GRE Group 29

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Abscond

Escape secretly (flee, bolt)

<p>Escape secretly (flee, bolt)</p>
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Apogee

Highest point (peak, pinnacle)

<p>Highest point (peak, pinnacle)</p>
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Aspersion

Damaging or unkind remark (slander, defamation, calumnia)

<p>Damaging or unkind remark (slander, defamation, calumnia)</p>
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Bawdy

Humorously indecent and vulgar (risqué, lewd)

<p>Humorously indecent and vulgar (risqué, lewd)</p>
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Chagrin

Disappointment or anger, especially when caused by a failure or mistake (mortification, "disgusto")

<p>Disappointment or anger, especially when caused by a failure or mistake (mortification, "disgusto")</p>
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Collude

Secretly cooperate, to deceive or cheat (conspire, scheme)

<p>Secretly cooperate, to deceive or cheat (conspire, scheme)</p>
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Commiserate

Express sympathy (condole, empathize)

<p>Express sympathy (condole, empathize)</p>
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Conflagration

Large destructive event or fire (blaze, inferno)

<p>Large destructive event or fire (blaze, inferno)</p>
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Contretemps

Small argument or unlucky event, often happening in public and causing embarrassment (misstep, mishap)

<p>Small argument or unlucky event, often happening in public and causing embarrassment (misstep, mishap)</p>
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Conviction

Strong belief (certainty, confidence)

Also to be found guilty of a crime (condena)

<p>Strong belief (certainty, confidence)</p><p>Also to be found guilty of a crime (condena)</p>
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Croon

Sing in a low voice and sentimental (hum, warble)

<p>Sing in a low voice and sentimental (hum, warble)</p>
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Depose

Remove someone important from a powerful position (overthrow, oust)

<p>Remove someone important from a powerful position (overthrow, oust)</p>
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Détente

an improvement in the relationship between two countries that in the past were not friendly and did not trust each other (truce, reconciliation)

<p>an improvement in the relationship between two countries that in the past were not friendly and did not trust each other (truce, reconciliation)</p>
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Dowdy

Not attractive of fashionable (drab, shabby)

<p>Not attractive of fashionable (drab, shabby)</p>
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Echelon

Level or rank (tier, position)

<p>Level or rank (tier, position)</p>
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Ennui

Being bored, tired and generally dissatisfied because nothing interesting happens

(listlessness, weariness)

<p>Being bored, tired and generally dissatisfied because nothing interesting happens </p><p>(listlessness, weariness)</p>
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Expatiate

Speak or write in great detail for a long time (elaborate, detail)

<p>Speak or write in great detail for a long time (elaborate, detail)</p>
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Fraught

Filled with tension and anxiety

Full of unpleasant things, such as problems or dangers

(laden, anxious)

<p>Filled with tension and anxiety</p><p>Full of unpleasant things, such as problems or dangers</p><p>(laden, anxious)</p>
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Fulcrum

Essential support, or essential to make it work or happen (pivot, cornerstone)

<p>Essential support, or essential to make it work or happen (pivot, cornerstone)</p>
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Imbroglio

Complicated and unwanted situation full of trouble and problems (entanglement, quandary)

<p>Complicated and unwanted situation full of trouble and problems (entanglement, quandary) </p>
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Jocund

In a happy mood (merry, jolly)

<p>In a happy mood (merry, jolly)</p>
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Languish

- To be weak or fail to improve

- To exist in an unpleasant or unwanted situation, often for a long time (like in jail)

(wither, droop)

<p>- To be weak or fail to improve</p><p>- To exist in an unpleasant or unwanted situation, often for a long time (like in jail)</p><p>(wither, droop)</p>
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Nadir

Lowest point, least hope and achievement (bottom, trough)

<p>Lowest point, least hope and achievement (bottom, trough)</p>
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Nimble

Quick and agile in movement or thoughts (spry, deft)

<p>Quick and agile in movement or thoughts (spry, deft)</p>
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Ominous

Suggesting that something unpleasant is likely to happen (menacing, portentous)

<p>Suggesting that something unpleasant is likely to happen (menacing, portentous)</p>
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Outlandish

Unusual or bizarre, difficult to accept or like (eccentric, strange)

<p>Unusual or bizarre, difficult to accept or like (eccentric, strange)</p>
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Propitious

Likely to result in success or promising (auspicious, advantageous)

<p>Likely to result in success or promising (auspicious, advantageous)</p>
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Prurient

Obsessively interested in sexual things (lustful, lecherous)

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Sadistic

Getting pleasure from cruelty (cruel, barbaric)

<p>Getting pleasure from cruelty (cruel, barbaric)</p>
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Zenith

Highest point (apex, summit)

<p>Highest point (apex, summit)</p>