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 Test Questions
GRE Vocabulary: Level 2
airtight     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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impermeable to air or other gases; having no weak points; sound
feeling or showing extreme anger; enraged
of the seventh degree or order; the act of causing to rot; causing sepsis or putrefaction
made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded
not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeable mind
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babble     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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become worse; decline; fall
talk foolishly or idly; utter meaningless confusion of words or sounds
rouse to impatience or anger; annoy; provoke
stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
narrate or tell; count over again
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caucus     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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a private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
one who is from the hills, especially from a rural area, lacking refinement or sophistication
a solid substance resembling metal in physical properties, but in its chemical relations ranking with the nonmetals
brochure; leaflet; a small book usually having a paper cover
wound or injury; an infected or diseased patch of skin
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confiscate     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use
fall apart; become reduced to components, fragments, or particles
put out by legal process; expel; eject; oust
fix the eyes in a steady and earnest look; look with eagerness or curiosity, as in admiration, astonishment
darken; exceed in importance; outweigh
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dank     Speak
 
(5)
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weak; feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or solidity
before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front
morally, socially, or legally obligated to another; under a legal obligation to someone
disagreeably damp or humid; cold moisture; unpleasant humidity
sticking together; stubbornly unyielding; holding together firmly
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duration     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness variously affecting behavior and thinking
rough, disorderly person; boisterous person
temporary relief from harm or discomfort; postponement or cancellation of punishment
small fruit tree with large leaves, known from the remotest antiquity
length of time something lasts
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frantic     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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highly excited with strong emotion; disordered or nervous activity
abundantly covered or supplied with; completely wet
causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful
of or pertaining to temperament; excessively sensitive or irritable; moody; likely to perform unpredictably
having a tendency to flop or flap
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gratification     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite
song of praise or patriotism; the song of devotion or loyalty
ban or inhibition resulting from social custom or emotional aversion; prohibition
trap; gin; anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble
charm to bring good luck and avert misfortune; something that apparently has magic power
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imbecile     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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of considerable weight; heavy; rugged and powerful
formed into a whole; introduced into another entity
not human; not governed by feelings proper to human nature; specifically, not humane; hard-hearted; unfeeling; cruel
according to the letter or verbal expression; exactly as stated
without physical strength; feeble; impotent; helpless
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induce     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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restored to life; restore consciousness, vigor, or life to; revive
organize opposition to authority; make revolution
put out by legal process; expel; eject; oust
gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with
persuade; bring about; reason or establish by induction
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inkling     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy
slight hint or indication; slight understanding
cause or condition of pain, suffering, or distress
one who advocates equal rights for women
front of building; superficial or false appearance
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malignant     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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sharp; having the power of entering or piercing
easily upset; given to bouts of ill-temper; full of superfluous details
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; worn out by using
abundantly covered or supplied with; completely wet
injurious; tending to cause death; disposed to do evil
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overture     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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review; look back upon; remember
failure to act; an option that is selected automatically
state of being nameless; one that is unknown or unacknowledged
an opening or aperture; recess; introductory section or part, as of a poem
something which amuses and serves to make time pass agreeably; sport; amusement
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pliers     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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short, usually comic dramatic performance or work
willful or malicious destruction of public or private property;
any part of an organ that seems to be separate from the rest, as one of the parts of the brain, lungs, or liver
a kind of small pinchers with long jaws, used for bending or cutting metal rods or wire
grape, or a bunch of grapes; grape dried in the sun or by artificial heat
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recreation     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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charm to bring good luck and avert misfortune; something that apparently has magic power
enjoying yourself when you are not working; entertainment
a natural appearance of coloured light in the sky, that is usually seen nearest the Arctic or Antarctic
scarcity; lack or shortage, especially of something essential to health
assurance or confirmation renewed or repeated; act of confirming someone's opinion or impression
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reinstate     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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pain; grieve; vex; be pained or distressed; feel deep pity, sympathy, or tenderness
feel joy; experience gladness in a high degree; have pleasurable satisfaction; be delighted; enjoy
place again in possession, or a former state; restore to a state from which one had been removed
draw back, as with fear or pain
convert from code into plain text;
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sag     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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flutter; flap the wings without flying; waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air
sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane
leave out of; keep out of; reject
catch or seize suddenly or by a sudden thrust and grasp
shine with a weak or fitful light; glimmer intermittently
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snip     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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enclosure for confining livestock; enclosure formed by a circle of wagons for defense against attack
the impression produced by pressure or printing; distinctive influence; impress firmly in the mind
exhibition; part of a play that provides the background information;  opening section of a fugue
a small cut made with scissors or shears; small piece cut or clipped off
something justly deserved; recompense; compensation; punishment for offenses
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suitor     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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a kind or category; band; ribbon
a private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
something that encircles like a belt; zodiac, also, the equator; circumference
one who sues, petitions, or entreats; petitioner; applicant; a man who is courting a woman
one who insists on something unyieldingly; something puzzling or difficult
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underhanded     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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mild and pleasant; fragrant
short-handed; clandestine; marked by deception
expressing oneself easily in clear and effective language
easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
swollen or puffed as with water or air
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