gre verbal 17 Flash Cards

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Tenet	principle, theory, belief, precept, rule, opinion, view, ideology any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., esp. one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement	0	anahitb Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:18:57 GMT
Incredulous	disbelieving, skeptical, unbelieving, doubtful, dubious	0	anahitb Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:18:57 GMT
Supplant	displace, succeed, replace, step into the shoes of, unseat to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like	0	anahitb Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:18:57 GMT
insipience	lack of wisdom; foolishness	0	anahitb Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:18:57 GMT
numismatist	a person who collects numismatic items, esp. coins. a specialist in numismatics	0	anahitb Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:18:57 GMT
Ode	verse, rhyme, sonnet, elegy, couplet, epic, a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion; (originally) a poem intended to be sung	0	anahitb Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:18:57 GMT
Morass	mess, chaos, muddle, mire, knot, jungle; any confusing or troublesome situation, esp. one from which it is difficult to free oneself; entanglement	0	anahitb Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:18:57 GMT
Complicity	involvement, responsibility, collusion, connivance, participation, support; the state of being an accomplice; partnership or involvement in wrongdoing: complicity in a crime	0	anahitb Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:18:57 GMT
Pliable	flexible, bendable, supple, pliant, adaptable, adjustable,	0	anahitb Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:18:57 GMT
Infirmity	ill-health, sickness, frailty, medical condition; a moral weakness or failing	0	anahitb Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:18:57 GMT
Bathos	anticlimax, letdown, comedown, nadir, a ludicrous descent from the exalted or lofty to the commonplace; anticlimax.	0	anahitb Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:18:57 GMT
Certitude	conviction, certainty, sureness, confidence	0	anahitb Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:18:57 GMT
scorched	parched, dry as a bone, arid, seared, baked; To burn superficially so as to discolor or damage the texture of. To wither or parch with intense heat. To destroy (land and buildings) by or as if by fire so as to leave nothing salvageable to an enemy army. To subject to severe censure; excoriate.	0	anahitb Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:18:57 GMT
litigious	of or pertaining to litigation; inclined to dispute or disagree, controversial, debatable, arguable, touchy, argumentative	0	anahitb Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:18:57 GMT
bravura	boldness, daring, spirit, nerve, guts, bravery; brilliant, magnificent, exceptional, dazzling, and showy technical skill: "in a final bravura the ballerina appeared to be floating in water"; "the music ends with a display of bravura"	0	anahitb Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:18:57 GMT
biopic	a biographical motion picture that dramatizes the life of an actual person or people	0	anahitb Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:18:57 GMT
rendition	version, performance, a translation, an interpretation, as of a role or a piece of music.	0	anahitb Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:18:57 GMT
hawk	a bird; also called war hawk (Informal) a person, esp. one in public office, who advocates war or a belligerent national attitude	0	anahitb Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:18:57 GMT
grapple	wrestle, struggle, fight, seize, snatch, grab, clasp	0	anahitb Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:18:57 GMT
brimming	full, overflowing, packed, filled, crammed, to the top	0	anahitb Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:18:57 GMT

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