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GRE Vocabulary: Level 2
altercation     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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attitude or position of a standing person or animal; posture; mental posture; point of view
front of building; superficial or false appearance
a noisy quarrel; contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy
the similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
various small animals or insects, such as rats or cockroaches, those are destructive, annoying, or injurious to health
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atone     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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get involved; come, appear, or lie between two things
enter on a list; enroll; register; engage for military or naval service
hash over again; prepare or use again; bring forth again in another form without significant alteration
make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
feel or grope about; make awkward attempts to do or find something; play childishly
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charades     Speak
 
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n.  
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tiny object or creature; very small contribution or amount of money
title or degree of nobility
game in which participants act out a word or phrase for others to guess
sudden downfall; complete disaster
warm-blooded vertebrate having skin covered with hair
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composite     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded
precisely and clearly expressed; definite; outspoken
temperate; gentle; mild; make less fast or intense ; preside over
checking perpendicularity; exactly vertical
negligent; careless in performing duty or business
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delegate     Speak
 
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n.  
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female of horse and other equine quadrupeds; sighing, suffocative panting, with a sense of pressure across the chest
trap; gin; anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble
act of plundering; plunder; booty, especially, the boot taken in a conquered or sacked city
a person authorized to act as a representative for another; deputy
act of showing regard for others; courteous behavior; politeness; citizenship
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duration     Speak
 
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n.  
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a barrier that serves to enclose an area
external clothing; vesture; garments; dress; a small ornamental piece
length of time something lasts
attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration that misleads another to believe a false thing
unfortunate accident; bad luck
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frantic     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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morally, socially, or legally obligated to another; under a legal obligation to someone
highly excited with strong emotion; disordered or nervous activity
pertaining or appropriate to courts of justice, or a judge; sanctioned or ordered by a court
the subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command
prophetic; involving or portending widespread devastation
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groggy     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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clever; having the inventive or cunning mind
not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper
difficult to describe; difficult to detect or grasp by the mind
lacking judgment, sense, or reason; unsuited; inappropriate; foolish
overcome with grog; tipsy; unsteady on the legs; shaky
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hiatus     Speak
 
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n.  
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gap; interruption in duration or continuity; pause
insignificant or inessential matters; trifles
intense adverse criticism; artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes; public-relations spokesperson
fundamental reasons; basis; exposition of principles or reasons
turret; watchtower; part of a house which is on the upper floor, immediately under or within the roof; attic
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impostor     Speak
 
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n.  
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someone who assumes a false identity
state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
a place to discuss public concerns; meeting or medium for open discussion
magical charm or incantation having the power to ward off disease or disaster; foolish or unintelligible talk
a place, especially a funeral home, where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
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jaguar     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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emotionally removed; calm and objective; apart from others; separate
notorious; conspicuously bad or shocking
large and powerful feline animal, ranging from Texas and Mexico to Patagonia; American tiger
tending to lead astray; apt to mislead by flattering appearances; tempting; alluring
sharp; having the power of entering or piercing
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mecca     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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act of wrecking, or state of being wrecked; the debris of something wrecked
type or class; a kind of literary or artistic work
ceremony of crowning queen or king
the American reindeer, especially the common or woodland species
a place that is regarded as the center of an activity or interest; goal to which adherents of religious faith
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mutation     Speak
 
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n.  
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details or specifics of something
change; alteration, either in form or qualities.
any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestic species; pig
a barrier that surrounds something to protect it
chemical processes occurring within a living cell or organism to the maintenance of life
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penetrate     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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carry off by force; kidnap
gather; store up; amass; acquire
hint; suggest; introduce by subtle and artful means
pierce; go through; permeate
write underneath, as one's name; sign to a document; promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount
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rationale     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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divine gift; great popular charm or appeal of a political leader
fundamental reasons; basis; exposition of principles or reasons
brave determination and confidence even in discouraging situations
external clothing; vesture; garments; dress; a small ornamental piece
education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge
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regiment     Speak
 
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n.  
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length of time spent in a particular way; allotted amount; limitation or restriction
government; mode of ruling; rule; authority
the science which treats diseases, their nature, causes, symptoms; departure or deviation from a normal condition
a bowl-shaped opening at the top of a volcano
field; territory over which rule or control is exercised;  networked computers that share a common address
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scruffy     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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weak; feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or solidity
shabby; untidy in appearance
randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
suspicious; mistrustful; marked by or given to doubt
of or relating to or having vessels that conduct and circulate fluids
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smarmy     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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loose and not easily controlled; lacking in rigor or strictness
thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
injurious; tending to cause death; disposed to do evil
relating to, or characterized by, skill; dexterous; skillful
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taboo     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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treble; the highest vocal register; the highest kind of female or boy's voice; upper part in harmony for mixed voices
a toxic or poisonous substance produced by the biological processes of biological organisms
fixed and unvarying representation; conventional and oversimplified conception
involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers
ban or inhibition resulting from social custom or emotional aversion; prohibition
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uncharted     Speak
 
(20)
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foremost in importance; supreme in rank
possessed by an unreasoning passion or attraction; overcome by some foolish passion or desire
of or relating to a monarch; royal; magnificent; splendid
quickly; immediately; in haste; suddenly
not surveyed or investigated; not charted or recorded on a map or plan
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