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GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
apex     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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small signboard outside the office; coarse beach gravel of little water; worn stones and pebbles
surviving remnant; something left after loss or decay; object kept for its association with the past
highest point; vertex; summit; climax
a large group or crowd; wandering troop or gang; a moving crowd
dignified or magnificent display; splendor
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baffle     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
eat away; wear away by abrasion; become worn
specify or arrange in agreement; express demand in agreement; promise in agreement
take away a vital or essential part of
rebuke or scold angrily and at length
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bolster     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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specify or arrange in agreement; express demand in agreement; promise in agreement
be balanced or held in suspension; hover; carry or hold in equilibrium; balance
hunt for; search; the act of searching for food
leave to someone by a will; hand down
support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
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clandestine     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
solid; heavy and compact in form
saw-like; having a row of sharp or tooth-like projections
lacking protection or a guard; vulnerable
responsive to advise or suggestion; responsible to a higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
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credence     Speak
 
(5)
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
insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
the skin of a beast with the hair on; raw or undressed hides; skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it
small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
belief in or acceptance of something as right; faith
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emigrate     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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engage in merrymaking, joking, or teasing
chain; fetter; restraint that confines or restricts freedom
give an imitation that ridicules; imitate mockingly or humorously
pile up; collect;  mount up; increase
remove from one country or state to another for residence; migrate from home
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enclosure     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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text character used to mark the possessive or to show the omission of letters or numbers
the feeling of great happiness and well-being, sometimes exaggerated
small mug or cup; unit of liquid measure equal to one-quarter of a pint; human head
a place where animals are kept
a substance that kills germs or viruses; agent for removing the causes of infection, as chlorine
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forsake     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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leave someone who needs or counts on you
speak evil of; bad-mouth; defame
cause to emit a flash of light
turn aside, especially from the main subject in writing or speaking
stop short and refuse to go on; refuse obstinately or abruptly
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hasten     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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arouse again; make someone have a feeling that they had in the past
take away a vital or essential part of
accelerate; make something happen sooner or more quickly
delay; leave slowly and hesitantly; wait
destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
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incarcerate     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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duplicate, copy, reproduce, or repeat; fold over or bend back
charge; accuse formally of a crime
imprison; put into jail; shut up or enclose
force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force
make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
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jettison     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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provide for or supply inadequately; deal with hastily, carelessly, or with poor material
put together or compose from materials gathered from several sources
go backwards;  decline to inferior state; degenerate
throw overboard; eject from boat, submarine, aircraft, or spaceship
put out a fire; extinguish;  put an end to; destroy
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mariner     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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one whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; seaman or sailor
supplement or appendix, especially to a will
a person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant to impress others
quality of being radiant, shining, bright, or splendid
hugeness in a bad sense; the act of extreme evil or wickedness
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nether     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
unwilling or with reluctance; stingy
situated down or below; lying beneath, or in the lower part; having a lower position; lower; under;
existing only in imagination; feigned; not true or real
containing a high amount of water or water vapor
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plankton     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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act of proceeding, moving on, advancing, or issuing; regular, orderly, or ceremonious progress; continuous course
all the animals and plants, which live at or near-surface of waters; a collection of small or microscopic organisms
a tendency to keep together
lack of gratitude; forgetfulness of kindness or favors received
bringing or coming to an end; cease
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pomp     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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striking and vivid representation; picture
quality of endurance and courage; good temperament and character
stupid person; person who is not very bright
dignified or magnificent display; splendor
a passage from one form or state to another; change
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renegade     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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man who substitutes for a performer in scenes requiring physical daring or involving physical risk
blast; outburst; a sudden strong wind
the feeling of contented self-satisfaction, especially when unaware of upcoming trouble
faint, cloudlike, self-luminous mass of matter situated beyond the solar system among the stars
disloyal person; traitor or rebel
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sieve     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
rubber or plastic nipple or teething ring for a baby to suck or chew on
one who, or that which, defends or protects; defense; protection
one whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; seaman or sailor
a bowl-shaped tool with many small holes, used to separate larger from smaller pieces or solids from a liquid
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stupendous     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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used for feeling; relating to a sense of touch; perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible
morally or legally constraining; required; binding
related to the topic being discussed or considered; appropriate or fitting; relevant
astonishing; wonderful; amazing, especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation
acceptable; sufficiently agreeable in flavor to be eaten
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swarthy     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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dark; dusky; naturally having the skin of a dark color
narrow in outlook; related to a local church community
flowing, as writing letters joined one to another without raising pen; running
eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
inclined to interfere in other people's business; intrusive with the offensive manner
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vocalist     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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singer, as opposed to an instrumental performer; vocal musician
music performed in the open air at nights; complimentary performance given to honor or express love for someone
shady shelter or recess in a garden or woods; anchor carried at the bow of the ship; a muscle that bends a limb
conventions; moral standards; accepted traditional customs
a very small portion or allowance assigned, whether of food or money
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