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 Test Questions
GRE Vocabulary: Level 2
anesthetic     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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assembly of persons wearing masks and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions
a rope attached to the bridle used to control a horse or other animal; an instrument of curbing or governing
violent or riotous behavior; state of excitement, passion, or debauchery
a scornfully or jadedly negative comment or act
a substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
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benevolent     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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excessively careful; marked by extreme care in the treatment of details
unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
generous in providing aid to others; charitable
having a tendency to flop or flap
helper, additional or subsidiary
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caper     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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pierce; go through; permeate
leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; skip; spring
reckon; make a mathematical calculation
explode; burst out; become violently active
feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for; mourn
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covet     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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wish for with eagerness; desire possession of; long for inordinately or unlawfully
gather into small folds or wrinkles; contract into ridges and furrows
prevent from being successful
take vengeance for something, or on behalf of someone
plant; place seeds in or on
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decorum     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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fish eggs; egg mass; female of any species of deer
propriety in manners and conduct; good taste in manners; conventions or requirements of polite behavior
trip; usually a short journey made for pleasure
one who executes, especially one who puts a condemned person to death; an executor
state of being unable to pay your debts
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entrepreneur     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees
spying; secret observation
a person who organizes and operates a business; contractor
joining two surfaces or edges together along a line by sewing; the material used in sewing
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foil     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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bend; lay on closely, or in folds; work upon steadily, or with repeated acts; press upon
handle with skill;  exercise effectively; have power over; a rule or manage
provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
prevent from being successful
abandon; disown; turn away from; give up
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grovel     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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wish for with eagerness; desire possession of; long for inordinately or unlawfully
bound inward; put the ball into play by passing it from out of bounds to a teammate on the court
crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate
advocate; speak, plead; argue in favor of
drink greedily; flood with water, as for washing
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heroics     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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achievement; accomplishment; an act that shows skill, strength, or bravery
actions of a hero; having the excitement and emotional conduct
state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
sand or gravel; rough, hard particles; coarse part of a meal; grain, as oats or wheat
partial wig or hairpiece worn to cover a bald spot
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incurable     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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troubling the nerves or peace of mind, as by repeated vexations
not capable of being cured; beyond the power of skill or medicine to remedy
redundant; relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
differing in some characteristics; various
precisely and clearly expressed; definite; outspoken
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kneel     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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bend the knee; fall or rest on the knees
bound inward; put the ball into play by passing it from out of bounds to a teammate on the court
hesitate or stumble in uttering words; speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; stammer
enter on a list; enroll; register; engage for military or naval service
move about briskly and playfully; search a person for something concealed, by hands quickly over clothes
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mare     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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female of horse and other equine quadrupeds; sighing, suffocative panting, with a sense of pressure across the chest
destruction of life; the savage and excessive killing of many people
shepherd; one who has the care of flocks and herds; a religious leader in certain Protestant Churches
act of suspending activity temporarily; interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
absolute ruler; sovereign unrestrained by law or constitution
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occult     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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threatening; foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
grossly wicked; abominable; hateful; infamous
inward; internal with regard to a state or country; domestic; not foreign
high; outstanding; very great or intense
hidden from the eye or the understanding; invisible; secret; concealed; unknown
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pluck     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off
obtain from another by coercion; get money by threats
resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
pull or draw, especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something
urge with a long pointed stick; give heart or courage to
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recreation     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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various small animals or insects, such as rats or cockroaches, those are destructive, annoying, or injurious to health
a bitter quarrel between two parties
the steering gear of a ship, especially a tiller or a wheel; position of leadership or control; director
enjoying yourself when you are not working; entertainment
external clothing; vesture; garments; dress; a small ornamental piece
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respiration     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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breathing; the process of inhaling and exhaling; oxidative process occurring within living cells
length of time something lasts
one who manages museum or library; superintendent; manager
deep wide ditch; ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
seat, especially a royal seat; throne or rank; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding of a place by an army
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sanctimonious     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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dangerous; reckless; daring; inclined to run risks
prophetic; involving or portending widespread devastation
excessively or hypocritically pious; possessing sanctity; sacred; holy; saintly; religious
not subject to duty or obligation; not subject to taxation
being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected
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snip     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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a small cut made with scissors or shears; small piece cut or clipped off
stick of colored wax or chalk, used for drawing
book in which a summary of accounts is laid up or preserved; a book of record in business transactions
travel for discovery
an alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco
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stint     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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product of a body's mass and its velocity; impelling force or strength; impetus
a thin and soft sheet of animal or vegetable tissue
smile expressing scorn instead of pleasure; smile in affected, often offensively self-satisfied manner
act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving by force or by physical or moral constraint
length of time spent in a particular way; allotted amount; limitation or restriction
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treadmill     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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a job involving confinement; an exercise device on which a person can walk or jog without changing place
capacity to attract intense interest
depiction or interpretation, as in painting or music; translation; version
wound or injury; an infected or diseased patch of skin
government; mode of ruling; rule; authority
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