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 Test Questions
GRE Vocabulary: Level 2
abduct     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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carry off by force; kidnap
collapse or burst inward violently; burst inward
rise; increase in extent or intensity
combine; mix; make less pure; lessen or moderate
display in order to impress others; swagger; walk with a lofty proud gait
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banister     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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act of making a sudden noisy break
authoritative command or instruction; commission of authorizing to administer a territory
handrail, especially on a staircase
blue to gray-green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate
box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees
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chromosome     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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a structure in the cell nucleus that contains DNA
violent rotating windstorm
someone chosen to judge and decide the disputed issue;  one having the power to make authoritative decisions
sudden falling off or decline, as in activity, prices, or business; gross amount; mass
dim or intermittent flicker or flash of light; faint glow; shimmer
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conceited     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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possessed at birth; inborn
unrestrained and violent; occurring without restraint
endowed with fancy or imagination; entertaining a flattering opinion of one's self; vain
open for the public to read; obvious; plain
prophetic; involving or portending widespread devastation
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deceit     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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connection; tie; core or center
attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration that misleads another to believe a false thing
huge marine mammal of the seal family, a native of the Arctic Ocean
repentance; sorrow; suffering; a means of repairing a sin committed and obtaining pardon for it
short, usually comic dramatic performance or work
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exempt     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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quick or willing to receive ideas, suggestions; capable of receiving
not surveyed or investigated; not charted or recorded on a map or plan
randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
not subject to duty or obligation; not subject to taxation
arousing anger or interest; tending to provoke or stimulate
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fiscal     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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successful; thriving; having or characterized by financial success or good fortune
too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged
pertaining to the public treasury or revenue; revenue
quick and energetic; exceptional of its kind; remarkable
isolated; excluded; estranged; having become indifferent or hostile to one's peers or social group
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frivolous     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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possessed at birth; inborn
excessively or hypocritically pious; possessing sanctity; sacred; holy; saintly; religious
lacking in seriousness; not serious; relatively unimportant
filled with water; soft with moisture; sodden; soaked; wet
causing abhorrence or disgust
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honk     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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step; pace; significant progress
composition for four voices or four instruments; a group of four
roof of the mouth; sense of taste
act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting
cry of a wild goose; the sound produced by a typical car horn
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incurable     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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of the seventh degree or order; the act of causing to rot; causing sepsis or putrefaction
sticking together; stubbornly unyielding; holding together firmly
not capable of being cured; beyond the power of skill or medicine to remedy
dazed or confused; dizzy or queasy
vigorous; full of health and strength; vigorous
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insurrection     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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art or study of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere language
piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential; area of land; ground
speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy
body of children; a body of soldiers serving on foot; foot soldiers
rebellion; uprising; rising against civil or political authority
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livid     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking
being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
lead-colored; black and blue; discolored, as from a bruise; extremely angry
spreading harmfully in a subtle manner; designed or adapted to entrap
of or pertaining to temperament; excessively sensitive or irritable; moody; likely to perform unpredictably
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oblivion     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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continuous, unwavering course; exact meaning or actual wording of a document
legal delay of payment; suspension of an ongoing or planned activity
nonmetallic element of the halogen group, always occurring in combination
condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty
depiction or interpretation, as in painting or music; translation; version
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playwright     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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clothes, especially of a particular or formal type; dress
puzzle; difficult problem
someone who writes plays
collection of writings on a particular topic, as in a magazine; meeting or conference for discussion of a topic
conduct; management; way in which a person behaves
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recount     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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obtain from another by coercion; get money by threats
breathe or draw into the lungs; to inspire; consume rapidly or eagerly; devour
enrage; infuriate; cause to be extremely angry
go with light running steps; move about or proceed hurriedly
narrate or tell; count over again
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remainder     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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decree; authoritative command or order
magnificence; Great light or luster; brilliance; grandeur
collection of writings on a particular topic, as in a magazine; meeting or conference for discussion of a topic
an agent which brings about chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged
remnant; something left after other parts have been taken away
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sanitary     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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multi-colored; mixed; having elements of great variety
of or about the lungs; having lungs or lung-like organs
relating to health or the protection of health
possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
lacking conscience; greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
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statutory     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim; clouded
hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
enacted by statute; depending on the statute for its authority
averse; disinclined; unwilling to do a task
fearful; frightful; extremely bad
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superb     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim; clouded
of unusually high quality; excellent; wonderful
before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
sleeping; not active but capable of becoming active
difficult to describe; difficult to detect or grasp by the mind
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toupee     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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social outcast; a person who is rejected from society or home
field; territory over which rule or control is exercised;  networked computers that share a common address
partial wig or hairpiece worn to cover a bald spot
tending to cleanse or purge;  place or condition of suffering, expiation, or remorse
dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow
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