Common words for GRE PART7

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  1. bereave
    deprive through death
  2. cadaver
    the dead body of a human being
  3. defunct
    no longer in force or use; inactive
  4. demise
    the time when something ends
  5. dolorous
    showing sorrow
  6. elegy
    a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
  7. knell
    the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death
  8. lament
    a cry of sorrow and grief
  9. macabre
    shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
  10. moribund
    being on the point of death
  11. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  12. sepulchral
    of or relating to a chamber that is used as a grave
  13. wraith
    a ghostly figure, especially one seen shortly before death
  14. abnegation
    the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief
  15. abstain
    refrain from doing, consuming, or partaking in something
  16. ascetic
    someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
  17. spartan
    unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment
  18. stoic
    seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
  19. temperate
    not extreme
  20. authoritarian
    characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule
  21. despotic
    having the characteristics of a tyrannical ruler
  22. dogmatic
    pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  23. hegemony
    the dominance or leadership of one social group over others
  24. imperious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  25. peremptory
    putting an end to all debate or action
  26. tyrannical
    characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule
Created on 八月 10, 2012 (updated 八月 10, 2012)

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