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  • 1.
    • since
    • owing to the fact that
  • 2.
    • science and practice of the promotion and preservation of health
    • ADJ. hygienic: showing careful attention to cleanness (to prevent disease)
  • 3.
    • person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
  • 4.
    • casual
    • accidental
    • happening by chance
  • 5.
    • memoirs
    • autobiography
    • biography
  • 6.
    • questioner (especially harsh)
    • investigator
    • person making an inquisition
  • 7.
    • funeral song
    • slow mournful piece of music (sung over a dead person)
  • 8.
    • settle a dispute through the services of an outsider
    • act as an intermediary
    • produce by mediating
  • 9.
    • relating to cooking or kitchen
  • 10.
    • without a material body
    • insubstantial
  • 11.
    • introductory statement
  • 12.
    • indisputable
    • impossible to dispute
    • not open to question
    • unquestionable
  • 13.
    • group that meets socially
    • select circle
    • close group of people with shared interests
  • 14.
    • make drunk
    • intoxicate
  • 15.
    • bitter prolonged quarrel (usually between two peoples or families)
  • 16.
    • appropriate
    • fitting
  • 17.
    • gentle breeze
    • west wind
  • 18.
    • tear or be torn quickly and violently
  • 19.
    • menacing
    • threatening
  • 20.
    • musical introduction to a long musical piece
    • first offer or proposal (to begin talks in the hope of reaching an agreement)
  • 21.
    • of sound or its speed in air
  • 22.
    • frenzied
    • mad with violent anger
    • madly excited
  • 23.
    • rush
    • crash
    • move with great speed
  • 24.
    • criticize severely
    • doom
    • condemn
    • condemn to everlasting punishment
    • bring to ruin
  • 25.
    • prevent
    • avoid
    • turn away (eyes or thought)
  • 26.
    • petty or trivial details
  • 27.
    • excessively submissive or devoted to one's wife
  • 28.
    • lying
    • habitually dishonest
  • 29.
    • one who commits sabotage
    • destroyer of property
  • 30.
    • stimulus
    • urge on
    • drive with a goad
    • cause (someone) to do something by continued annoyance
    • N: sharp-pointed stick for driving cattle
  • 31.
    • soft fatty tissue that fills most bone cavities and is the source of blood cells

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GRE Vocabulary Power (1-5)

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2010-01-01
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