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GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
ailment     Speak
 
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n.  
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large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
heavy substance used to add stability or weight
sickness;a slight but often persistent illness
gap or crack; short, sharp sound; money; cash
dilemma; state of uncertainty or perplexity
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archaeology     Speak
 
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n.  
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study of artifacts and relics of early humankind
favoring of relatives or friends because of their relationship rather than their abilities
book of synonyms, often including related and contrasting words and antonyms
the action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement; an instance of abnormal activity
feather, especially soft, downy, long, or handsome feather; a token of honor or achievement
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bestow     Speak
 
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v.  
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injure or hurt; become worse; affect negatively
quiet or bring under control by physical force or persuasion; make less intense; tone down
give as a gift; present
feed to the full; feed luxuriously; glut; indulge with rich food
wander or stray; turn aside sharply; climb or move upward
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convoluted     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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wildly disordered; excessive enthusiasm or excitement; insane
narrow in outlook; related to a local church community
coiled around; highly involved; intricate
having qualities of ideal knight; faithful; brave
in a position that is turned toward one side; away from the correct course
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decimate     Speak
 
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v.  
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fill or make complete again; add a new stock or supply to
destroy or kill a large part of; select by lot and kill one in every ten of
be any thick messy substance; pass gradually; progress slowly but steadily
appropriate, seize, or take for oneself before others; gain possession of by prior right or opportunity
goad or urge forward; provoke; incite
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dividend     Speak
 
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n.  
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distinctive and stylish elegance; a bunch of feathers or plume, especially on a helmet
trick or stratagem practiced for deception
supplement or appendix, especially to a will
artificial obstruction; a heavy curtain of artillery fire; rapid, concentrated discharge of missiles
the sum of money to be divided and distributed; share of a sum divided that falls to individuals; a distribute sum
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erosion     Speak
 
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n.  
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picture; drawing; showing by example
the fine granular substance produced in flowers; fine bran or flour
corrosion; a gradual decline of something
trick or stratagem practiced for deception
cause of grief or distress; discomfort or pain
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formulate     Speak
 
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v.  
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decree; establish by a legal and authoritative act; make into a law
lay out, apply, or employ in any way; consume by use; use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations
outsmart; trick; beat through cleverness and wit
associate; cause a group to become part of or form a close relationship with another
decide upon and express in words;  develop all the details of something
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gaffe     Speak
 
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n.  
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act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god
inclination; natural tendency; readiness; facility of learning
socially awkward or tactless act; foolish error, especially one made in public
any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
a representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
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hypochondriac     Speak
 
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n.  
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stipulated condition; an act of supplying or fitting out; something provided
woman whose occupation is sewing; needlewoman
a passage from one form or state to another; change
faint, cloudlike, self-luminous mass of matter situated beyond the solar system among the stars
patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments; one who is morbidly anxious about his health and generally depressed
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limber     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
capable of moving, bending, or contorting easily
obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
warm and extremely humid; moist; damp; moldy
impenetrable; not readily understood; mysterious
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malnutrition     Speak
 
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n.  
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state of poor nutrition
large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
the language used by a special group; technical terminology; nonsensical or meaningless talk
thin layer; coating consisting of thin layer; ornamental coating to a building
text character used to mark the possessive or to show the omission of letters or numbers
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obstinate     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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massive; bulky; great in size
stubbornly adhering to an attitude or opinion; hard to control or treat
incapable of failure or error
composed of elements from a variety of sources
unconventional; strikingly unfamiliar; located far from civilized areas
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parody     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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open passage through a wood; grassy open or cleared space in a forest; opening in the ice of rivers or lakes
highest point; vertex; summit; climax
work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of
representative or perfect example of a class or type; brief summary, as of a book or article
surviving remnant; something left after loss or decay; object kept for its association with the past
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prosaic     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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gay in manner, appearance, or action; easy and carefree
not moving or flowing; lacking vitality or briskness; stale; dull
dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact; factual
open to view; not secret or hidden
becoming to brothers; brotherly
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roost     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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a place, such as a branch of a tree, where birds rest or sleep
filthy and wretched condition or quality; dirty or neglected state
popular fashion; current state or style of general acceptance and use
gladness and gaiety, especially when expressed by laughter
the skin of a beast with the hair on; raw or undressed hides; skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it
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serrated     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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caring only about oneself; selfish; self-centered
flowing, as writing letters joined one to another without raising pen; running
unpopulated; providing no shelter or sustenance; devoid of inhabitants
acting as a substitute; done by deputy; experienced at secondhand
saw-like; having a row of sharp or tooth-like projections
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stoke     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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make a pretense of; reproduce someone's behavior or looks
submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in
stir up fire; feed plentifully; supply a furnace with fuel
reduce level; lower grade of something
emphasize; stress; pronounce with stress or accent; mark with an accent
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succinct     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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modest and reserved in manner or behavior
seeming; outward or token appearance; show; figure; form
brief or compact; by clear, precise expression in few words
full of initiative; marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative
essential; requisite;  impossible to be omitted or remitted
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virile     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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looking back on, or directed to the past; applying to or influencing the past
determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious
relating to the sky or the heavens; supremely good;  god or angel
existing only in imagination; feigned; not true or real
marked by energy and vigor; manly; able to copulate, as for male
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