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GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
acoustics     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role
pendent spear of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water
shell; outer covering
science of sound; the quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in
freedom from punishment or harm; exemption from injury, suffering, or discomfort
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beefy     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
lacking pity or compassion; cruel and savage
located in outer boundary; unimportant; auxiliary
light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift
having much beef; of the nature of beef; resembling beef; fleshy; muscular in build; strong or muscular
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choppy     Speak
 
(3)
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having many small waves; rough with small waves
separate; consisting of unconnected distinct parts
modest and reserved in manner or behavior
arduous; intense; performed with much energy or force;
stormy; showing no mercy; physically severe
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clench     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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extend; stretch; spread; sit or lie with the body and limbs spread out awkwardly
walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches; move roughly or irregularly
close tightly; grasp or grip tightly; fasten with a clinch
plunge into anything, especially a fluid; sink; dip
make or declare void or invalid; reduce to nothing
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decrepit     Speak
 
(5)
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rude; sullenly ill-humored; gloomy; threatening, as of weather conditions
temporary; provided for present need only
weakened, worn out, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use
influential in an original way; providing the basis for further development; creative
one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party
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embryo     Speak
 
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n.  
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excessive pride or self-confidence
one of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or stock of such a feather; pen made by the point of a feather
a large group or crowd; wandering troop or gang; a moving crowd
completely undeveloped form; an animal organism in the early stages of growth
handle, especially the handle of a sword, dagger, or the like
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empirical     Speak
 
(7)
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left and abandoned; negligent in performing a duty
relating to marriage or wedding ceremony
marked by imposing physical strength; firmly built; firm, and resolute
derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
hateful; arousing strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure
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fleece     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae; one who wakes early
rebuke or scold angrily and at length
build; put together out of components or parts
reduce or eliminate gradually, with a knife; cut small bits off
rob; a strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; ask an unreasonable price
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granary     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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assault; a very powerful attack
expelling; driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership or association
skillful performance or ability in using hands; dexterity
beginning of something; taking in, as by swallowing; the process of receiving within
building for storing threshed grain; region yielding much grain
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impeach     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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quiet or bring under control by physical force or persuasion; make less intense; tone down
accuse; challenge or discredit the credibility of
growl viciously while baring the teeth; utter with anger or hostility
the drawback, as with fear or pain; spring back
destroy or kill a large part of; select by lot and kill one in every ten of
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inhumane     Speak
 
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wanting to discover as much as you can about things, sometimes in a way that annoys people
lacking pity or compassion; cruel and savage
feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent
shining intensely and blindingly; staring with anger or fierceness
impressive from inherent grandeur; large and impressive, in size, scope, or extent
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microbe     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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shack; small, wretched house
protective covering for a knife or sword; dress suitable for formal occasions
freeing someone from the control of another
small signboard outside the office; coarse beach gravel of little water; worn stones and pebbles
germ; minute life form; microorganism, especially a bacterium that causes disease
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obliterate     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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arouse to action; motivate; induce to exist
destroy completely; do away with completely so as to leave no trace
pile up; collect;  mount up; increase
refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
give sanction or support to; tolerate or approve
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palatable     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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difficult to please; having complicated requirements; excessively particular demanding about details
derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
acceptable; sufficiently agreeable in flavor to be eaten
plowed but left unseeded during a growing season; uncultivated
acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred; violating sacred things; profane
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plume     Speak
 
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n.  
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one whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; seaman or sailor
coming into being of something; origin
deadlock; the situation in which further action is blocked
form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
feather, especially soft, downy, long, or handsome feather; a token of honor or achievement
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respite     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
outcome; consequence, especially of a disaster or misfortune
usually a short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
the skin of a beast with the hair on; raw or undressed hides; skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it
lack of sophistication, experience, judgment or worldliness; simplicity; artlessness; gullibility
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scoff     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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wither; decrease in size; become or make shrunken and wrinkled, often by drying
mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily
urge on or encourage, especially by shouts; make an urgent appeal
guess;  infer something without sufficiently conclusive evidence
decay, or to cause something to decay
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stimulant     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of
excessive pride or self-confidence
violation of rule or regulation; breach; minor offense or petty crime
wasting away; decrease in size; reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease
the drug that temporarily quickens some vital process; acts to arouse action
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terrestrial     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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late; delayed; moving slowly
below the threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response
earthly, as opposed to celestial; pertaining to the land
recurring with measured regularity
stormy; showing no mercy; physically severe
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transient     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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not agreeing with tastes or expectations
excessively abundant or numerous; in widespread existence, practice, or use
very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren
without skill, ineffective; worthless; lacking purpose
momentary; temporary; staying for a short time
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