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GRE Word List # GRE/W196

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Description of shun (verb: shunned; shunned; shunning)
expel from a community or group; ostracize; ostracise; cast out; blackball



   
Description of fester (verb: festered; festered; festering)
generate pus; rankle; produce irritation or resentment



   
Description of flourish (verb: flourished; flourished; flourishing)
move or swing back and forth; wave



   
Description of lurk (verb: lurked; lurked; lurking)
wait in hiding to attack; bushwhack; waylay; ambuscade; lie in wait



   
Description of polarize (verb: polarized; polarized; polarizing)
separate into opposing groups; contrapose



   
Description of pulverize (verb: pulverized; pulverized; pulverizing)
become powder or dust; pulverise; powderise



   
Description of propitiate (verb: propitiated; propitiated; propitiating)
make peace with



   
Description of writhe (verb: writhed; writhed; writhing)
move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); wriggle; worm; squirm; twist



   
Description of yaup (verb)
emit long loud cries; wail; roar; yawl



   
Description of logroll (verb)
work toward the passage of some legislation by exchanging political favors such as trading votes



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