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GAT HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS
Abated to make less in amount, degree, force, etc.

Abbreviate to shorten (a word or phrase) by leaving out or substituting letters

Abduct to take (a person) away unlawfully and by force or fraud; kidnap

Abilities a being able; power to do (something physical or mental).

Abounded to be plentiful, exist in large numbers or amounts

Abstract thought of apart from any particular instances or material objects: not concrete

Adroit skillful in a physical or mental way; clever; expert

Aerate to expose to air, or cause air to circulate through

Affluent having an abundance of wealth, property, or other material goods; prosperous, rich

Agile quick and easy of movement; deft and active

Agitator a person who tries to stir up people in support of a cause: often used in an unfavorable
sense

Alacrity eager wisllingness or readiness, often manifested by quick, lively action

Altruism unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness

Altruist of or motivated by altruism; unselfish

Altruistic of or motivated by altruism, unselfish

Ambiguity the quality or state of being ambiguous

Ancestors any person from whom one is descended, esp. one earlier in a family line than a
grandparent, forefather. forebear

Ancestors any person from whom one is descended, esp. one earlier in a family line than a
grandparent; forefather, forebear

Ancillary subordinate

Antifreeze a substance of low freezing point added to a liquid, esp. to the water in the radiator of an
automobile or to gasoline in the tank, to prevent freezing

Appall to fill with horror or dismay shock

Appliance the act of applying: application

Apprise to inform or notify

Arctic of, characteristic of, or near the North Pole or the region around it

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Artifact any object made by human work; esp., a simple or primitive tool, weapon,
vessel, etc.

Ascertained to make certain or definite

Ascertaining to make certain or definite

Assessed to set an estimated value on (property etc.) for taxation

Asylum A sanctuary , as a temple, where criminal, debtors, etc. where safe from arrest the act or
sense of hearing

Aver to declare to be true; state positivity affirm

Balletomane a person enthusiastic about the ballet

Bawdy characteristic of a bawd, indecent or humorously coarse, lewd

Bellwether a male sheep usually wearing a bell, that leads the flock

Beneath in a lower place below

Bibliography the study of the editions dates authorship of books and other writings

Bibulous highly absorbent

Billow a large wave, great swell of water

Bolster a long, narrow cushion or pillow

Boredom the condition of being bored ennul

Bowdlerize to remove passage considered offensive from( a book play etc.)

Brevity the quality of being brief shortness of time

Bullet a blow with the hand or fist

Buoy a floating object anchored in a lake river etc. to mark a channel warm of a hazard etc.

Carvings a figure of design formed by some kind of cutting

Catalyst something that causes activity between two or more persons of forces without itself
being affected

Chevrons a heraldic device in the shape

Chorus a group of persons singing in unison

Cloister a place of religious seclusion monastery or convent

Comatose of, like, or in a coma or stupor

Composer calmness of mind or manner; tranquility; self-possession

Concluded to bring to a close: end; finish

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Condemn to pass an adverse judgment on; disapprove of strongly; censure

Conflict to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance,

or in opposition; clash

Consciousness the state of being conscious, awareness of one's own feelings, what is happening
around one, etc.

Contaminated to make impure, infected, corrupt, radioactive, etc. by contact with or addition of
something, pollute; defile; sully; taint

Contemplation thoughtful inspection, study, etc

Contribution the act of contributing

Controversy a lengthy discussion of an important question in which opposing opinions clash;

debate; disputation

Convictions The judgment of a jury or judge that a person is guilty of a crime as charged

Crude In a raw or natural condition, before being prepared for use; not refined or
processed

Cruise to sail from place to place, as for pleasure or in search of something

Culpable deserving blame; blameworthy

Curative of or for the curing of disease

Curbing anything that restrains or controls, a restraint; check

Cursory hastily, often superficially, done, performed rapidly with little attention to detail

Curtailed to cut short. reduce: abridge

Cynosure any person or thing that is a center of attention or interest

Decimate to select by lot and kill every tenth one of Deter to keep or discourage (a person,
group, or nation) from doing something by instilling fear, anxiety, doubt, etc.

Diatribe a bitter, abusive criticism or denunciation

Dictatorial of like, or characteristic of a dictator, autocratic; tyrannical; domineering

Diligent persevering and careful in work, industrious

Distinguished celebrated; eminent

Divisive causing division; esp., causing disagreement or dissension

Doctrine something taught; teachings

Dubious feeling doubt; hesitating; skeptical

Dusk dark in color; dusky; shadowy

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Ecosystems a system made up of a community of animals, plants, and bacteria

interrelated together with its physical and chemical environment

Ecstatic of, having the nature of, or characterized by ecstasy

Ecstasy an overpowering emotion or exaltation; a state of sudden, intense feeling

Eligible fit to be chosen; legally or morally qualified

Empathy the projection of one's own personality into the personality of another in order
to understand the person better; ability to share in another’s emotions, thoughts,
or feelings

Empirical relying or based solely on experiment and observation rather than theory

Encouraging giving courage, hope, or confidence

Envisage to face; confront

Equalized to make equal

Erroneous containing or based on error, mistaken; wrong

Erudite having or showing a wide knowledge gained from reading; learned; scholarly

Espouse to take as a spouse, esp. as a wife, marry

Essentially of or constituting the intrinsic, fundamental nature of something; basic; inherent

Esteemed to have great regard for; value highly; respect

Eulogy speech or writing in praise of a person, event, or thing; esp., a formal speech
praising a person who has recently died

Evaluate to find the value or amount of

Evaporate to change (a liquid or solid) into vapor; drive out or draw off in the form of vapor

Evidence that which tends to prove or disprove something; ground for belief; proof

Evolution an unfolding, opening out, or working out; process of development, as from a

simple to a complex form, or of gradual, progressive change, as in a social and
economic structure

Exhuming to dig out of the earth; disinter

Existed to have reality or actual being; be

Existence the act of existing; state or fact of being

Exotic foreign; not native

Explicitly clearly stated and leaving nothing implied, distinctly expressed; definite-
distinguished from implicit

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Explosion an exploding: esp., a blowing up, or bursting with a loud noise:

detonation

Exterminate to destroy or get rid of entirely, as by killing: wipe out: annihilate

Familial of, involving, or common to a family

Familiarize to make commonly known

Felon a wicked person

Flawed a break, scratch, crack etc that spoils something. blemish

Flints a fine-grained, very hard, siliceous rock, usually gray, that produces sparks when
struck with steel and that breaks into pieces with sharp cutting edges

Foe enemy (in all senses)

Folly a lack of understanding, sense or rational conduct, foolishness

Fortitude the strength to bear misfortune pain etc. calmly and patiently: firm courage

Frequently often

Furtive done or acting in a stealthy manner as If to hinder observation: surreptitious:

stealthy. sneaky

Glance to look quickly or briefly

Gluttonous inclined to eat too much and greedily

Gravity the force of attraction by which terrestrial bodies tend to fall toward the center
of the earth , the state or condition of being grave. esp , a) solemnity or
sedateness of manner or character earnestness b) danger or threat. ominous
quality

Grimaces a twisting or distortion of the face, as in expressing pain, contempt, disgust, etc
or a wry look as in seeking to amuse

Harbor a place of refuge, safety, etc . retreat shelter

Heredity a) the transmission of characteristics from parent to offspring by means of genes

in alt chromosomes b} the tendency of offspring to resemble parents or ancestors
through such transmission

Humanitarian a person devoted to promoting the welfare of humanity esp. through the
elimination of pain and suffering: philanthropist

Htundrum lacking variety dull; monotonous. bonng

Hypocrisy a pretending to be what one is not, or to feel what one does not feel. esp., a
pretense of virtue, piety. etc

Iceberg a great mass of ice broken off from a glacier and floating in the sea

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Implicate to show to have a connection with a crime, fault. etc

Implied involved, suggested, or understood without being openly or directly

expressed

Impure not pure

Inconsistent not consistent: not in agreement, harmony, or accord: incompatible

Incredible not credible: unbelievable

Indigenous existing, growing, or produced naturally in a region or country. belonging Ito) as

a native

Inevitable unable to be avoided, evaded. or escaped: certain; necessary

Inference an act or the process of inferring

Influx a flowing in: inflow, as of a liquid, gas, etc b) a continual coming in of persons or
things

Inimitable that cannot be imitated or matched: too good to be equaled or copied

Initiating bring into practice or use: introduce by first doing or using; start

Instinct (an) inborn tendency to behave in a way characteristic of a species; natural,

unlearned, predictable response to stimuli

Intimidate to make timid: make afraid; daunt

Invigorate to give vigor to: fill with energy; enliven

Laudatory expressing praise; eulogistic; commendatory also

Laurel of a genus (Laurus) of evergreen trees or shrubs of the laurel family

Lax l loose: emptying easily (said of the bowels) Liturgy prescribed forms or ritual for
public worship in any of various religions or churches

Lowers in a place or on a level below another

Martinet a very strict military disciplinarian

Maverick an unbranded animal, esp. a strayed calf, a lone dissenter, as an intellectual, an

artist, or a politician, who takes an independent stand apart from his or her
associates

Mediocre neither very good nor very bad, ordinary; average

Meticulous extremely or excessively careful about details: scrupulous or finicky

Modesty the quality or state of being modest: unassuming or humble behavior

Morass a tract of low, soft, watery ground, bog, marsh; swamp: often used figuratively of
a difficult, troublesome, or perplexing state of affairs

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Narrate to tell (a story) in writing or speech

Natives inborn or innate rather than acquired

Negotiate to make arrangements for, settle, or conclude (a business transaction, treaty,

etc.)

Nicaragua a country in Central America,

Nomadic A member of a group of people who have no fixed home and move according to
the seasons from place to place in search of food, water, and grazing land.

Novelty the quality of being novel; newness; freshness

Oblivion the condition or fact of being forgotten

Oblivious forgetful or unmindful' usually with of or to

Obstruction something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles;

obstacle or hindrance

Obvious easy to see or understand, plain, evident

Oddly being one of a pair of which the other is missing

Ornamental serving as or pertaining to an ornament: decorative

Pacifier someone who Ines to bring peace, a rubber or plastic device, often shaped into a
nipple, for a baby to suck or bite on

Paleolithic designating or of an Old World cultural period (2 million ic. 10,000 B.C.)

Palisade any one of a row of large pointed stakes set in the ground to form a fence used
or fortification or defense

Panegyric a formal speech or piece of writing praising a person or event

Panhandler a beggar, esp. one who begs on the streets

Parisian of or like Pans, its people, or culture

Passes a narrow passage or opening. esp between mountains, gap; defile

Peacemaker a person who makes peace, as by settling the disagreements or quarrels of others

Pebbles a small stone worn smooth and round, as by the action of water

Perforate to make a hole or holes through, as by punching or boring; pierce; penetrate

Perpetrates to do or perform (something evil, criminal, or offensive), be guilty of

Pickups the act of picking up, as in fielding a rapidly rolling baseball

Pitiful arousing or deserving pity

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Plausible seemingly true, acceptable, etc.: often implying disbelief

Plausible seemingly true, acceptable, etc.: often implying disbelief

Pleistocene designating or of the first epoch of the Quaternary Period in the Cenozoic Era,
characterized by the spreading and recession of continental ice sheets and by the
appearance of modem humans

Pogo stick a stilt with pedals and a spring at one end, used as a toy to move along in a series
of bounds

Precision the quality of being precise; exactness, accuracy, etc.

Predetermined to determine, decide, or decree beforehand

Premises a tract of land including its buildings , a proposition supporting or helping to

support a conclusion

Prevailed to gain the advantage or mastery; be victorious; triumph: often with over or
against

Prevalent stronger, more effective, etc.; dominant

Primitive of or existing in the beginning or the earliest times or ages; ancient; original

Probable likely to occur or be; that can reasonably but not certainly be expected

Prosaic of or like prose rather than poetry; often, specific., heavy, flat, unimaginative, etc.

Prosecutes to follow up or pursue (something) to a conclusion.

Proselyte to try to convert (a person), esp. to one's religion

Pungent producing a sharp sensation of taste and smell; acrid

Quizzical odd; comical

Radioactive capable of giving off, radiant energy in the form of particles or rays, as alpha, beta,
and gamma rays, by the spontaneous disintegration of atomic nuclei

Rapacious taking by force; plundering

Rebellion an act or state of armed resistance to one's government

Recital a) a reciting; specific., a telling of facts, events, etc. in detail b) what is so told;
account, story, or description

Redundant more than enough; overabundant; excess; superfluous

Regiment a military unit consisting of two or more battalions and forming a basic element
of a division

Rescue to free or save from danger, imprisonment, evil, etc.

Resist to withstand; oppose; fend off; stand firm against; withstand the action of

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Retaliated to return like for like; esp., to return evil for evil; pay back injury for
injury

Reverence a feeling or attitude of deep respect, love, and awe, as for something
sacred; veneration

Rue to feel remorse or repentance for (a sin, fault, etc.)

Rumors general talk not based on definite knowledge; mere gossip; hearsay

Salvage a) the rescue of a ship and cargo at sea from peril such as fire, shipwreck, capture,
etc o) compensation paid to those who assist in the rescue operations c) the ship
or cargo so rescued d) the restoration of a sunken or wrecked ship or its cargo as
by divers

Sanction the act of a recognized authority confirming or ratifying an action; authorized

approval or, permission

Scandalous causing scandal; offensive to a sense of decency or shocking to the moral feelings
of the

Scanning to analyze (verse) in terms of its rhythmic components, as by counting accents

and syllables and marking the metrical feet

Scanty barely sufficient; not ample; meager

Scarce not common; rarely seen

Scrutinizing to look at very carefully; examine closely; inspect minutely

Serene not disturbed on troubled. calm. peaceful, tranquil, etc

Simultaneous occurring, done, existing, etc together or at the same time

Skyrocketed a fireworks rocket that explodes in midair in a shower of colored sparks

Sluggish lacking energy. alertness, or vigor; indisposed to exertion, slothful

Sophisticated not simple, artless, naive, etc.; urbane, worldly-wise, etc. or knowledgeable,
percept". subtle, etc.

Speculations the act of speculating, or meditating, a thought or conjecture

Stabilized to make stable, or firm

Straighten to make or become less confused, easier to deal with, etc.

Strip to deprive of covering: to strip a fruit of its rind .to remove (the clothing or
coveting): from (a person); make naked; undress

Stultify to make seem foolish, stupid, inconsistent, etc , make absurd or ridiculous, to
torpid

Succinct clearly and briefly stated; terse

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Sufficient as much as is needed; equal to what is specified or required: enough

Surprisingly causing surprise; amazing

Sustain to keep in existence; keep up; maintain or prolong

Sybarite any of the people of ancient

Tirade a long, vehement speech, esp. one of denunciation; harangue

Trauma a bodily injury, wound, or shock

Trench to cut, cut into, cut off, etc.; slice, gash, etc.

Trooper an enlisted soldier in the mounted cavalry

Truculent fierce; cruel; savage; ferocious

Turn to make (a wheel, globe, etc.) move about a central point or axis; revolve or rotate

Unscrupulous not ‘scrupulous; not restrained by ideas of right and wrong; unprincipled

Varsity the main team that represents a university, college, or school in some
competition, esp. an athletic one

Verbiage an excess of words beyond those needed to express concisely what is meant;
wordiness

Version a particular form or variant of something

Vicious a) given to or characterized by vice; evil, corrupt, or depraved, harmful,

unwholesome, or noxious

Victim a person or animal killed as a sacrifice to a god in a religious rite

Victor the winner in a battle, struggle, etc

Violate to break (a law, rule, promise, etc.); fail to keep or observe; infringe on

Vitality power to live or go

Wicked power to live or go on living morally bad or wrong; acting or done with evil intent;
depraved; iniquitous

Witnesses an attesting of a fact, statement, etc.; evidence; testimony

Yawn to open the mouth wide, esp. involuntarily, and breathe in deeply, as a result of
fatigue, drowsiness, or boredom

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