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 Test Questions
GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
amenable     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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occupying lower rank; inferior; submissive
dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague
responsive to advise or suggestion; responsible to a higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
having some characteristic of a woman; womanlike; womanly; tender
pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
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balk     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely
separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the course; examine critically or minutely; scrutinize
turn away from a principle, norm; depart; diverge
stop short and refuse to go on; refuse obstinately or abruptly
gradually deprive infants of mother's milk; detach affections of
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celibate     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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unconventional; strikingly unfamiliar; located far from civilized areas
warm and extremely humid; moist; damp; moldy
unpopulated; providing no shelter or sustenance; devoid of inhabitants
unmarried; abstaining from sexual intercourse
agonizing; distressing extremely painful
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codicil     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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standstill resulting from the opposition of two forces or factions; stalemate
the language used by a special group; technical terminology; nonsensical or meaningless talk
color; appearance; particular gradation of color
supplement or appendix, especially to a will
the feeling of great happiness and well-being, sometimes exaggerated
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denounce     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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pass gradually or leak through, as if through small openings
resolve or settle differences by working with all conflicting parties
get away from by artifice; escape by dexterity; avoid giving a direct answer to
condemn openly; criticize; make known in a formal manner
postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness
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disciple     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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something that is required in advance; necessity; required as a prior condition
colorless stone of high luster, made of paste, used as an inexpensive ornament
follower; adherent; a person who learns from another, especially one who then teaches others
man who substitutes for a performer in scenes requiring physical daring or involving physical risk
building for storing threshed grain; region yielding much grain
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equitable     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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unclear; vague; lacking precise limits
subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement
mixed; mingled; consisting of several things; of diverse sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous
marked by or having equity; just and impartial
coiled around; highly involved; intricate
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fleece     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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give a bodily form to; represent in a bodily or material form; incorporate
make a pretense of; reproduce someone's behavior or looks
rob; a strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; ask an unreasonable price
attract with something desirable; be highly, often subtly attractive
sway; walk as if unable to control one's movements
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harrowing     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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existing only in imagination; feigned; not true or real
friendly; of good appearance and manners; graceful
inclined to eat; hungry; irritable
agonizing; distressing extremely painful
produced under conditions involving intense heat
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incognito     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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very precise and formal; exceedingly proper
urgent or pressing; able to deal authoritatively; dictatorial
offering or expressing an apology or excuse; serving as or containing a formal justification or defense
unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut; having a rough quality
with one's identity disguised or concealed; in disguise; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title
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innocuous     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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incapable of being described
impressive from inherent grandeur; large and impressive, in size, scope, or extent
having no adverse effect; harmless
overjoyed; extremely happy and excited
contrary to your interests or welfare; inconvenient; troublesome
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loom     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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slip or glide away; pass away silently
close tightly; grasp or grip tightly; fasten with a clinch
occur at the same time as; correspond
appear or take shape, usually in an enlarged or distorted form
give as a gift; present
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nominal     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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existing, happening, or done at the same time
in name only; insignificantly small
improperly forward or bold; rude
relating to the sky or the heavens; supremely good;  god or angel
occupying lower rank; inferior; submissive
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pinnacle     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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one who holds or owns a share or shares in a joint fund or property
the act of digging a hole or channel in the ground
lizard that changes color in different situations
representation of common ground between two things; extend over and cover a part of
peak; tall pointed formation, such as mountain peak
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precocious     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious
advanced in development; appearing or developing early
unclear or doubtful in meaning
capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance
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replenish     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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fill or make complete again; add a new stock or supply to
wither; decrease in size; become or make shrunken and wrinkled, often by drying
attract with something desirable; be highly, often subtly attractive
give more force or effectiveness to; strengthen; enhance
make muddy; mix confusedly; think, act, or proceed in a confused or aimless manner
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sculpt     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
make muddy; mix confusedly; think, act, or proceed in a confused or aimless manner
free of; rid; remove all of one's clothing
come near or nearer to something or someone in space, time, quality, or amount
make very hot and dry; become superficially burned
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snarl     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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give more force or effectiveness to; strengthen; enhance
growl viciously while baring the teeth; utter with anger or hostility
recollect and tell of past experiences or events; talk or write about memories of the past, delightful ones
be any thick messy substance; pass gradually; progress slowly but steadily
search thoroughly; search every place or part of
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synchronize     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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fill or make complete again; add a new stock or supply to
arouse to action; motivate; induce to exist
introduce;  bring up for discussion or debate; announce
happen at the same time; arrange or represent events so that they co-occur
shrink or recoil, as in fear, disgust or embarrassment; bend or crouch with base humility
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turbulent     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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late; delayed; moving slowly
of or about the art of healing or treating the diseases of domestic animals
most favorable or advantageous
characterized by unrest or disorder
capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
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