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GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
abysmal     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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bottomless; very profound; limitless; very bad
overjoyed; extremely happy and excited
located in outer boundary; unimportant; auxiliary
momentary; temporary; staying for a short time
magnificent and splendid, suggesting abundance and great expense; luxurious
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baffle     Speak
 
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v.  
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arouse to action; motivate; induce to exist
lay out, apply, or employ in any way; consume by use; use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations
negate; act against
settle down; sink to a lower level or form depression; wear off or die down
frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
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chink     Speak
 
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n.  
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artificial obstruction; a heavy curtain of artillery fire; rapid, concentrated discharge of missiles
gap or crack; short, sharp sound; money; cash
minor battle in war; minor or preliminary conflict or dispute
a place where things may be put for safekeeping, as storehouse, warehouse, museum, or tomb
wise saying; brief familiar proverb;  expression of popular wisdom
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congenial     Speak
 
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compatible; friendly, and pleasant
without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy
weeping or inclined to weep; tearful; showing sorrow
rash; marked by unthinking boldness
below the average size; very small; little
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deft     Speak
 
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weak; lacking firmness
quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; troublesome; irritating
weakened, worn out, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use
unprincipled; lacking honesty
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embezzle     Speak
 
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v.  
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spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse
refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from one's employer
bite or chew on with the teeth
bring up out of the earth; dig up; bring to public notice; uncover
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exuberant     Speak
 
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exhibiting lust or vigor; stout; strong; vigorous; robust; healthful
high spirited; joyously unrestrained; abundant; luxurious
having qualities of ideal knight; faithful; brave
particularly; specifically; in an explicit manner
acceptable; sufficiently agreeable in flavor to be eaten
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fodder     Speak
 
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n.  
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coarse food for cattle or horses
text character used to mark the possessive or to show the omission of letters or numbers
a float, especially a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark a channel or to point out the position
slave; bondman; slavery; bondage
time of animals sleep through the winter
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gnaw     Speak
 
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v.  
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reduce level; lower grade of something
expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism; blame
utter or emit low, dull rumbling sounds
give more force or effectiveness to; strengthen; enhance
bite or chew on with the teeth
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icicle     Speak
 
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n.  
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spire, also, the tower and spire taken together; the whole of a structure if the roof is of spire form
act of sustaining; something, especially food, that sustains life or health
a substance believed to cure all ills
pendent spear of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water
skillful performance or ability in using hands; dexterity
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jumble     Speak
 
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n.  
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process of the sweat glands of skin secreting a salty fluid
assemble without order or sense; a confused multitude of things; chaos or mess
whirlpool; powerful circular current of water
state of poor nutrition
mental keenness; quickness of perception
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monotonous     Speak
 
(12)
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boring; dull; tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
plowed but left unseeded during a growing season; uncultivated
of or about typhus; resembling typhus; of serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation
influential in an original way; providing the basis for further development; creative
gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
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muffler     Speak
 
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beginning; start; origin; time at which something is supposed to begin
heavy scarf worn around the neck for warmth; part of the exhaust pipe of a car that dampens the noise
tunnel; hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter; moving through by or as by digging
mental keenness; quickness of perception
hugeness in a bad sense; the act of extreme evil or wickedness
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pithy     Speak
 
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magnificent and splendid, suggesting abundance and great expense; luxurious
capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance
smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth or polished surface; plausible
precisely meaningful; forceful and brief
full of juicy; full of richness; highly interesting or enjoyable; delectable
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plume     Speak
 
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n.  
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feather, especially soft, downy, long, or handsome feather; a token of honor or achievement
a large group or crowd; wandering troop or gang; a moving crowd
entire range; all notes in musical scale
loud noise of many confused voices; tumult; uproar.
something that is required in advance; necessity; required as a prior condition
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resilience     Speak
 
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n.  
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maze; the complex structure of interconnecting passages
a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
board on which the painter mixes pigments
ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune; buoyancy
shallow place in a body of water; sandy elevation of the bottom of a body of water, sandbank, or sandbar
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sacrilegious     Speak
 
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neatly dressed; very stylish in dress; lively and alert
with one's identity disguised or concealed; in disguise; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title
acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred; violating sacred things; profane
situated down or below; lying beneath, or in the lower part; having a lower position; lower; under;
arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive; hateful
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spool     Speak
 
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n.  
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something similar to such a cylinder in shape; the amount of wire, thread, or string wound on such a cylinder
deep opening in the earth surface
open passage through a wood; grassy open or cleared space in a forest; opening in the ice of rivers or lakes
small signboard outside the office; coarse beach gravel of little water; worn stones and pebbles
biennial plant of the genus Beta, which produces an edible root the first year and seeds the second year
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thrall     Speak
 
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n.  
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young of the equine genus or horse kind of animals; a young, foolish fellow
work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of
natural inclination; tendency or preference; predilection
slave; bondman; slavery; bondage
restraint; avoiding excesses
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varnish     Speak
 
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n.  
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work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of
deceptively attractive external appearance; paint to coat a surface with a hard, glossy, transparent film
coming into being of something; origin
hand tool for boring holes; hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice
prescribed diet and habits; a systematic plan for therapy; governmental rule or control
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