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 Test Questions
GRE Vocabulary: Level 2
affectionate     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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lustful;  indecent; suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
having affection or warm regard; loving; fond; kindly inclined; zealous
gloomy; feeling of thoughtful sadness; affected by depression
extremely hungry; exhausted through want of food or drink
relating to ships, sailors, or navigation
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audacity     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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having supreme rank or power; self-governing; excellent; independent
daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesome; reckless daring
intentional; headstrong; said or done on purpose; deliberate
irritated or impatient; easily annoyed; peevish
exceeding what is necessary or natural; repetitious; excessively wordy
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caribou     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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the American reindeer, especially the common or woodland species
act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting
quality of being novel; newness; something new and unusual
person who eats too much food and drink
road or passage having no exit; deadlock
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crouch     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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find out for certain; discover with certainty; make sure of
feel joy; experience gladness in a high degree; have pleasurable satisfaction; be delighted; enjoy
throw out forcibly and abundantly, as liquids through an office or a pipe; eject in a jet; utter magniloquently
decide; judge; sentence; condemn
bend down; stoop low; lie close to the ground with the legs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey or in fear
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deviant     Speak
 
(5)
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troubling the nerves or peace of mind, as by repeated vexations
not able to be entered; beyond understanding
not surveyed or investigated; not charted or recorded on a map or plan
differing from a norm or the accepted standards of a society
sound of a sudden heavy fall; well-rounded and full in form
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duress     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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a separate religious body; faction united by common interests or beliefs
something which is written; writing; scripture
female of horse and other equine quadrupeds; sighing, suffocative panting, with a sense of pressure across the chest
mild expression to replace offensive, unpleasant, or embarrassing one
forcible restraint, especially unlawfully
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fledged     Speak
 
(7)
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stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good
furnished with feathers; able to fly; equipped for flight; winged; developed; matured
exceeding what is necessary or natural; repetitious; excessively wordy
not bound by chains or shackle; not restricted
strange; unusual; haughty or brutal in behavior or language; grossly rude or disrespectful
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gauze     Speak
 
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n.  
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depiction or interpretation, as in painting or music; translation; version
low or coarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow
act of suspending activity temporarily; interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk
capacity to attract intense interest
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hulk     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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a box-shaped musical instrument consisting of a folded central part with a keyboard
ship, particularly a heavy ship; the body of a ship or decked vessel of any kind; excessively muscled person
headdress for men and boys; a covering for the head, worn by women, protecting the back and sides of the head
seller; provider; vending machine
extraordinary ability; military bravery; superior skill or ability
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inanimate     Speak
 
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lifeless; not animated or energetic; dull
weak; feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or solidity
pertaining to the public treasury or revenue; revenue
checking perpendicularity; exactly vertical
spreading harmfully in a subtle manner; designed or adapted to entrap
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lax     Speak
 
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in a very great degree; beyond what is usual; surpassingly
done in a moment; continuing only a moment; lasting a very short time
something you cannot stop taking once you have started
luminous; bright; emitting visible light
loose and not easily controlled; lacking in rigor or strictness
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melon     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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juicy fruit of certain cucurbitaceous plants, as the muskmelon, watermelon;  plant that produces the fruit juicy
handrail, especially on a staircase
apartment or closet in which bread and other provisions are kept
headdress for men and boys; a covering for the head, worn by women, protecting the back and sides of the head
the agent sent on a mission to represent or advance the interests of another
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nibble     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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stuff oneself; overeat; make a pig of oneself
be absorbed in one's thoughts; consider or say thoughtfully
look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
bite by little at a time; seize gently with the mouth; eat slowly or in small bits
pain; grieve; vex; be pained or distressed; feel deep pity, sympathy, or tenderness
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perish     Speak
 
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v.  
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be destroyed; pass away; become nothing
breathe or draw into the lungs; to inspire; consume rapidly or eagerly; devour
move about briskly and playfully; search a person for something concealed, by hands quickly over clothes
blast; prevent the growth and fertility of; destroy the happiness of; ruin; frustrate
depart; leave a room, building, chair, so that it is available for other people
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pulmonary     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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interested in making money; profit-oriented; hired for service in a foreign army
associated with divine power; made holy; worthy of religious veneration
of or about the lungs; having lungs or lung-like organs
alert and watchful; considerate; thoughtful
lacking judgment, sense, or reason; unsuited; inappropriate; foolish
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retrospect     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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tender young shoots of a Eurasian plant, having leaf-like stems, scale-like leaves, and small flowers
inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his will
religious image; idol; an essential and enduring symbol
review; look back upon; remember
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scrooge     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
mean or miserly person; selfish person
settlement or compromise of conflicting opinions; written agreement between two states
delicately beautiful or charming; exquisite; gratification or pleasure taken in anything
act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting
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solace     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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any structure that makes progress difficult; stumbling-block
unlawful taking and removing of another's personal property; theft
seller; provider; vending machine
comfort or relieve in sorrow, misfortune, or distress
point or respect in which things differ; the difference
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sully     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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pierce; go through; permeate
break into small pieces; cause to fall in pieces
give up something with reluctance; retire from; give up or abandon
get involved; come, appear, or lie between two things
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; make dirty, as by exposure to air
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twirl     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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speak or write evasively; pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
move or turn round rapidly; whirl round; move and turn rapidly with the fingers
stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
spend wastefully; fail to take advantage of; lose a chance for
stimulate; impel; provide with an incentive; move to action
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