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GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
agitation     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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very poor person; one living on or eligible for public charity
inclination; natural tendency; readiness; facility of learning
anxiety; extreme emotional disturbance
serious mistake typically caused by ignorance or confusion
omen; forewarning; something that portends an event about to occur, especially unfortunate or evil event
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berth     Speak
 
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n.  
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space for the ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; the place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
concave cut into a surface or edge; small hollow or depression
legend; wisdom; knowledge acquired through education or experience
difference; condition or fact of being unequal, as in age, rank, or degree
last stop of a railroad; final point or end; boundary or border
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celibacy     Speak
 
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n.  
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state of being unmarried; single life
feather, especially soft, downy, long, or handsome feather; a token of honor or achievement
clay; brick; sun-dried brick; structure built with this type of brick
a small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; spray; a youth; a lad; a brad, or nail without a head
art of representing dances in written symbols; the arrangement of dances
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colt     Speak
 
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n.  
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young of the equine genus or horse kind of animals; a young, foolish fellow
act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates
craze; madness; an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
expelling; driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership or association
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dampen     Speak
 
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v.  
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separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the course; examine critically or minutely; scrutinize
moisten; lessen in force or effect
appear or take shape, usually in an enlarged or distorted form
decrease fullness of; use up or empty out
disprove; prove to be false or incorrect
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embargo     Speak
 
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n.  
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highest point; vertex; summit; climax
ban on commerce or other activity
difference; condition or fact of being unequal, as in age, rank, or degree
a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
excess; over-fullness in any respect; superabundance
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ensign     Speak
 
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n.  
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state of reduced or suspended sensibility; daze; lack of awareness
expelling; driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership or association
deceptively attractive external appearance; paint to coat a surface with a hard, glossy, transparent film
flag or banner, especially the national flag, carried by ship or a body of soldiers
hugeness in a bad sense; the act of extreme evil or wickedness
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frailty     Speak
 
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n.  
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condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally; infirmity; weakness of resolution
enthusiastic, prolonged applause; show of public homage or welcome
revolving stone disk used for grinding, polishing, or sharpening tools; millstone
dominant theme or central idea; repeated figure or design in architecture or decoration
natural inclination; tendency or preference; predilection
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granary     Speak
 
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n.  
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traditional beliefs, myths, tales, and practices of a people, transmitted orally
long-handled stewing pan or saucepan sometimes having legs; a vessel for stewing meat
book of synonyms, often including related and contrasting words and antonyms
building for storing threshed grain; region yielding much grain
honors conferred for some notable achievement; credit
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immutable     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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unable to be changed without exception; not mutable
agonizing; distressing extremely painful
having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific
looking within oneself; thoughtful about oneself; studying or exhibiting one's own internal state
having qualities of ideal knight; faithful; brave
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insufficient     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
most frequent; widespread; predominant
capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance
without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy
in name only; insignificantly small
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minion     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
a fixed point supporting something that turns or balances; focus or center
a loyal servant of another, usually more powerful being
last stop of a railroad; final point or end; boundary or border
roofed stand for spectators at the stadium; spectators or audience at an event; seating area at a stadium
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orifice     Speak
 
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n.  
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a pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction
mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe; an opening
the drug that temporarily quickens some vital process; acts to arouse action
harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill
talking to oneself; the act of a character speaking to himself to reveal his thoughts to the audience
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parable     Speak
 
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n.  
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slight natural depression or indentation on the surface of some part of the body; slight indentation on any surface
pendent spear of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water
a short, simple story teaching moral or religious lesson
one who executes or performs; doer
form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
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proclivity     Speak
 
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n.  
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list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
list of works of music or drama; class of compositions in a genre; range or number of skills
cliff; an overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock; dangerous position
patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments; one who is morbidly anxious about his health and generally depressed
inclination; natural tendency; readiness; facility of learning
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renegade     Speak
 
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n.  
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young of the equine genus or horse kind of animals; a young, foolish fellow
known for some unfavorable act or quality; bad or ill fame
disloyal person; traitor or rebel
building for storing threshed grain; region yielding much grain
inquiry; doubt in mind; mental reservation
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satire     Speak
 
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n.  
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quality of being radiant, shining, bright, or splendid
one derived from another; offspring or descendant; the result of creative effort, as product
space for the ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; the place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
inheritance; legacy; the act of giving, leaving by will, or passing on to another
form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
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slough     Speak
 
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v.  
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avoid cleverly; escape the perception of
cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; discard as refuse
decide upon and express in words;  develop all the details of something
cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; plunder; take as spoils
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surly     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; worthless; mean; shabby
warm and extremely humid; moist; damp; moldy
unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh
rude; sullenly ill-humored; gloomy; threatening, as of weather conditions
extremely fat; grossly overweight
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virulent     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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responsive to advise or suggestion; responsible to a higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
extremely poisonous; hostile; bitter
inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
very precise and formal; exceedingly proper
not moving or flowing; lacking vitality or briskness; stale; dull
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