GRE word list 4 (1-50)

ambivalence
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ambulatoryable to walk around (used of hospital patients)capaciousspaciousdesecrateto damage or pollute a holy placeexhaustivecomplete and thoroughimpiouswicked; profaneludicrousridiculous; sillyorthodoxconventionalprecipitousdone in a hurrysalutarysomething which teaches you a lesson' beneficialtruncatecut shortamelioratemake bettercapitulatesurrender; give in todesecrationspoiling something holyexoneratesacquits; absolves; removes blameimpoverisheddestitute; poorlukewarm1. unenthusiastic 2. neither hot not coldossify1. turn to bone 2. become fixed and rigidprecludeprevent or make impossiblesanctimonioushypocritically holytumultuproar; noiseameliorationimprovementcarpingconstant criticismdesiststop; discontinue; ceaseexorcismgetting free/rid of; eliminating (especially demons)impromptuunrehearsed; spontaneouslummoxclumsy personostentatiousshowyprecociousdeveloping earlysanctiongive approval toturpitudedepravityamiablefriendlycartographerperson who makes mapsdespondenthaving no hope; miserableexpatriaterefugee; emigrant; someone living away from his own countryinadvertentnot intentionallusciousjuicy; moist; succulentoustpush out of a positionpredecessorone who came beforesanguinarybloodthirsty; bloodytyronovice; beginner