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GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
apathetic     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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flexible; moving and bending with ease
short-lived; enduring a very short time
particularly; specifically; in an explicit manner
feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent
high spirited; joyously unrestrained; abundant; luxurious
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arduous     Speak
 
(2)
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having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific
demanding great effort or labor; difficult
light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift
prickly; barbed; having or covered with protective thorns
astonishing; wonderful; amazing, especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation
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bicker     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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appear or take shape, usually in an enlarged or distorted form
engage in a petty, bad-tempered quarrel
emphasize; stress; pronounce with stress or accent; mark with an accent
move up or climb something; mount
look at amorously; cast glances as in fondness or to attract notice
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compel     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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build; put together out of components or parts
force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force
warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
twist or interweave as not to be easily separated; make tangled, confused, and intricate; perplex; bewilder; puzzle
sharpen, as knife; make more keen; stimulate
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desecrate     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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moisten; lessen in force or effect
cease to proceed or act; stop; forbear
violate with violence, especially to a sacred place
give an imitation that ridicules; imitate mockingly or humorously
appear or take shape, usually in an enlarged or distorted form
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dorsal     Speak
 
(6)
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neatly dressed; very stylish in dress; lively and alert
near the back or upper surface
being beyond what is required or sufficient
weeping or inclined to weep; tearful; showing sorrow
containing a high amount of water or water vapor
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epoch     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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effort; expenditure of much physical work
rubber or plastic nipple or teething ring for a baby to suck or chew on
a particular period of history, especially one considered remarkable
a loyal servant of another, usually more powerful being
king; sole and absolute ruler; sovereigns, such as a king or empress
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fulcrum     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity
book of synonyms, often including related and contrasting words and antonyms
tunnel; hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter; moving through by or as by digging
public declaration of principles; statement of policy
support on which a lever rests; prop or support
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glide     Speak
 
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v.  
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put down by force or intimidation; restrain; crush; oppress; conceal or hide
build; put together out of components or parts
cause to turn white or become pale; take color from; bleach
put at a disadvantage; tie up; hamper; prevent the progress
slide; move in a smooth, effortless manner
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impassioned     Speak
 
(10)
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without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy
actuated or characterized by passion or zeal; showing the warmth of feeling; ardent; animated; excited
of or pertaining to the parts under the skin; injected beneath the skin
very precise and formal; exceedingly proper
tough; strong and firm; possessing physical strength and weight
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jargon     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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lack of gratitude; forgetfulness of kindness or favors received
great flood; heavy downpour; any overflowing of water
the language used by a special group; technical terminology; nonsensical or meaningless talk
the soldier placed on guard; guard
an event that departs from expectations; permission to do something differently from the usual way
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mirth     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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purging or cleansing of any passage of body
gladness and gaiety, especially when expressed by laughter
minor battle in war; minor or preliminary conflict or dispute
a heavy block of iron or steel with a smooth, flat top on which metals are shaped by hammering
novelty; creativity; capacity to act or think independently
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niche     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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long-legged, swift-running wild cat tamed and used for hunting in India
extreme corruption or degradation; wickedness
fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup; a cone-shaped piece of wood
suggestion without proof that someone has done something wrong
small concavity; a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it
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pivot     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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inexpensive waterproof covering used for floors; a stiff, smooth material that is used for covering floors
a fixed point supporting something that turns or balances; focus or center
dominant theme or central idea; repeated figure or design in architecture or decoration
color; appearance; particular gradation of color
cliff; an overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock; dangerous position
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prolific     Speak
 
(15)
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yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
periodic; on and off; stopping and starting at intervals
producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile
with one's identity disguised or concealed; in disguise; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title
inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
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repugnant     Speak
 
(16)
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arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive; hateful
able to see differences; showing careful judgment or fine taste
capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
delightful; delicious; extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
present at birth; inborn; innate
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semblance     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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not interested; indifferent; free of self-interest; impartial
seeming; outward or token appearance; show; figure; form
unrestrained by convention or morality; wasteful of health or possessions in pursuit of pleasure
not literal, but metaphorical;  not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning
equivalent in effect or value
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smithereens     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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boom; rich mine, vein, or pocket of ore; sudden opportunity to make money
turning or twisting force
fragments; atoms; splintered pieces; bits
great enjoyable or amusing activity
a container used for storing or putting objects in; reservoir
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superfluous     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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being beyond what is required or sufficient
difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule; not according to rule; irregularly
marked by sudden and violent force; hasty; impulsive and passionate
wanting to discover as much as you can about things, sometimes in a way that annoys people
looking back on, or directed to the past; applying to or influencing the past
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untoward     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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abashed; daunted; very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice
having qualities of ideal knight; faithful; brave
attempting to win favor by flattering; flattering
contrary to your interests or welfare; inconvenient; troublesome
of the same size, extent, or duration as another
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