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GRE Vocabulary: Level 2
analogy     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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achievement; accomplishment; an act that shows skill, strength, or bravery
a thick, heavy stick used as a weapon by police officers, or one transferred by runners in a relay race
a person who organizes and operates a business; contractor
a bitter quarrel between two parties
the similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
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beneficiary     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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enjoying yourself when you are not working; entertainment
bill; commercial document issued by a seller to the buyer indicating the products, quantities, and prices
willful or malicious destruction of public or private property;
brave determination and confidence even in discouraging situations
a person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
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chaperon     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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title or degree of nobility
authoritative command or instruction; commission of authorizing to administer a territory
the colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism; a range of values
person, especially an older or married woman, who accompanies a young unmarried woman in public
one who hangs, or causes to be hanged; loop or strap by which something is hung
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dabble     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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inflict vengeance or punishment upon a person;  express or gratify anger, malevolence, or resentment
shine with a weak or fitful light; glimmer intermittently
scrub; clean, polish, or wash by scrubbing vigorously; wear away; search through or over thoroughly
make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; shred
splash liquid gently and playfully; undertake something without serious intent
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demolition     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying
irregularity; a person or something unusual; departure from the normal or common order
headdress for men and boys; a covering for the head, worn by women, protecting the back and sides of the head
partial or total darkness; thick shade; gloomy, or dark place; cloudiness or heaviness of mind
extended scolding; long angry or violent speech
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excursion     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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good fortune; financial success; physical well-being
privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command
drama, characterized by exaggerated emotions, stereotypical characters, and interpersonal conflicts
trip; usually a short journey made for pleasure
courtesy towards women
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flask     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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any part of an organ that seems to be separate from the rest, as one of the parts of the brain, lungs, or liver
chemical processes occurring within a living cell or organism to the maintenance of life
leather with a soft napped surface; Swedish glove leather; undressed kid
push; driving force; an act of propelling
a small bottle-shaped vessel for holding fluids; a narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass
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gory     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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enacted by statute; depending on the statute for its authority
not harmed or damaged in any way; untouched
capable of being accomplished or brought about
bloody; full by bloodshed and violence
charming; tending to draw attention or affections
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hypothesis     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other
shelter especially for housing or repairing aircraft
necessary foods or commodities; basic elements; secure or fasten; a short U-shaped wire nail for securing cables
the overland expedition, especially one for hunting or exploring in eastern Africa; journey or trip
assumption; an idea or explanation for something that is based on known facts but has not yet been proved
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infatuated     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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planned, considered, or estimated in advance; deliberate
loose and not easily controlled; lacking in rigor or strictness
frightfully; terribly; inspiring horror
possessed by an unreasoning passion or attraction; overcome by some foolish passion or desire
sheer, light, delicate, or tenuous
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lengthy     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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endowed with fancy or imagination; entertaining a flattering opinion of one's self; vain
without previous preparation
arousing anger or interest; tending to provoke or stimulate
redundant; relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
enormous; boundless; so great as to be beyond measurement
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maverick     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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one that refuses to abide or be independent; an unbranded range animal
particle; a tiny spot; stain
a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers; excessive or irrational devotion to some activity
act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment; aggravation
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nuptials     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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wedding ceremony; social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
in the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free black person, living in the mountains
male goose; fool and simpleton; look or glance
a solid substance resembling metal in physical properties, but in its chemical relations ranking with the nonmetals
work of art put together from fragments
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peril     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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male hawk; a kind of bur used in dressing cloth; flower or head of some plants, as when pendent; a narrow silk ribbon
lack of consistency; the difference
danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction
examination of accounts; adjustment or correction of accounts
tree of several species, constituting the genus Betula
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provincial     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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lifeless; not animated or energetic; dull
attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary
in a very great degree; beyond what is usual; surpassingly
relating to a province; limited in outlook; unsophisticated
performed with a natural or offhand ease
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resurrection     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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rising again; resumption of vigor; the act of rising from the dead or returning to life
shepherd; one who has the care of flocks and herds; a religious leader in certain Protestant Churches
prolonged sounds like that letter s, made by forcing out the breath between the tongue and teeth
state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
whirling motion; eddy, as of water
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slink     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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draw back, as with fear or pain
void or annul by recalling, withdrawing, or reversing; cancel; retract
hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion; swing, as something suspended loosely
make changes in structure or style; reconstruct; change the form of
creep away meanly; steal away; sneak.
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sprout     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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have new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud; shoot up
emit an odor;  be pervaded by something unpleasant
bring into being; give rise to; produce
move heavily or clumsily; cut down timber of
make longer; draw out; lengthen
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stethoscope     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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something surrendered as punishment for crime or error
any of various instruments used for listening to sounds produced within the body, like a doctor's tool
act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
type or class; a kind of literary or artistic work
part of government which makes laws
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tycoon     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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foolish, unreasoning, or extravagant passion or attraction; temporary love of an adolescent
wealthy and powerful businessperson or industrialist; magnate
small fruit tree with large leaves, known from the remotest antiquity
extent; greatness of rank, size, or position
roof of the mouth; sense of taste
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