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GRE Vocabulary: Level 2
accelerate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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graze; skim or glance at casually
move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
examine or go over carefully for needed repairs; make extensive renovations or revisions on; renovate
become worse; decline
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astute     Speak
 
(2)
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gloomy; feeling of thoughtful sadness; affected by depression
having no attachments or ties; free to do as one pleases; without ties to a particular location; free to roam
uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability
wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
reactive; readily reacting to people or events; showing emotion
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bode     Speak
 
(3)
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come to an end; terminate; lose validity; breathe one's last breath; die
foreshadow; indicate by signs; be an omen of; predict
crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate
break into small pieces; cause to fall in pieces
get involved; come, appear, or lie between two things
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contingent     Speak
 
(4)
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relaxing; not as severe or strong in punishment or judgment as would be expected
physical rather than spiritual or intellectual; affecting any of senses or sense organ; sensory
possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
reactive; readily reacting to people or events; showing emotion
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diverse     Speak
 
(5)
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of considerable weight; heavy; rugged and powerful
completely lacking; barren or empty
grossly wicked; abominable; hateful; infamous
close in time; about to occur; approaching
differing in some characteristics; various
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emerge     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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come into prominence; spring up; appear
shine with a weak or fitful light; glimmer intermittently
persuade; bring about; reason or establish by induction
pull or draw, especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something
input; enter; put or set into, between, or among
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flammable     Speak
 
(7)
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fatigued dulled by surfeit; exhausted; worn out; wearied
easily ignited and capable of burning rapidly; inflammable
not enduring; not able to endure; unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion
having a tendency to flop or flap
like an ape or monkey
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gist     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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tending to cleanse or purge;  place or condition of suffering, expiation, or remorse
a most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; the central idea
extent; greatness of rank, size, or position
partial or total darkness; thick shade; gloomy, or dark place; cloudiness or heaviness of mind
honor; praise for exceptional achievement
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heiress     Speak
 
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the outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; outer skin of a kernel; husk
woman who is an heir, especially to great wealth
the file of documents on a subject; a bundle of writings or documents relating to one matter or subject
actions of a hero; having the excitement and emotional conduct
rebellion; uprising; rising against civil or political authority
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implement     Speak
 
(10)
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advocate; speak, plead; argue in favor of
shut up or place in an enclosure called a pound; gather and retain in a reservoir, basin, or pond
be turned or inclined from a right line or level; lie obliquely; slope; turn from a direct line
put into effect; supply with tools
eliminate; eradicate; kill on a large scale; kill a man
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intricate     Speak
 
(11)
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lacking wit or imagination; ordinary
hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
complex; elaborate; having many complexly arranged elements
uncorrupted by civilization; primitive; remaining free from dirt or decay
spreading harmfully in a subtle manner; designed or adapted to entrap
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mecca     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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lack of sound judgment; lack of discretion
organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects; sensory appendage, as in function or form
a place that is regarded as the center of an activity or interest; goal to which adherents of religious faith
sand or gravel; rough, hard particles; coarse part of a meal; grain, as oats or wheat
act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
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moor     Speak
 
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an accepted member of a group; one who has special knowledge or access to confidential information
quality or condition of being grand; magnificence
a dark-colored person generally; broad area of open land, often high but poorly drained
roof of the mouth; sense of taste
an artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which men or horses jump in a race; perceived obstacle
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pancreas     Speak
 
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long, irregularly shaped gland in vertebrates, lying behind the stomach that secretes pancreatic juice
operatic solo; a solo vocal piece with instrumental accompaniment
joining two surfaces or edges together along a line by sewing; the material used in sewing
various small animals or insects, such as rats or cockroaches, those are destructive, annoying, or injurious to health
composition for four voices or four instruments; a group of four
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presto     Speak
 
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quickly; immediately; in haste; suddenly
hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
like an ape or monkey
not sexual in nature; of or relating to the philosophical views of Plato and his successors
not subject to duty or obligation; not subject to taxation
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replica     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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copy or reproduction of a work of art
chemical processes occurring within a living cell or organism to the maintenance of life
tiny object or creature; very small contribution or amount of money
tender young shoots of a Eurasian plant, having leaf-like stems, scale-like leaves, and small flowers
work of art put together from fragments
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sanitation     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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slight hint or indication; slight understanding
overstatement; the act of making something more noticeable than usual
act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving by force or by physical or moral constraint
very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk
health; hygiene; application of measures designed to protect public health; disposal or recycling of waste
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splice     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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bring back to life; rise from the dead; bring back into practice, notice, or use
keep back or from; withhold; restrain from proceeding; stay or stop; delay
fasten together;  join at the ends; join by interweaving strands
force or drive back; disgust; offer resistance to; fight against
display in order to impress others; swagger; walk with a lofty proud gait
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swarm     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty
the impression produced by pressure or printing; distinctive influence; impress firmly in the mind
dense moving crowd; a large group of honeybees
act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
act of wrecking, or state of being wrecked; the debris of something wrecked
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vacancy     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
small, lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse
skin condition, usually of the face that is common in adolescents, characterized by red pimples, caused by inflammation
a discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the mains of waterworks; a water plug
space or place that is available to be used; emptiness
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