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 Test Questions
GRE Vocabulary: Level 2
adversity     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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shelter especially for housing or repairing aircraft
state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
drama, characterized by exaggerated emotions, stereotypical characters, and interpersonal conflicts
long heavy hammer, often wielded with both hands, used for driving wedges and posts and other heavy work
any legend; long detailed report; Scandinavian myth
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beseech     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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supply what is needed or desired; provide food professionally for a special occasion
leave out of; keep out of; reject
beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
bring back to life; rise from the dead; bring back into practice, notice, or use
rise; increase in extent or intensity
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chunky     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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capable of being accomplished or brought about
large and powerful feline animal, ranging from Texas and Mexico to Patagonia; American tiger
hidden; secret; situated or operating beneath the earth's surface; underground
short and thick; stocky; containing small thick pieces
possessed at birth; inborn
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commend     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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talk foolishly or idly; utter meaningless confusion of words or sounds
foreshadow; indicate by signs; be an omen of; predict
commit, entrust, or give in charge for care or preservation; recommend as worthy of confidence or regard
bring back to life; rise from the dead; bring back into practice, notice, or use
resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
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debrief     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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accompany for protection, either by sea or land; attend for protection; escort
appreciate fully; enjoy or relish; have a distinctive flavor, smell, or quality
disparage or depreciate; put down
incriminate; involve or imply as necessary accompaniment or result
to question someone after a military mission to obtain intelligence
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embezzlement     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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stealing; fraudulent appropriation of property
usually, a power-driven saw with a narrow vertical blade, used to cut sharp curves
large bird of the genus Struthio
intense adverse criticism; artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes; public-relations spokesperson
one who executes, especially one who puts a condemned person to death; an executor
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frantic     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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highly excited with strong emotion; disordered or nervous activity
enacted by statute; depending on the statute for its authority
weak; ineffective; lacking physical strength or vigor; incapable of sexual intercourse
complex; elaborate; having many complexly arranged elements
sheer, light, delicate, or tenuous
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genre     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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a place to discuss public concerns; meeting or medium for open discussion
a shallow area in a waterway; break in friendly relations; narrow fissure in a rock
composition for two performers, whether vocal or instrumental
type or class; a kind of literary or artistic work
rapidity or speed of motion; swiftness
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habitat     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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person, especially an older or married woman, who accompanies a young unmarried woman in public
mutual agreement of two or more persons or parties; contract; stipulation
large fishing net made to hang vertically in the water by weights at the lower edge and floats at the top
type of environment in which an organism or group usually lives
lines of fire from multiple positions that cross in a small region; lively or heated interchange of ideas and opinions
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impressionable     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty.
tiny; extremely precise with great attention to details; of or relating to or used in microscopy
like paste, as in color, softness, stickiness; having a pale, lifeless appearance
readily or easily influenced; suggestible; capable of receiving impressions; emotional
intentional; headstrong; said or done on purpose; deliberate
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leer     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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look sideways or obliquely, now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent
void or annul by recalling, withdrawing, or reversing; cancel; retract
bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
bend the knee; fall or rest on the knees
oust; discharge;  force or drive out
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mime     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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be slow in leaving; continue or persist; stay
response to an inquiry or experiment
act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only; imitate
make an energetic, usually hasty search
contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
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occult     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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not subject to duty or obligation; not subject to taxation
uncorrupted by civilization; primitive; remaining free from dirt or decay
dangerous; dangerously unstable and unpredictable; disloyal; tending to betray
hidden from the eye or the understanding; invisible; secret; concealed; unknown
of or relating to or having vessels that conduct and circulate fluids
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pragmatic     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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lifeless; not animated or energetic; dull
practical as opposed to idealistic; concerned with the practical worth or impact of something
helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation
having a tendency to flop or flap
quiet and obedient; showing patience and humility
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quantum     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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special honor or respect shown or expressed publicly; tribute
agonizing physical or mental pain; extreme suffering
plants usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
a dark-colored person generally; broad area of open land, often high but poorly drained
quantity; amount; a specified portion
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reprehensible     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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deserving blame; admonition; blameworthy
more than enough in size or scope or capacity; relatively large
rich; fruitful; inventive; creative; intellectually productive
unrestrained and violent; occurring without restraint
not sexual in nature; of or relating to the philosophical views of Plato and his successors
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sensual     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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robust; strong; substantially made or constructed
physical rather than spiritual or intellectual; affecting any of senses or sense organ; sensory
not human; not governed by feelings proper to human nature; specifically, not humane; hard-hearted; unfeeling; cruel
open for the public to read; obvious; plain
being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
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snare     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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group; bunch; group of the same or similar elements gathered or occurring closely
ban or inhibition resulting from social custom or emotional aversion; prohibition
over-regulated administrative system
trap; gin; anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble
one who executes, especially one who puts a condemned person to death; an executor
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tamper     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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withdraw; take back; draw back or in
interfere in a harmful manner; alter improperly
stimulate; impel; provide with an incentive; move to action
rotate or turn something about its axis; veer a vehicle; pivot
talk foolishly or idly; utter meaningless confusion of words or sounds
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vigilant     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
gloomy; feeling of thoughtful sadness; affected by depression
attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary
of high spiritual, moral, or intellectual worth; characterized by nobility; majestic
difficult; stressful; narrow; not broad; tight; close; closely fitting
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