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Re: GRE Video Word of the Day [#permalink] New post   03 Sep 2021, 04:24
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Eschew
(verb)

1: to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds

Synonyms for eschew: avoid, dodge, duck, elude, escape

Words Related to eschew: avert, deflect, divert, obviate

Examples of eschew in a sentence:
Although never one to (i) _______life’s pleasures, only recently had Paul
Teachers of composition urge their students to (i)____________ in their
The polar reviews and modest sales did not (i)



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Re: GRE Video Word of the Day [#permalink] New post   05 Sep 2021, 14:47
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Prescient
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1: foreknowledge of events; human anticipation of the course of events

Synonyms for prescient: foreknowledge, foresight

Words Related to prescient: foreboding, premonition, prenotion

Examples of prescient in a sentence:
Although the chairman’s new policies cut costs at the time
On an aptitude test in 1986, an argument posited that the
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Apex
(noun)

1: the highest or culminating point

Synonyms for prescient: acme, apogee, capstone, climax

Words Related to prescient: pinpoint, prong, tine

Examples of prescient in a sentence:
The magazine’s editor was known to be a very busy woman
Some have argued that people who work in the service industry experience




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Re: GRE Video Word of the Day [#permalink] New post   08 Sep 2021, 23:06
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Rancor
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1: bitter deep-seated ill will

Synonyms for rancor: animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy

Words Related to rancor: hate, hatred, loathing

Examples of rancor in a sentence:
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Cosmopolitan
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1: having wide international sophistication
2: having worldwide rather than limited or provincial scope or bearing

Synonyms for cosmopolitan: smart, sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wise

Words Related to cosmopolitan: suave, urbane, civilized, cultivated

Examples of cosmopolitan in a sentence:
Cary Grant's reputation as a suave and_____________ ladies
In the 1950s, the country inhabitants were (I)




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Re: GRE Video Word of the Day [#permalink] New post   13 Sep 2021, 10:14
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Acrid
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1: sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor

Synonyms for acrid: acrimonious, bitter, embittered

Words Related to acrid: disaffected, discontented, disgruntled, malcontent

Examples of acrid in a sentence:
In contrast to instances where size is commensurate with the potency



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Curb
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1: CHECK, RESTRAINT

Synonyms for curb: check, circumscription, condition, constraint

Words Related to curb: pocket, repress, sink, smother,

Examples of curb in a sentence:
Ensuring that children consume less sugar is among the most effective
Unlike juvenile diabetes, which is a genetic condition




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Celerity
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1: rapidity of motion or action

Synonyms for celerity: fastness, fleetness, haste, hurry

Words Related to celerity: acceleration, hastiness, precipitation, precipitousness

Examples of celerity in a sentence:
Although I saw that the features of Ligeia were not of classic
Even those accustomed to the austere beauty of mathematics may be daunted by




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Wizened
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1: to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality

Synonyms for wizened: shrunken, withered

Words Related to wizened: old, aging

Examples of wizened in a sentence:
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Protean
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1: displaying great diversity or variety : VERSATILE

Synonyms for protean: adaptable, all-around (also all-round), universal, versatile

Words Related to protean: general-purpose, mixed-use, multipurpose

Examples of protean in a sentence:
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Chimera
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1: an illusion or fabrication of the mind, especially : an unrealizable dream

Synonyms for chimera: conceit, daydream, delusion

Words Related to chimera: envisaging, imaging, visualization

Examples of chimera in a sentence:
Middlemarch author George Eliot reportedly bemoaned the dearth of (i)



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Tyro
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1: a beginner in learning : NOVICE

Synonyms for tyro: rookie, tenderfoot, virgin

Words Related to tyro: amateur, dabbler, dilettante

Examples of tyro in a sentence:
Growing up in a wealthy suburb, she felt quite the
As official___________ from Japan to this country,




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Re: GRE Video Word of the Day [#permalink] New post   26 Sep 2021, 09:19
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Limpid
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1: marked by transparency; clear and simple in style

Synonyms for limpid: clear, crystal, crystal clear, crystalline

Words Related to limpid: translucent, transparentized

Examples of limpid in a sentence:
Despite having the many of the most (I)
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Maudlin
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1: drunk enough to be emotionally silly

Synonyms for maudlin: sticky, sugarcoated, sugary, wet

Words Related to maudlin: dreamy, misty-eyed, moonstruck

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Despite the actor’s profession that (i)___________was
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Munificience
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1: characterized by great liberality or generosity

Synonyms for munificience: bighearted, bounteous, bountiful

Words Related to munificience: extravagant, handsome, lavish

Examples of munificent in a sentence:
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Axiom
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1: a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference; an established rule or principle or a self-evident truth

Synonyms for axiom: hypothesis, proposition, theory, thesis

Words Related to axiom: affirmation, assertion, avouchment, declaration

Examples of munificent in a sentence:
Ask an art critic whether the inherent value of a piece lies in its uniqueness, technical innovation


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Histrionic
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1: deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional

Synonyms for histrionic: dramatic, hammy, melodramatic

Words Related to histrionic: actorish, actorly, actressy

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Venerate
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1: to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference

Synonyms for venerate: adore, deify, glorify

Words Related to venerate: admire, honor, love, regard, respect

Examples of venerate in a sentence:
The widespread tendency to ___________ retired political
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Bombast
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1: pretentious inflated speech or writing

Synonyms for bombast: bluster, brag, braggadocio

Words Related to bombast: oratory, rhetoric, pomposity, turgidity

Examples of bombast in a sentence:
A skilled though (i)__________speaker, the party chairman was lauded
Consider the _______ of the nature of war, the outcome



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