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GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
amputate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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cut or clip hair; a strip of something; remove by cutting or clipping
alter; change something such as a plan, opinion, law to improve
scrape gently; feed on growing grasses and herbage
cut off part of the body, especially by surgery; prune
utter or emit low, dull rumbling sounds
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bawdy     Speak
 
(2)
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passionate; hot or scorching; hurried or rapid
incapable of failure or error
indecent; obscene; humorously coarse
arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive; hateful
solid; heavy and compact in form
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calamity     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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person hardened in sin; a person without moral scruples
hand tool for boring holes; hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice
the decree, especially issued by a sovereign; official command
something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
the event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; disaster; misery
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configuration     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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one of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or stock of such a feather; pen made by the point of a feather
the capacity of guardian; guardianship; capacity or activity of tutor; instruction or teaching
arrangement of parts or elements; outline
aggressive entrance into foreign territory; raid or invasion
long life; great duration of life; long duration or continuance, as in an occupation
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cringe     Speak
 
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build; put together out of components or parts
walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches; move roughly or irregularly
occur at the same time as; correspond
shrink or recoil, as in fear, disgust or embarrassment; bend or crouch with base humility
pierce; kill by piercing with a spear or sharp
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dissipated     Speak
 
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exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
unrestrained by convention or morality; wasteful of health or possessions in pursuit of pleasure
able to float; cheerful and optimistic
not belonging to the real world; unnatural; odd and unfamiliar
having the quality of being vicious or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive
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eruption     Speak
 
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n.  
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outbreak;  sudden, often violent outburst
agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
minor battle in war; minor or preliminary conflict or dispute
face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal
a kind of cup or drinking vessel having a foot or standard, but without a handle
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foolhardy     Speak
 
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relating to drama and acting; dramatic, theatrical
rash; marked by unthinking boldness
over-bright in color; tastelessly showy
subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement
open to view; not secret or hidden
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hierarchy     Speak
 
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n.  
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a person without a permanent home who moves from place to place; a wanderer; tramp
standstill resulting from the opposition of two forces or factions; stalemate
act of supposing; something supposed; assumption
colorless stone of high luster, made of paste, used as an inexpensive ornament
arrangement by rank or standing; series in which each element is graded or ranked
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implicit     Speak
 
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likely to fail or be inaccurate
demanding great effort or labor; difficult
implied or understood though not directly expressed
incapable of failure or error
established firmly and securely; rooted
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instantaneous     Speak
 
(11)
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instant; immediate; occurring with no delay
flexible; becoming or being made suitable to a particular situation or use
left and abandoned; negligent in performing a duty
most frequent; widespread; predominant
friendly; of good appearance and manners; graceful
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mirth     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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gladness and gaiety, especially when expressed by laughter
a piece of orange or lemon peel used to give flavor to liquor; something that gives a pleasant taste; appetizer
ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
dilemma; state of uncertainty or perplexity
tough and aggressive or violent youth
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noggin     Speak
 
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a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup; a cone-shaped piece of wood
small mug or cup; unit of liquid measure equal to one-quarter of a pint; human head
sickness;a slight but often persistent illness
study of insects; branch of zoology which treats of insects
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peckish     Speak
 
(14)
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not to be taken away; nontransferable
characterized by unrest or disorder
inclined to eat; hungry; irritable
not moving or flowing; lacking vitality or briskness; stale; dull
light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift
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propriety     Speak
 
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fitness; correct conduct; quality of being proper; appropriateness
direct financial aid by the government
unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
enthusiasm or liveliness; energetic style
composition for orchestra and a soloist
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refinement     Speak
 
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n.  
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independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
result of improving something; the process of removing impurities
line around an area to enclose or guard it
thin layer; coating consisting of thin layer; ornamental coating to a building
departure of a large number of people
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shun     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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block legislation by making long speeches
charge; accuse formally of a crime
avoid deliberately; keep away from
give an imitation that ridicules; imitate mockingly or humorously
step heavily on something or someone, causing damage or injury
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stoke     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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draw out; bring forth or to light;  generate or provoke as response or answer
stir up fire; feed plentifully; supply a furnace with fuel
submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in
hold firmly; hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly; set closely together; close tightly
breathe out; send air out of your lungs
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tattered     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
caring only about oneself; selfish; self-centered
astonishing; wonderful; amazing, especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation
pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
torn into shreds; ragged; having ragged clothes; disordered or disrupted
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unscrupulous     Speak
 
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crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar
unprincipled; lacking honesty
having an even, smooth surface; smooth; not rough or harsh
gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement
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