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 Test Questions
GRE Vocabulary: Level 2
advisory     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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possessing an extraordinary ability to attract; of or about a charisma
impossible to comprehend or grasp fully; unable to be conceived, unbelievable
having the power to advice; containing advice
quick and energetic; exceptional of its kind; remarkable
possessed at birth; inborn
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beneficiary     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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nice or keen appreciation or enjoyment; enthusiasm
government; mode of ruling; rule; authority
attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration that misleads another to believe a false thing
stable gear consisting of an arrangement to an animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart
a person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
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chuckle     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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call, as a hen to her chickens; fondle; cocker; laugh in a suppressed or broken manner
become aware of through the senses; detect
plant; place seeds in or on
response to an inquiry or experiment
move one way and the other to get a close place; lie close for comfort; cuddle; nestle
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curator     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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corruption of fidelity; seduction from virtue, duty, or allegiance; the excessive indulgence of the appetites
a large piece of cloth worn especially by women or girls over their shoulders and head
temporary moderation of disease symptoms; cancellation of debt; lessening of intensity or degree
small specialized mechanical or electronic device; any device or machine, especially one whose name cannot be recalled
one who manages museum or library; superintendent; manager
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devastate     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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write underneath, as one's name; sign to a document; promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount
keep back or from; withhold; restrain from proceeding; stay or stop; delay
ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
fall apart; become reduced to components, fragments, or particles
mimic; imitate; assume or act the character of representing another person with comic intentions
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escalate     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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bite by little at a time; seize gently with the mouth; eat slowly or in small bits
make changes in structure or style; reconstruct; change the form of
help bring about; make less difficult
pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
rise; increase in extent or intensity
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fad     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
fashion that is taken up with great enthusiasm for a brief period of time; craze
long heavy hammer, often wielded with both hands, used for driving wedges and posts and other heavy work
handrail, especially on a staircase
composition for two performers, whether vocal or instrumental
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gruesome     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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causing horror and repugnance; frightful and shocking
having no particular interest or concern; being neither good nor bad
unrestrained and violent; occurring without restraint
not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence
incapable of injury; impossible to damage, injure, or wound
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hypocrisy     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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attitude or position of a standing person or animal; posture; mental posture; point of view
pretending to be what you are not, or pretending to believe something that you do not
nice or keen appreciation or enjoyment; enthusiasm
quantity; amount; a specified portion
union of parts in a whole; a coordinated outfit or costume; a coordinated set of furniture
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incubator     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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quality of being novel; newness; something new and unusual
outburst; roll or be tossed about on waves, as a boat
goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit
apparatus in which environmental conditions can be controlled, used for growing bacterial or hatching eggs artificially
death of all its remaining members
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insert     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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put out by legal process; expel; eject; oust
input; enter; put or set into, between, or among
surprise greatly; amaze; make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
shine with a weak or fitful light; glimmer intermittently
change in outward structure or looks; convert
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membrane     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
dim or intermittent flicker or flash of light; faint glow; shimmer
deciduous tree, native to Asia and northern Africa and having simple leaves, pink flowers, and leathery fruits
a thin and soft sheet of animal or vegetable tissue
a scornfully or jadedly negative comment or act
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monastery     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command
house of religious retirement, or of seclusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks
cry of a wild goose; the sound produced by a typical car horn
woolen thread; the thread of other material, as of cotton or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving
thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes
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paragon     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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trap; gin; anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble
juicy fruit of certain cucurbitaceous plants, as the muskmelon, watermelon;  plant that produces the fruit juicy
model of excellence or perfection; a peerless example
a private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to a person on it
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recount     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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keep under control; hold back; place limits on
bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
bound inward; put the ball into play by passing it from out of bounds to a teammate on the court
eliminate; eradicate; kill on a large scale; kill a man
narrate or tell; count over again
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requisition     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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act of requiring, as of right; demand or application made as by authority.
the impression produced by pressure or printing; distinctive influence; impress firmly in the mind
a most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; the central idea
state of being alone; seclusion; lonely or secluded place
speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy
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senile     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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intentional; headstrong; said or done on purpose; deliberate
composed, and dignified in character or manner
of or pertaining to old age
possessing an extraordinary ability to attract; of or about a charisma
morally pure in thought or conduct; decent and modest
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spacious     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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wide; generous or large in area or extent; sizable
sound of a sudden heavy fall; well-rounded and full in form
shabby; untidy in appearance
interested in making money; profit-oriented; hired for service in a foreign army
insignificant; tiny; weak; of inferior size, strength
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symposium     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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residue by smelting metal ore; waste material from a coal mine; scum that forms on the surface of molten metal
collection of writings on a particular topic, as in a magazine; meeting or conference for discussion of a topic
marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell
something, such as a film or book that sustains widespread popularity; high-explosive bomb
field; territory over which rule or control is exercised;  networked computers that share a common address
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tycoon     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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extent; greatness of rank, size, or position
a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; a fashion model; a dummy
growth; extent or amount by which something has expanded
wealthy and powerful businessperson or industrialist; magnate
marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell
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