Quizlet GRE Set 5

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  1. apocalypse: a prophetic revelation especially one concerning the end of the world
  2. appropriate: to tale without permission; to set aside for a particular use
  3. autonomous: acting independently
  4. bereaved: deprived or left desolate especially through death
  5. beset: to harass; to surround
  6. blasphemy: insult to something held sacred; profanity; irreverence
  7. blatant: unpleasantly or offensively noisy; glaring
  8. blight: disease in plants; anything that injures or destroys
  9. decadent: decaying or decayed especially in terms of morals
  10. decimate: to kill or destroy a large part of
  11. effusion: pouring forth
  12. egalitarian: believing in the social and economic quality of all people
  13. egocentric: selfish; believing that one is the center of everything
  14. encroach: to make gradual or stealthy in roads into; trepass
  15. endemic: native; restricted to a particualr region or era; indigenous
  16. extemporaneous: improvised; done without preparation
  17. flaunt: to show off; to display ostentatiously
  18. frentic: frantic; frentized
  19. furtive: secretive; sly
  20. futile: useless; hopeless