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 Test Questions
GRE Vocabulary: Level 2
alleviate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
put into effect; supply with tools
rouse to impatience or anger; annoy; provoke
hash over again; prepare or use again; bring forth again in another form without significant alteration
talk foolishly or idly; utter meaningless confusion of words or sounds
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avenge     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
sharpen; perfect or make more intense or effective
put into effect; supply with tools
take vengeance for something, or on behalf of someone
kill or destroy by preventing access of air or oxygen; impair the respiration of; asphyxiate
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brawl     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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charm to bring good luck and avert misfortune; something that apparently has magic power
a boat propelled by oars; a large vessel for war and national purposes
one who shirks work or responsibility; one who tries to evade military service in wartime
one who manages museum or library; superintendent; manager
fight; noisy quarrel or fight; loud party
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contraction     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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one who mends or makes boots and shoes; deep-dish fruit pie with a thick top crust; an iced drink made of wine
danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction
combat between two persons; fought with deadly weapons by agreement;
act of decreasing something in size or volume or quantity or scope
particle; a tiny spot; stain
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disarray     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only; imitate
be slow in leaving; continue or persist; stay
input; enter; put or set into, between, or among
hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion; swing, as something suspended loosely
throw into disorder; break the array of.
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eminence     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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small flag normally used by naval vessels to represent a special condition; championship symbolized by such a flag
small room, especially in which a lady may retire to be alone or to receive intimate friends; a lady's private room
a small bottle-shaped vessel for holding fluids; a narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass
rebirth of the soul in another body; revitalization in another form; a new embodiment
fame; high-status importance owing to marked superiority; the rise of ground; hill
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format     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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retract a previous statement; sing over again; repeatedly utter in song
flutter; flap the wings without flying; waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air
pattern; design; set into a specific pattern
hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion; swing, as something suspended loosely
cause to be uneasy; wear away
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garret     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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a burst of ill humor; display of temper; ill-natured caprice
woolen thread; the thread of other material, as of cotton or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving
partial or total darkness; thick shade; gloomy, or dark place; cloudiness or heaviness of mind
turret; watchtower; part of a house which is on the upper floor, immediately under or within the roof; attic
wood; lumber; trees, or wooded land considered as a source of wood
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illiterate     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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silly; senseless; unconsciously foolish; void
uncultured; uneducated; not able to read or write
open for the public to read; obvious; plain
of or relating to a monarch; royal; magnificent; splendid
imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim; clouded
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infantile     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded
childish; relating to infants
reddish color; healthy-looking
weak-minded; foolishly loving and indulgent
in utter disorder; lacking visible order or organization
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insidious     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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easily influenced; having little resistance, as to a disease; receptive to
being or happening first in a sequence of time; original; primary; fundamental
dazed or confused; dizzy or queasy
of or about knowledge of pharmacy or preparing medicines
spreading harmfully in a subtle manner; designed or adapted to entrap
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melancholy     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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lacking conscience; greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good
gloomy; feeling of thoughtful sadness; affected by depression
of a very large or indefinite number; of ten thousand
hidden; secret; situated or operating beneath the earth's surface; underground
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muse     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
stop the flow of a liquid; make headway against
be absorbed in one's thoughts; consider or say thoughtfully
pay back for some expense incurred
graze; skim or glance at casually
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posterior     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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energetic, exciting, and full of enthusiasm; lively
sound of a sudden heavy fall; well-rounded and full in form
successful; thriving; having or characterized by financial success or good fortune
later in time; later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; located behind
weak; ineffective; lacking physical strength or vigor; incapable of sexual intercourse
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puncture     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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fall apart; become reduced to components, fragments, or particles
impose fine or tax; collect payment
become aware of through the senses; detect
look sideways or obliquely, now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent
a small hole made by a sharp object; pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into
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reproduction     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity
operatic solo; a solo vocal piece with instrumental accompaniment
a short account of the amusing or interesting event; short narrative; a secret story of history or biography
act of making copies
settlement or compromise of conflicting opinions; written agreement between two states
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siege     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving by force or by physical or moral constraint
game in which participants act out a word or phrase for others to guess
apartment or closet in which bread and other provisions are kept
sudden falling off or decline, as in activity, prices, or business; gross amount; mass
seat, especially a royal seat; throne or rank; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding of a place by an army
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staple     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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sand or gravel; rough, hard particles; coarse part of a meal; grain, as oats or wheat
necessary foods or commodities; basic elements; secure or fasten; a short U-shaped wire nail for securing cables
sheep; flesh of a sheep;  loose woman; prostitute
a broad-bladed instrument used for spreading or mixing
arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity
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synthetic     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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lazy; with little movement; very slow
remainder; more than is needed; quantity much larger than is needed; remaining
differing in some characteristics; various
like an ape or monkey
artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis
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trivia     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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anxiety disorder by extreme and irrational fear; dislike
insignificant or inessential matters; trifles
severe mental disorder, with or without organic damage; any vital action or activity.
a brownish-black solid or semisolid mixture of bitumen obtained from nature or as a petroleum byproduct
the steering gear of a ship, especially a tiller or a wheel; position of leadership or control; director
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