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Re: GRE Video Word of the Day [#permalink] New post   10 Jun 2021, 09:11
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Polemical
(adj)

1: (of a piece of writing or a speech) strongly attacking or defending a particular opinion, person, idea, or set of beliefs

Synonyms for polemical: argumentative, contentious, controversial

Words Related to polemical: polemically.

Examples of polemical in a sentence:
Political advertising may well be the most
This filmmaker is not outspoken on political matters




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Re: GRE Video Word of the Day [#permalink] New post   14 Jun 2021, 00:10
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Enigma
(noun)

1: something hard to understand or explain

Synonyms for enigma: conundrum, mystery, puzzle, riddle

Words Related to enigma: brainteaser, case, challenge, knot.

Examples of enigma in a sentence:
Of the thousands of specimens of meteorites found on Earth a
It has been argued that politics as (I)
Hydrogeology is a science dealing with the properties
There is nothing quite like this movie



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Re: GRE Video Word of the Day [#permalink] New post   15 Jun 2021, 09:59
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Sanction
(noun/verb)

1: the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something

2: to give official acceptance of as satisfactory

Synonyms for sanction: allowance, authorization; approve, authorize.

Words Related to sanction: imprimatur, seal, signature, stamp.

Examples of sanction in a sentence:
The recent change to all-volunteer armed forces in the United States



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Re: GRE Video Word of the Day [#permalink] New post   17 Jun 2021, 11:48
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Alleviate
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1: to make more bearable or less severe

Synonyms for alleviate: allay, assuage, ease, help, mitigate.

Words Related to alleviate: abate, lighten, moderate, soften, temper.

Examples of alleviate in a sentence:
When marine organisms called phytoplankton photosynthesize



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Re: GRE Video Word of the Day [#permalink] New post   18 Jun 2021, 09:21
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Precocious
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1: (especially of children) showing mental development or achievement much earlier than usual

Synonyms for precocious: early, inopportune, premature.

Words Related to precocious: unanticipated, unexpected, unforeseen.

Examples of precocious in a sentence:
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Re: GRE Video Word of the Day [#permalink] New post   21 Jun 2021, 09:45
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Guile
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1: clever but sometimes dishonest behaviour that you use to deceive someone

Synonyms for guile: sneakiness, subtleness, subtlety, wiliness.

Words Related to guile: unanticipated, unexpected, unforeseen.

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Re: GRE Video Word of the Day [#permalink] New post   22 Jun 2021, 09:52
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Largess
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1: something given to someone without expectation of a return

Synonyms for largess: bestowal, comp, donation, donative.

Words Related to largess: alms, benefaction, beneficence, benevolence.

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Franklin Pierce was an expansionist American
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Re: GRE Video Word of the Day [#permalink] New post   23 Jun 2021, 09:59
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Proscribe
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1: to order not to do or use or to be done or used

Synonyms for proscribe: ban, bar, enjoin, forbid.

Words Related to proscribe: deter, discourage, dissuade.

Examples of proscribe in a sentence:
The (i) _________ of “surds"—irrational roots
Crucial to fostering a realistic understanding



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Re: GRE Video Word of the Day [#permalink] New post   25 Jun 2021, 00:38
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Ferment
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1: a disturbed or uneasy state

Synonyms for ferment: uneasiness, unquietness, unrest

Words Related to ferment: agitation, commotion, confusion

Examples of ferment in a sentence:
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Re: GRE Video Word of the Day [#permalink] New post   27 Jun 2021, 23:26
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Ubiquitous
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1: often observed or encountered; present in all places and at all times

Synonyms for ubiquitous: quotidian, routine, usual; omnipresent, universal, wall-to-wall

Words Related to ubiquitous: mandatory, obligatory general, universal

Examples of ubiquitous in a sentence:
The macromolecule RNA is common
Room acoustics design criteria are determined
The report's most significant weakness


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Re: GRE Video Word of the Day [#permalink] New post   29 Jun 2021, 05:18
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Worldly
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1: having a wide and refined knowledge of the world especially from personal experience

Synonyms for worldly: cosmopolitan, smart, sophisticated

Words Related to worldly: civilized, cultivated, cultured, polished, refined

Examples of worldly in a sentence:
Without seeming unworldly, William James appeared wholly
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Re: GRE Video Word of the Day [#permalink] New post   01 Jul 2021, 02:22
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Blithe
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1: having or showing a good mood or disposition

Synonyms for blithe: blithesome, bright, buoyant

Words Related to blithe: hopeful, optimistic, rosy, sanguine

Examples of blithe in a sentence:
The children’s (i) _________ natures
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Re: GRE Video Word of the Day [#permalink] New post   02 Jul 2021, 09:01
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Tacit
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1: understood although not put into words

Synonyms for tacit: implicit, implied, unexpressed

Words Related to tacit: inferred, presumed, construed, interpreted

Examples of tacit in a sentence:
The trainees were given copies of
While in many ways their personalities
No other contemporary poet’s work
At their best, (i) blank book reviews
While in many ways their personalities




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Re: GRE Video Word of the Day [#permalink] New post   05 Jul 2021, 06:10
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Digress
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1: to speak or write about something that is different from the main subject being discussed

Synonyms for digress: deviate, stray, wander

Words Related to digress: digression

Examples of digress in a sentence:
The unexplained digressions into the finer points




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Peruse
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1: to go over and mentally take in the content of

Synonyms for peruse: pore (over), read

Words Related to peruse: browse, dip (into), leaf (through), scan

Examples of peruse in a sentence:
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Boon
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1: something that is very helpful and improves the quality of life

Synonyms for boon: advantage, aid, asset, benefit, help

Words Related to boon: recourse, refuge, resort, resource

Examples of boon in a sentence:
As the finances of the energy-trading firm began unraveling
The spy's repeated bungling was, above all else,



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Re: GRE Video Word of the Day [#permalink] New post   09 Jul 2021, 02:14
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Abscond
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1: to go away suddenly and secretly in order to escape from somewhere

Synonyms for abscond: to go away suddenly and secretly in order to escape from somewhere

Words Related to abscond: avoid, elude, evade, lose, shun

Examples of abscond in a sentence:
Two prisoners absconded last night




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Saturnine
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1: born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn; cold and steady in mood : slow to act or change

Synonyms for saturnine: black, bleak, cheerless, chill

Words Related to saturnine: melancholic, melancholy, mirthless, sad

Examples of saturnine in a sentence:
A key element of The Smiths’ recognizable sound
Employees who demonstrate too much alacrity in the workplace
Slicks of oil on a rain-soaked street are ____________ and beautiful,



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Re: GRE Video Word of the Day [#permalink] New post   14 Jul 2021, 22:55
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Affable
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1: being pleasant and at ease in talking to others

Synonyms for affable: breezy, devil-may-care, easygoing

Words Related to affable: affability

Examples of affable in a sentence:
Those who knew Alvarez were immune to his portrayal in the press



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Re: GRE Video Word of the Day [#permalink] New post   16 Jul 2021, 09:10
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Static
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1: exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion;showing little change

Synonyms for static: immobile, nonmoving, standing, stationary

Words Related to static: statical

Examples of static in a sentence:
The condition of scholarship devoted to the history



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