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GRE Vocabulary: Level 2
adjacent     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
expressing low opinion; disparaging; belittling
represented by graph; described in vivid detail; clearly outlined
reactive; readily reacting to people or events; showing emotion
causing great astonishment, amazement, or dismay; overwhelming; strikingly
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babble     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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appreciate fully; enjoy or relish; have a distinctive flavor, smell, or quality
gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with
restored to life; restore consciousness, vigor, or life to; revive
creep away meanly; steal away; sneak.
talk foolishly or idly; utter meaningless confusion of words or sounds
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cleavage     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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act of burning something
act of cleaving or splitting; breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules
good fortune; financial success; physical well-being
a boat propelled by oars; a large vessel for war and national purposes
the opponent in a contest; someone who offers opposition
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commend     Speak
 
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v.  
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commit, entrust, or give in charge for care or preservation; recommend as worthy of confidence or regard
cut away; trim; reduce
place in grave or tomb; bury; place in earth and cover
narrate or tell; count over again
feel or grope about; make awkward attempts to do or find something; play childishly
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dreary     Speak
 
(5)
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hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
suspicious; mistrustful; marked by or given to doubt
attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary
pertaining to hell; devilish; abominable; awful
gloomy; dismal; dark, colorless, or cheerless
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eminence     Speak
 
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n.  
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mixture; musical composition consisting of a series of  pieces
explosion; violent release of energy caused by chemical or nuclear reaction
fame; high-status importance owing to marked superiority; the rise of ground; hill
one who harvests grain, especially a machine for harvesting grain or pulse crops
act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting
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fiscal     Speak
 
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emotionally hardened; unfeeling; toughened
pertaining to the public treasury or revenue; revenue
easily influenced; having little resistance, as to a disease; receptive to
complex; elaborate; having many complexly arranged elements
invigorating and refreshing; cheering; making lively and joyful
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gloom     Speak
 
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n.  
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partial or total darkness; thick shade; gloomy, or dark place; cloudiness or heaviness of mind
one who deals in staple goods or staple fibers; a device used to bind the material together through staples
state of being complex; complexity; combination; complex
branched, a decorative lighting fixture that holds a number of bulbs or candles and is suspended from a ceiling
puzzle; difficult problem
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hazardous     Speak
 
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furnished with feathers; able to fly; equipped for flight; winged; developed; matured
seizing; embracing; catching; exceedingly eager for material gain; avaricious
sharp; having the power of entering or piercing
dangerous; reckless; daring; inclined to run risks
enormous; boundless; so great as to be beyond measurement
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inflated     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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generous; high-minded; chivalrous
fighting or warring; having a combative character; aggressive
exaggerated; pompous; enlarged with air or gas
difficult to describe; difficult to detect or grasp by the mind
not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper
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iota     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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wealthy and powerful businessperson or industrialist; magnate
the agent sent on a mission to represent or advance the interests of another
quality or state of being prudent; wisdom in the way of caution and provision; good judgment
a very small amount; a bit; ninth letter of the Greek alphabet
freedom to behave, act, or think in the way you want to; angular distance north or south of the earth's equator
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menial     Speak
 
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pertaining to hell; devilish; abominable; awful
suitable for servant; having low nature
generous; high-minded; chivalrous
negligent; careless in performing duty or business
tricky; deceptive; contemptible
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nexus     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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an opening or aperture; recess; introductory section or part, as of a poem
sudden falling off or decline, as in activity, prices, or business; gross amount; mass
connection; tie; core or center
step; pace; significant progress
list, especially of names
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preach     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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to question someone after a military mission to obtain intelligence
stop the flow of a liquid; make headway against
inflict vengeance or punishment upon a person;  express or gratify anger, malevolence, or resentment
measure the depth; come to understand
advocate; speak, plead; argue in favor of
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prone     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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profitable; producing a good profit
according to the letter or verbal expression; exactly as stated
firmly established by nature or habit
fantastic; comically hideous; unnatural in shape or size; abnormal
inclined; lying face downward; having a tendency
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relevance     Speak
 
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n.  
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any article of clothing, as coat or gown
supervening of sleep; production of sleep; hypnotic state; hypnotism
dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow
the moist, sticky mixture, especially of mud and filth; earth, rocks, or clay excavated in mining
relation of something to the matter at hand; applicability to social issues
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sidle     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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go or move with one side foremost; move sidewise
bring into being; give rise to; produce
put out or expel from a place; discharge
move one way and the other with quick turns; shake to and fro; move in vibrating; cause to vibrate
testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
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smother     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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restored to life; restore consciousness, vigor, or life to; revive
explode; burst out; become violently active
conceal or hide; envelope completely; extinguish; deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
pass into or through; penetrate with hostile intent
feel or grope about; make awkward attempts to do or find something; play childishly
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sully     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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find out for certain; discover with certainty; make sure of
cut away; trim; reduce
advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; make dirty, as by exposure to air
exploit natural surroundings to disguise something; conceal
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trespass     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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bite by little at a time; seize gently with the mouth; eat slowly or in small bits
draw back, as with fear or pain
conceal or hide; envelope completely; extinguish; deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
close; squeeze or press together; contract
unlawfully enter boundaries of some else's property; commit an offense or a sin
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