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GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
amenable     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
implied or understood though not directly expressed
responsive to advise or suggestion; responsible to a higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
demanding great effort or labor; difficult
becoming to brothers; brotherly
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ballast     Speak
 
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n.  
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purging or cleansing of any passage of body
rubber or plastic nipple or teething ring for a baby to suck or chew on
defiant or swaggering behavior; the pretense of courage; false show of bravery
humanistic study of language and literature
heavy substance used to add stability or weight
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bower     Speak
 
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n.  
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any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory insects of the family Acrididae
truthfulness; unwillingness to tell lies
shady shelter or recess in a garden or woods; anchor carried at the bow of the ship; a muscle that bends a limb
part or region remote from a central district, as of a city or town; fringe; outer border
symbol; sign; distinctive badge, design, or device
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colt     Speak
 
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n.  
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young of the equine genus or horse kind of animals; a young, foolish fellow
merry or joyful activity; festivity; bright color or showiness, as of dress; finery
deceptive or false appearance; false notion; deception
school, especially a theological school for the training of priests; school of higher education, especially for girls
something that helps bring about an action or a desired result; an incentive
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deviate     Speak
 
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v.  
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counterbalance, counteract, or compensate for; balance
soil, smear so as to make dirty or stained
grieve or protest loudly and bitterly; express sorrow by a mournful vocal sound; moan; cry
cease to proceed or act; stop; forbear
turn away from a principle, norm; depart; diverge
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dorsal     Speak
 
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occupying lower rank; inferior; submissive
profoundly cruel or evil; fiendish; extremely malicious or wicked; infernal
relating to, or contributing to a sense of smell
furnished or equipped; sufficient to satisfy
near the back or upper surface
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ephemeral     Speak
 
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invulnerable; able to withstand attack
flexible; becoming or being made suitable to a particular situation or use
of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable
short-lived; enduring a very short time
insignificant; lacking importance; not following from premises or evidence; illogical
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fop     Speak
 
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n.  
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standstill resulting from the opposition of two forces or factions; stalemate
severe dizziness; reeling sensation; feeling about to fall
vain man; one who wants to get admiration by dress; man excessively concerned with his clothes and appearance
king; sole and absolute ruler; sovereigns, such as a king or empress
study of artifacts and relics of early humankind
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hierarchy     Speak
 
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n.  
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disturbance; noise and confusion; a quarrel
tender affection; love; act of showing affection
a person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant to impress others
arrangement by rank or standing; series in which each element is graded or ranked
dilemma; state of uncertainty or perplexity
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inalienable     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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solid; heavy and compact in form
not to be taken away; nontransferable
disrespectful; showing lack of due respect; not revering god
not explicable; not explainable; incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for
very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren
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infraction     Speak
 
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n.  
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violation of rule or regulation; breach; minor offense or petty crime
mass for dead; song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as memorial
angry dispute; noisy quarrel; altercation
known for some unfavorable act or quality; bad or ill fame
hammer-like tool; small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge
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lurk     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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stealthily lie in waiting; exist unperceived
extinguish; put down forcibly; suppress;  pacify or quiet
force or drive back; drive back; refuse; disgust
free, as from difficulties or perplexities; cause to be emitted or evolved
speak indistinctly; pass over carelessly or with little notice
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narcotic     Speak
 
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n.  
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the addictive drug, such as opium that reduces pain, alters mood and behavior; inducing sleep
one who settles dispute or controversy between parties; referee or judge, one chosen to see that the rules of a game
permission not to do something
withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity
a low shrub, with minute evergreen leaves and handsome clusters of pink flowers
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parchment     Speak
 
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n.  
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a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
the skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other animals, prepared for writing on
condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally; infirmity; weakness of resolution
house in which nuns reside; cloister or convent in which women reside for life, under religious vows
one of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or stock of such a feather; pen made by the point of a feather
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prolific     Speak
 
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derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile
urgent or pressing; able to deal authoritatively; dictatorial
stormy; showing no mercy; physically severe
determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious
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rubbery     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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extremely fat; grossly overweight
attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous
elastic; difficult to chew; having a texture resembling rubber
weak; lacking firmness
prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
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shyster     Speak
 
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n.  
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a formal, lengthy discussion of a subject; verbal exchange; conversation
music performed in the open air at nights; complimentary performance given to honor or express love for someone
shady shelter or recess in a garden or woods; anchor carried at the bow of the ship; a muscle that bends a limb
a lawyer using questionable methods; an unethical lawyer or politician
the season of the heavy rain that falls during the summer in hot Asian countries
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stagnant     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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not moving or flowing; lacking vitality or briskness; stale; dull
quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
inadequate, as in size or fullness, especially through economizing or stinting
so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may be easily disregarded
of the same or similar nature or kind
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subsidy     Speak
 
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n.  
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science of sound; the quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in
beginning; start; origin; time at which something is supposed to begin
slight natural depression or indentation on the surface of some part of the body; slight indentation on any surface
direct financial aid by the government
the drug that temporarily quickens some vital process; acts to arouse action
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unimpeachable     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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spotless; flawless; absolutely clean
arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive; hateful
having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined
shining; emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light
free of guilt; not subject to blame; completely acceptable
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