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 Test Questions
GRE Vocabulary: Level 2
apprehend     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with
explode or cause to explode; explode with great suddenness and with a loud noise
feel joy; experience gladness in a high degree; have pleasurable satisfaction; be delighted; enjoy
write underneath, as one's name; sign to a document; promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount
take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
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blatant     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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unrestrained and violent; occurring without restraint
failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty.
flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
wasteful; reckless with money
pleasing or sweet to taste or smell
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brook     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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house of religious retirement, or of seclusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks
a short entertainment on the stage between the acts of a play, or between the play and the afterpiece
creek; a small stream
copy or reproduction of a work of art
universe or universality of created things; ordered, harmonious whole
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contingent     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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having precise or logical relevance; pertaining or relating
seizing; embracing; catching; exceedingly eager for material gain; avaricious
lacking judgment, sense, or reason; unsuited; inappropriate; foolish
possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
not capable of being cured; beyond the power of skill or medicine to remedy
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devastate     Speak
 
(5)
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unlawfully enter boundaries of some else's property; commit an offense or a sin
seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
fasten together;  join at the ends; join by interweaving strands
feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for; mourn
ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
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eerie     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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later in time; later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; located behind
able to be touched; real or concrete; palpable
suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious
offhand or casual; given to haughty disregard of others
being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
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feasible     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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playful like a lively kitten; energetic; lively; enthusiastic
according to the letter or verbal expression; exactly as stated
pleasing or sweet to taste or smell
reactive; readily reacting to people or events; showing emotion
capable of being accomplished or brought about
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glib     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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physically weak; easily broken
possessed by an unreasoning passion or attraction; overcome by some foolish passion or desire
given freely; unwarranted; granted without recompense; unearned
very wicked; infamous by being extremely wicked
performed with a natural or offhand ease
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immense     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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strange; unusual; haughty or brutal in behavior or language; grossly rude or disrespectful
of considerable weight; heavy; rugged and powerful
having loud, usually harsh, resonant sound; shameless
temperate; gentle; mild; make less fast or intense ; preside over
enormous; boundless; so great as to be beyond measurement
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infidelity     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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chemical processes occurring within a living cell or organism to the maintenance of life
a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers; excessive or irrational devotion to some activity
review; look back upon; remember
lack of faith or belief in some religious system; unfaithfulness to a sexual partner, especially a spouse
contentious speech act; argument
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legislature     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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someone who assumes a false identity
leather with a soft napped surface; Swedish glove leather; undressed kid
part of government which makes laws
one who harvests grain, especially a machine for harvesting grain or pulse crops
the overland expedition, especially one for hunting or exploring in eastern Africa; journey or trip
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libido     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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smile expressing scorn instead of pleasure; smile in affected, often offensively self-satisfied manner
one who harvests grain, especially a machine for harvesting grain or pulse crops
psychic and emotional energy associated with instinctual biological drives; sexual desire
case of leather or similar material for pistol
something written or engraved, especially words engraved on solid substance for preservation or public inspection
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mortuary     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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a place, especially a funeral home, where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
push; driving force; an act of propelling
a toxic or poisonous substance produced by the biological processes of biological organisms
a kind of cloak worn by the Spanish Americans, having the form of a blanket, with a slit in the middle for the head
willful or malicious destruction of public or private property;
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pennant     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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mean or miserly person; selfish person
any structure that makes progress difficult; stumbling-block
inadequacy or insufficiency; the sum of money falls short of required amount; shortage
small flag normally used by naval vessels to represent a special condition; championship symbolized by such a flag
operatic solo; a solo vocal piece with instrumental accompaniment
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recreation     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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enjoying yourself when you are not working; entertainment
physical or mental weariness; exhaustion
large fishing net made to hang vertically in the water by weights at the lower edge and floats at the top
destruction of life; the savage and excessive killing of many people
sudden downfall; complete disaster
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repent     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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come into prominence; spring up; appear
place in grave or tomb; bury; place in earth and cover
make noise by striking against something; dash noisily together; meet in opposition
cause to feel remorse or regret; feel regret or self-reproach for
take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
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skit     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge
short, usually comic dramatic performance or work
shepherd; one who has the care of flocks and herds; a religious leader in certain Protestant Churches
mean or miserly person; selfish person
the file of documents on a subject; a bundle of writings or documents relating to one matter or subject
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spruce     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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health; hygiene; application of measures designed to protect public health; disposal or recycling of waste
coniferous tree of the genus Picea; neat, trim, and smart in appearance
rough surface quality; the structure of interwoven fibers or other elements; the feel of a surface or a fabric
form of government; government in power; administration; prevailing social system or pattern
act of burning something
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taint     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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input; enter; put or set into, between, or among
force or drive back; disgust; offer resistance to; fight against
contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
recover; return to health or strength; recover from financial loss
oust; discharge;  force or drive out
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vandalism     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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fame; high-status importance owing to marked superiority; the rise of ground; hill
charm to bring good luck and avert misfortune; something that apparently has magic power
willful or malicious destruction of public or private property;
leather with a soft napped surface; Swedish glove leather; undressed kid
a person who turns animal hides into leather; craftsman who tans skins and hides;  sixpence
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