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 Test Questions
GRE Vocabulary: Level 2
accelerate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
import or export without paying customs duties
withdraw; take back; draw back or in
be turned or inclined from a right line or level; lie obliquely; slope; turn from a direct line
pain; grieve; vex; be pained or distressed; feel deep pity, sympathy, or tenderness
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asparagus     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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physical or mental weariness; exhaustion
tender young shoots of a Eurasian plant, having leaf-like stems, scale-like leaves, and small flowers
one who executes, especially one who puts a condemned person to death; an executor
crust discharged from and covering a healing wound; a worker who refuses membership in a labor union
very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk
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calcium     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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extremely attractive; entrancing; transporting
one who sues, petitions, or entreats; petitioner; applicant; a man who is courting a woman
act of creating something, as medicine, drink, or soup, by compounding or mixing a variety of components
temporary moderation of disease symptoms; cancellation of debt; lessening of intensity or degree
silvery, moderately hard metallic element
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conglomerate     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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travel for discovery
the corporation made up of different companies; composing of different elements gathered into a mass
low or coarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow
state of refreshing tranquility; an act of making less strict
a kind of cloak worn by the Spanish Americans, having the form of a blanket, with a slit in the middle for the head
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delete     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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drink greedily; flood with water, as for washing
bump; hit something violently
testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
erase; strike out; remove or make invisible
record by making a mark; reckon or count; keep score
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emissary     Speak
 
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n.  
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magnificence; Great light or luster; brilliance; grandeur
something invented, made up; imaginary thing
gift giver; a person who gives people or institutions financial help
a substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
the agent sent on a mission to represent or advance the interests of another
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frail     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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formed into a whole; introduced into another entity
redundant; relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
in a very great degree; beyond what is usual; surpassingly
physically weak; easily broken
lacking wit or imagination; ordinary
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glimmer     Speak
 
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n.  
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book in which a summary of accounts is laid up or preserved; a book of record in business transactions
dim or intermittent flicker or flash of light; faint glow; shimmer
a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers; excessive or irrational devotion to some activity
body, living or dead; corporeal substance of a thing; a collection of writings used for linguistic analysis
a broad-bladed instrument used for spreading or mixing
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hearsay     Speak
 
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n.  
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act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting
apparatus in which environmental conditions can be controlled, used for growing bacterial or hatching eggs artificially
small flag normally used by naval vessels to represent a special condition; championship symbolized by such a flag
rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from another
dim or intermittent flicker or flash of light; faint glow; shimmer
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ingenuity     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell
any legend; long detailed report; Scandinavian myth
quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in forming new combinations
one who advocates equal rights for women
a barrier that surrounds something to protect it
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jaded     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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fatigued dulled by surfeit; exhausted; worn out; wearied
not harmed or damaged in any way; untouched
uncorrupted by civilization; primitive; remaining free from dirt or decay
unrestrained and violent; occurring without restraint
neatly or smartly dressed; neat, trim, and smart
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masquerade     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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a burst of ill humor; display of temper; ill-natured caprice
process of making things clearer or easier to understand
intense adverse criticism; artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes; public-relations spokesperson
ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic
assembly of persons wearing masks and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions
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mogul     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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extent; greatness of rank, size, or position
long deep cut; deep flesh wound; lively and fluent in discourse; talkative
fish eggs; egg mass; female of any species of deer
rich or powerful person; magnate; small hard mound or bump on a ski slope
tree of several species, constituting the genus Betula
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poncho     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration that misleads another to believe a false thing
height; status; high level of respect
one that refuses to abide or be independent; an unbranded range animal
strong inclination; definite liking
a kind of cloak worn by the Spanish Americans, having the form of a blanket, with a slit in the middle for the head
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quartet     Speak
 
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n.  
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tree of several species, constituting the genus Betula
fashion that is taken up with great enthusiasm for a brief period of time; craze
an attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower
composition for four voices or four instruments; a group of four
destruction of life; the savage and excessive killing of many people
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relevance     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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a rounded rock lying on the surface of ground or embedded in soil
composition for two performers, whether vocal or instrumental
various small animals or insects, such as rats or cockroaches, those are destructive, annoying, or injurious to health
relation of something to the matter at hand; applicability to social issues
body, living or dead; corporeal substance of a thing; a collection of writings used for linguistic analysis
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scrooge     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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mean or miserly person; selfish person
an opening or aperture; recess; introductory section or part, as of a poem
joining two surfaces or edges together along a line by sewing; the material used in sewing
perceptiveness; intellectual activity; delicacy; quality or state of being subtle
particle; a tiny spot; stain
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snare     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestic species; pig
title or degree of nobility
the similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
trap; gin; anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble
behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic; mental disorder
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strolling     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty.
of considerable weight; heavy; rugged and powerful
marked by kindness, mercy, or compassion
leisurely walking; traveling from place to place seeking work or gain
more than enough in size or scope or capacity; relatively large
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transmit     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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forward; send from one person or place to another
oust; discharge;  force or drive out
sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane
import or export without paying customs duties
go or move with one side foremost; move sidewise
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