GRE Group 16

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Antedate

Precede in time (predate, precede)

<p>Precede in time (predate, precede)</p>
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Banish

Expel officially (exile, deport)

<p>Expel officially (exile, deport)</p>
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Bridle

to show annoyance or anger; restrain (curb, check)

<p>to show annoyance or anger; restrain (curb, check)</p>
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Comply

Follow rules (obey, adhere)

<p>Follow rules (obey, adhere)</p>
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Crestfallen

Disheartened (dejected, discouraged)

<p>Disheartened (dejected, discouraged)</p>
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Curtail

Reduce (shorten, limit)

<p>Reduce (shorten, limit)</p>
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Elucidate

Explain clearly (clarify, illuminate)

<p>Explain clearly (clarify, illuminate)</p>
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Evade

Avoid (dodge, escape)

<p>Avoid (dodge, escape)</p>
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Feckless

Ineffective (useless, incompetent)

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Fester

If an argument or bad feeling festers, it continues so that feelings of hate or lack of satisfaction increase (decay, intensify)

<p>If an argument or bad feeling festers, it continues so that feelings of hate or lack of satisfaction increase (decay, intensify)</p>
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Iconoclastic

Attacking traditions (irreverent, radical)

<p>Attacking traditions (irreverent, radical)</p>
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Immure

Enclose or imprison (confine, incarcerate)

<p>Enclose or imprison (confine, incarcerate)</p>
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Improvise

Create spontaneously (ad-lib, extemporize)

<p>Create spontaneously (ad-lib, extemporize)</p>
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Inhibit

Restrain (hinder, suppress)

<p>Restrain (hinder, suppress)</p>
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Inscrutable

Hard to understand (mysterious, enigmatic)

<p>Hard to understand (mysterious, enigmatic)</p>
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Lionize

Treat as a celebrity (celebrate, glorify)

<p>Treat as a celebrity (celebrate, glorify)</p>
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Monotonous

Lacking variety (dull, repetitive)

<p>Lacking variety (dull, repetitive)</p>
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Peculiar

Strange (odd, unusual)

<p>Strange (odd, unusual)</p>
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Premeditate

Plan in advance (foresee, intend)

<p>Plan in advance (foresee, intend)</p>
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Profligate

Recklessly extravagant (wasteful, prodigal)

<p>Recklessly extravagant (wasteful, prodigal)</p>
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Reconcile

Restore harmony (resolve, harmonize)

<p>Restore harmony (resolve, harmonize)</p>
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Refine

Improve (polish, purify)

<p>Improve (polish, purify)</p>
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Relinquish

Give up (surrender, renounce)

<p>Give up (surrender, renounce)</p>
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Ruminate

Think deeply (ponder, contemplate)

<p>Think deeply (ponder, contemplate)</p>
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Skittish

Nervous and jumpy (restive, jittery)

<p>Nervous and jumpy (restive, jittery)</p>
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Superfluous

Excessive (unnecessary, redundant)

<p>Excessive (unnecessary, redundant)</p>
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Synoptic

Summarized (concise, abridged)

<p>Summarized (concise, abridged)</p>
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Thorough

Detailed and complete (meticulous, exhaustive)

<p>Detailed and complete (meticulous, exhaustive)</p>
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Visionary

Imaginative (idealistic, innovative)

<p>Imaginative (idealistic, innovative)</p>
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Vociferous

Loudly expressive (boisterous, outspoken)