to lift up, to raise, to lighten. </br>Deutsch : mildern, erleichtern",
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"Do good works, alleviate the suffering and misery, comfort and refresh the sick</br>Alleviate the effects of the pandemic",
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"Do good works, <u><b>alleviate</b> the suffering and misery</u>, comfort and refresh the sick</br>Alleviate the effects of the pandemic",
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"357 prevalent GRE words",
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"Prepscholar"
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],
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@ -838,7 +838,7 @@
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"the belief in or practice of selfless concern for the well-being of others",
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"noun",
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"Syn : selflessness, compassion, goodwill. </br>Deutsch : Uneigennützigkeit, Selbstlosigkeit. </br> Latin/(old french) : alter/(altrui) = other",
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"He was not the first to wonder about the connection between religion and altruism",
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"He was not the first to wonder about <u>the connection between religion and <b>altruism</u></b>",
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"Least Difficult",
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"FT"
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],
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@ -874,7 +874,7 @@
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"to combine to or mix together",
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"verb",
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"Amalgan = Hg metal alloy for tooth fillings",
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"The 2 companies amalgamated into one",
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"The <u>2 companies <b>amalgamated</b> into one</u>",
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"357 prevalent GRE words",
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"Prepscholar"
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],
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@ -910,7 +910,7 @@
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"having more than one possible meaning",
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"adj.",
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"adj. open to multiple interpretations. PIE root *ambhi- \"around\") + agere \"drive, lead, act\" . </br>Deutsch : unklar",
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"Partly cloudy with a chance of rain makes for an ambiguous weather forecast",
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"Partly cloudy with a chance of rain makes for <u>an <b>ambiguous</b> weather forecast</u>",
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"357 prevalent GRE words",
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"Prepscholar"
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],
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@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@
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"peculiar; unique, contrary to the norm (n: anomaly)",
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"adj.",
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"Latin/Greek anomalia= \"inequality , uneven, irregular\" an- \"not\" + homalos \"even",
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"His anomalous behaviour was a first sign that he had a problem.",
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"<u>His anomalous <b>behaviour</u></b>was a first sign that he had a problem.",
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"Common GRE",
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"MSU"
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],
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@ -9819,8 +9819,8 @@
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"badinage",
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"teasing conversation; good-humored, playful conversation",
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"noun",
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"",
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"",
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"French playfullness, jestful,",
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"The two actors are best friends and are often seen <u>exchanging humouress <b>badinage</u><b> during interviews",
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"1000 Difficult GRE word",
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"Examword"
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],
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@ -15077,8 +15077,8 @@
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"surly",
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"Bad-tempered and unfriendly",
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"adj.",
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"Syn : ill-natured, grumpy, glum",
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"Here, poverty and economic decline has led to the surly separation of a left-behind, resentful white working class and a Muslim minority.",
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"Old English surly's roots are in sirly, as in sir, meaning arrogant, haughty, and superior.</br>Syn : rude, snotty, sullen, mean and cranky can be added to the list of ill-natured, grumpy, glum</br> Deutsch:herrisch",
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"The <u><b>surly</b> man</u> was yelling at the waitress because he didn’t get the right order from the restaurant.",
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"Least Difficult",
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"FT"
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],
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@ -15816,7 +15816,7 @@
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"Find fault with (someone)",
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"verb",
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"Syn : scold, reprimand, rebuke. </br>Deutsch : jdm Vorwürfe machen. Old English upbregdan\"bring forth as a ground for censure\"",
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"In the past its neighbours isolated and upbraided Austria for its flirtations with nationalist extremism...",
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"Mark 16/IV, King James version : Afterward Jesus appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and <b><u>upbraided</b> them with their unbelief</u> and hardness of heart,",
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"Least Difficult",
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"FT"
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],
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@ -16428,7 +16428,7 @@
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"(of a cruel or violent action) deliberate and unprovoked",
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"adj.",
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"Syn : malicious, malevolent, spiteful",
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"Over the decades these Muslim non-people, without legal or any other sort of protection, have been the victims of wanton discrimination and violence<EFBFBD>",
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"Over the decades these Muslim non-people, without legal or any other sort of protection, have been the victims of wanton discrimination and violence",
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"Least Difficult",
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"FT"
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],
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@ -16442,11 +16442,11 @@
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"data": "",
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"fields": [
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"742",
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"wave</br>waive(seewaiver)",
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"n. a moving swell on the surface of a body of water. v. to sweep the hand or arm or some object.",
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"wave</br>waive",
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"wave, n.=a moving swell on the surface of a body of water.</br>wave, v. =to sweep the hand or arm or some object.</br>waive=to relinquish",
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"noun, verb",
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"v. to relinquish",
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"We refuse to waive the reading of the indictment.",
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"waive same root word as \"weib\", as women in the middle ageswere exempted from the law, as they had no rights.",
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"We <u>refuse to <b>waive</b> the reading of the indictment.</u>",
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"Homophone",
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"MSU"
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],
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@ -16461,10 +16461,10 @@
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"fields": [
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"744",
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"waver</br>waiver",
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"v. vacillate or move back and forth",
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"waver = vacillate or move back and forth</br>waiver = release or special exemption a rule",
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"verb",
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"n. release or special exemption a rule",
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"Most of the students tried to get waivers of their overdue fines.",
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"waive same root word as \"weib\", as women in the middle ageswere exempted from the law, as they had no rights.",
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"Mike was not afraid of the bully and showed it by <u>not letting his eyes waver</u> from those of his enemy.</br>Most of the students <u>tried to get <b>waivers</b></u> of their overdue fines.",
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"Homophone",
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"MSU"
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],
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"welter",
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"a large number of items in no order; a confused mass",
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"noun",
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"Syn : confusion, jumble, tangle. </br>Deutsch : Durcheinander, Mischmasch",
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"At the same time they are subjected to a welter of conflicting pressures—acting as spin-doctors and bean-counters as well as corporate strategists and auditor",
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"Syn : confusion, jumble, tangle. </br>Deutscher Wortstamm \"wälzen\"</br>Durcheinander, Mischmasch",
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"The classroom was <u>in a <b>welter</b></u> when the teacher did not show up for class",
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"Least Difficult",
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"FT"
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],
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"fields": [
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"938",
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"whet",
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"Excite or stimulate (someone's desire, interest, or appetite)",
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"1.To sharpen </br>2. Excite or stimulate (someone's desire, curiosity, interest, or appetite)",
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"verb",
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"Syn : arouse, rouse, trigger",
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"But sham democracy often whets people’s appetite for the real thin",
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"Deutsch : wetzen</br>Syn : arouse, rouse, trigger",
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"1. He sharpened (<b>whetted</b>) the knife's blade with a <u>whetting stone</u></br>2. As I walked up my grandmother’s steps, I realized the smell of her food was enough to <u><b>whet</b> my appetite</u>",
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"Medium Difficult",
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"FT"
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],
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"whittle",
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"Reduce something in size, amount, or extent by a gradual series of steps",
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"verb",
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"Syn : erode, wear away, diminish",
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"Democrats had spent a nervous September watching that lead whittle away after Mrs. Clinton’s bout of pneumonia.",
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"Old English:to cut thin shavings from (something) with a knife</br>Syn : erode, wear away, diminish",
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"1. The <u>carver <b>whittled</b> away </u>at a piece of wood. </br>fig. Democrats had spent a nervous September watching that lead <b><u>whittle</b> away </u>after Mrs. Clinton’s bout of pneumonia.",
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"Least Difficult",
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"FT"
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],
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"fields": [
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"816",
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"winsome",
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"Attractive or appealing in appearance or character",
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"Attractive or appealing in appearance or character in an open and delightful way",
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"adj.",
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"Syn : engaging, charming, winning",
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"By the time Mr. Pattinson came along as the winsome vampire in Twilight, the teenage rebels were starting the movie already dead.",
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"After stealing food off the table, the dog begged for forgiveness by cocking his head and looking at his owner<u> in a<b> winsome</b> manner</u>.",
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"Least Difficult",
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"FT"
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],
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"fields": [
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"1068",
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"grand",
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"",
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"large, imposing, principal, chief, most important",
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"adj.",
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"",
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"Latin grandis \"big, great; full, abundant,\"",
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"grandeur=the quality of being grand/magnificient </br>grandiose=pretentiously grand </br>aggrandize=to make something appear bigger or greater </br>grandiloquent=pompous or bombastic",
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"",
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"SMB"
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"fields": [
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"1170",
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"carn",
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"flesh/пл<D0BF>",
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"flesh",
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"Greek/Latin root",
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"",
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"carnivor</br>",
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"allusion=An allusion is a reference, direct or implied, to something or someone </br> illusion=An illusion, on the other hand, is something that deceives the mind or senses by creating a false impression of reality.</br>A delusion is a false belief or opinion",
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"noun",
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"Try associating the beginning I in illusion with an eye, relating the term to optical illusions.</br>Keep in mind the prefix de-, denoting privation or negation, provides a hint to the more serious contexts in which this term is sometimes used.",
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"The author’s new book contains an allusion to mythological gods</br>A mirage is a type an optical illusion. </br>it was heartbreaking to witness my ailing grandmother’s delusion that her deceased husband was al",
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"The author’s new book contains an <b>allusion</b> to mythological gods</br>A mirage is a type an optical illusion. </br>it was heartbreaking to witness my ailing grandmother’s delusion that her deceased husband was al",
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"Easily confused words",
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"Khan"
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],
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"to go back and forth between choices or opinions",
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"verb",
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"",
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"Some citizens vote solely along party lines and never waver in their political decisions.",
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"Some citizens vote solely along party lines and <u>never <b>waver</b> in their political decisions.</u>",
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"Common GRE",
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"Kaplan"
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],
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"fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate",
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"verb",
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"Latin ab<u>horrere</u> — \"to shrink back in<u> horror</u>",
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"Taking out the trash is a chore many kids abhor.",
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"Taking out the trash is a chore many kids <b>abhor.</b>",
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"1000 Difficult GRE word",
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"Examword"
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],
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"disgusting, loathsome",
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"adj.",
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"Latin ab<u>horrere</u> — \"to shrink back in<u> horror</u>",
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"Taking out the trash is abhorrent for many kids",
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"Taking out the trash is <b>abhorrent</b> for many kids",
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"1000 Difficult GRE word",
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"Examword"
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],
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"1. bitterness of speech and temper; </br>2. sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone",
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"noun",
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"Latin : acerbus means “sour-tasting.</br>Syn : bitter, bitterness",
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"1. </br>2. With great acerbity, the coach reprimanded his star player for missing curfew.",
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"1. </br>2. <u>With great <b>acerbity</b></u>, the coach reprimanded his star player for missing curfew.",
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"1000 Difficult GRE word",
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"Examword"
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],
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"236",
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"aphorism",
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"definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion",
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"definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion.</br>“Time is money” is not just a hackneyed aphorism",
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"noun",
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"",
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"\"People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones\" is a good example of an <b>aphorism.</b>",
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"Examword"
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],
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"apiary",
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"Syn:beehouse",
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"Although he spent many hours daily in the <b>apiary</b>, he was seldom stung by a bee.",
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"Examword"
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"apocryphal",
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"adj.",
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"Originally, apocryphal was reserved for religious writings that were not included in the Torah or the New Testament as their text divinity was not certain.",
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"The old man often shared <b><u>apocryphal</b> ghost stories</u> with anyone who would listen.",
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"Examword"
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],
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"one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs",
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"noun",
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"",
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"After Katie exposed Scientology's secrets, she was regarded as an <b>apostate </b> that should be ruined",
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"1000 Difficult GRE word",
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"Examword"
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],
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"apotheosis",
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"elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something",
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"elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something</br> ideal, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon, saint",
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"Greek :apo \"from+ \"theos= god => person, place, or thing that is so out-of-this-world amazing that it seems as if it's \"from God.\"",
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"Leonardo da Vinci was the <u><b>apotheosis</b> of genius</u> and that the <u>Mona Lisa is the <b>apotheosis</b> of all his paintings</u>",
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"Examword"
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"French : appeller : to call",
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"George Herman Ruth's parents may have known him as George, but the rest of the world knew this famous slugger by his <b>appellation</>, Babe.</br>Champagne is <u>an <b>appellation</b> for the bubbly white</u> wine that comes from the Champagne region of France",
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"Examword"
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"adj.",
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"Latin: appositus and apponere. A=to + Ponere=to place=>apponere is \"well-placed or well-put.\" </br>Don't confuse apposite with opposite; they have almost opposite meanings!",
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"Jake drinks red wine with each meal and does not worry about what wine connoisseurs say is <b>apposite</b> for each dish.",
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"1. taking something and making it your own, either in a positive or negative sense</br>2. setting money aside or budgeting to do something as act of legislature",
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"1. I <b>appropriated</b> my mother's french fries while she was not looking. </br> 1b.<u>Cultural <b>appropriation</u></b> is one of the issues that gets het most upset </br>2.The government committee appropriated sufficient funds to agricultural renewal program",
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"1000 Difficult GRE word",
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"Examword"
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],
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"tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees",
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"adj.",
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"",
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"",
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"Latin arboreus= \"pertaining to trees",
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"1.The <u><b>arboreal</b> primates </u>arrived at the Zoo from the Congo.</br>2.our cabin is in a forest and thus we have stunning <u><b>arboreal</b>views </u>from the deck.",
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"1000 Difficult GRE word",
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"Examword"
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],
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"noun",
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"",
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"",
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"Greek: arkhē \"beginning, origin, first place\" + typos \"model, type, blow, mark of a blow\"=>first model",
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"If you have long blonde hair, a sparkly ball gown, and a fairy godmother hovering over your head, you're the archetype of a fairytale princess.",
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"1000 Difficult GRE word",
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"Examword"
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],
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"arraign",
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"officially charge someone in a court of law",
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"verb",
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"",
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"",
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"Latin : ad \"to\" + *rationare, from ratio \"argumentation; reckoning\"=> ie. presenting an account — a record — of the thing the person has done wrong.",
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"The accused was<u> <b>arraigned</b> in court</u> : the official charge was read and the accused responded by saying \"not guilty.\"",
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"1000 Difficult GRE word",
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"Examword"
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],
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"arrears",
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"being in debt; unpaid, overdue debt or an unfulfilled obligation",
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"noun",
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"",
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"",
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"Old French ariere \"behind, backward\"",
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"Because <u>Jill’s credit card payment has been<b> in arrears/b> for three months</u>, the card issuer is suspending her account.",
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"1000 Difficult GRE word",
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"Examword"
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],
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"claim without justification; claim for oneself without right",
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"verb",
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"",
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"",
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"<u>Demonstrators <b>arrogated</b> a 6 block zone in Seattle </u>called CHOP",
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"1000 Difficult GRE word",
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"Examword"
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],
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"subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity",
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"noun",
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"",
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"",
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"During the treasure hunt, we will <u>make use of an <b>artifice</b> to trick</u> our opponents into searching in the wrong area.",
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"1000 Difficult GRE word",
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"Examword"
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],
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@ -24149,8 +24149,8 @@
|
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"ascendancy",
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"superiority or decisive advantage; domination",
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"noun",
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"",
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"",
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"Latin:ascendere \"to mount, ascend, go up\"",
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"As early as round three of the boxing match, Frazier had created an <b>ascendancy</b> that permitted him to easily knock Ali around the ring.",
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"1000 Difficult GRE word",
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"Examword"
|
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],
|
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@ -24167,8 +24167,8 @@
|
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"aseptic",
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"preventing infection; having cleansing effect",
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"adj.",
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"",
|
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"",
|
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"Greek: a-=not + septic= “characterized by putrefaction\"(ie. Rotting of flesh)=>sterile",
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||||
"Nurses stored the unused sterile syringes in <b>aseptic</b> containers for future use.",
|
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"1000 Difficult GRE word",
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"Examword"
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],
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@ -24185,8 +24185,8 @@
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"asperity",
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"harshness of manner, roughness",
|
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"noun",
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||||
"",
|
||||
"",
|
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"French. </br>Syn1 :sharpness</br>Syn2: grimness, hardship, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity",
|
||||
"1.The police officer’s dislike of me was obvious from <u>the <b>asperity</b> with which he demanded</u> my driver’s license.</br>2. I could not get used the <u><b>asparity</b> of the Nordic winters</u>",
|
||||
"1000 Difficult GRE word",
|
||||
"Examword"
|
||||
],
|
||||
@ -24203,8 +24203,8 @@
|
||||
"aspirant",
|
||||
"one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position",
|
||||
"noun",
|
||||
"",
|
||||
"",
|
||||
"linked to word root : to aspire",
|
||||
"\"The lofty aspirant had to start her career as an understudy to the prima ballerina.\"",
|
||||
"1000 Difficult GRE word",
|
||||
"Examword"
|
||||
],
|
||||
@ -24221,8 +24221,8 @@
|
||||
"assent",
|
||||
"express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept",
|
||||
"verb",
|
||||
"",
|
||||
"",
|
||||
"Syn: accede, acquiesce</br>Ant:dissent",
|
||||
"1.“The Maestro <u><b>assented</b> to the request</u> for an encore”</br><u>He nodded his head in assent</u>",
|
||||
"1000 Difficult GRE word",
|
||||
"Examword"
|
||||
],
|
||||
@ -24239,8 +24239,8 @@
|
||||
"assimilate",
|
||||
"to make similar, to incorporate or absorb into",
|
||||
"verb",
|
||||
"",
|
||||
"",
|
||||
"Latin: ad \"to\" + simulare \"make similar,\"",
|
||||
"The USA country<b> assimilates</b> immigrants very quickly",
|
||||
"1000 Difficult GRE word",
|
||||
"Examword"
|
||||
],
|
||||
@ -24257,8 +24257,8 @@
|
||||
"astigmatism",
|
||||
"eye defect that prevents proper focus",
|
||||
"noun",
|
||||
"",
|
||||
"",
|
||||
"Greek: a- : \"without.\" + stigma: \"point,\" =>so an eye that is \"without point\" ,ie. Light can't focus.",
|
||||
"After being <u>diagnosed with an <b>astigmatism</b></u>, Jansen started wearing glasses.",
|
||||
"1000 Difficult GRE word",
|
||||
"Examword"
|
||||
],
|
||||
@ -24276,7 +24276,7 @@
|
||||
"engaged in a dispute",
|
||||
"adj.",
|
||||
"",
|
||||
"",
|
||||
"The U.K. and the EU are trying to secure a new trade deal, but <u>remain <b>at loggerheads</b> on several key issues.</u>",
|
||||
"1000 Difficult GRE word",
|
||||
"Examword"
|
||||
],
|
||||
@ -24294,7 +24294,7 @@
|
||||
"of or pertaining to an atrium, especially the upper chambers of the heart",
|
||||
"adj.",
|
||||
"",
|
||||
"",
|
||||
"My father was treated for a disorder known as <u><b>atrial</b> flutter</u>, a non-life-threatening condition in which the heart beats less efficiently",
|
||||
"1000 Difficult GRE word",
|
||||
"Examword"
|
||||
],
|
||||
@ -24309,10 +24309,10 @@
|
||||
"fields": [
|
||||
"430",
|
||||
"attrition",
|
||||
"gradual decrease in numbers; reduction in work force without firing employees; wearing away of opposition by means of harassment",
|
||||
"1. wearing down by rubbing against each other. </br>2.gradual decrease in numbers; reduction in work force without firing employees; wearing away of opposition by means of harassment",
|
||||
"noun",
|
||||
"",
|
||||
"",
|
||||
"Latin:\"abrasion, scraping, the rubbing of one thing against another\"",
|
||||
"1. WW1 was a classic war of attrition.</br>2.The CEO decided to reduce costs by not replacing personnel lost to natural <b>attrition</b>",
|
||||
"1000 Difficult GRE word",
|
||||
"Examword"
|
||||
],
|
||||
@ -24329,8 +24329,8 @@
|
||||
"augury",
|
||||
"sign of something coming; art or practice of foretelling events by signs or omens",
|
||||
"noun",
|
||||
"",
|
||||
"",
|
||||
"Latin \"augur\", a religious official in ancient Rome who foretold events by observing signs",
|
||||
"According to the psychic, the<u> black cat was an <b>augury </b></u>of my impending death.",
|
||||
"1000 Difficult GRE word",
|
||||
"Examword"
|
||||
],
|
||||
@ -24347,8 +24347,8 @@
|
||||
"avocation",
|
||||
"activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment",
|
||||
"noun",
|
||||
"",
|
||||
"",
|
||||
"A vocation is the work you do because you have to; an avocation is what you do for pleasure, not pay.",
|
||||
"My father says that gardening is the type of <b>avocation</b> he enjoys in his spare time.",
|
||||
"1000 Difficult GRE word",
|
||||
"Examword"
|
||||
],
|
||||
@ -24365,8 +24365,8 @@
|
||||
"avowal",
|
||||
"open declaration; frank acknowledgment",
|
||||
"noun",
|
||||
"",
|
||||
"",
|
||||
"noun of \"to avow\", itself from French : avouer \"to solemnly declare, to admit\"",
|
||||
"Are you ready to make <u>an <b>avowal</b> of love</u> to your bride during your wedding ceremony?",
|
||||
"1000 Difficult GRE word",
|
||||
"Examword"
|
||||
],
|
||||
@ -24383,8 +24383,8 @@
|
||||
"avuncular",
|
||||
"in manner of uncle, pertaining to uncle; kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant",
|
||||
"adj.",
|
||||
"",
|
||||
"",
|
||||
"Latin:avunculus, meaning \"maternal uncle\"",
|
||||
"My physics teacher at school was <b>avuncular</b>, kind and patient and generally indulgent with people younger than he is",
|
||||
"1000 Difficult GRE word",
|
||||
"Examword"
|
||||
],
|
||||
@ -24402,7 +24402,7 @@
|
||||
"sky blue; light purplish-blue",
|
||||
"adj.",
|
||||
"",
|
||||
"",
|
||||
"Jane has a ring with an <u><b>azure</b> stone that perfectly matches her blue eyes.</u>",
|
||||
"1000 Difficult GRE word",
|
||||
"Examword"
|
||||
],
|
||||
@ -24419,8 +24419,8 @@
|
||||
"bacchanalian",
|
||||
"drunken; relating to reveling and drunkenness",
|
||||
"adj.",
|
||||
"",
|
||||
"",
|
||||
"Latin :bacchanalis \"having to do with Bacchus, god of wine\" </br>Bachanalian festivals become so excessively drunken that they were banned in 186 BC.</br>Syn:Dionysian (Dionys was another name for Baccus)",
|
||||
"Although the corporate party was supposed to be a formal affair, <u>it quickly turned into a bacchanalian party fest</u>",
|
||||
"1000 Difficult GRE word",
|
||||
"Examword"
|
||||
],
|
||||
@ -24491,8 +24491,8 @@
|
||||
"beatitude",
|
||||
"blessedness; state of extreme happiness",
|
||||
"noun",
|
||||
"",
|
||||
"",
|
||||
"Syn: cerulean, lazuline, sapphire, sky-blue",
|
||||
"Jane has a ring with an <b>azure</b> stone that perfectly matches her blue eyes",
|
||||
"1000 Difficult GRE word",
|
||||
"Examword"
|
||||
],
|
||||
|
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