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GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
allegation     Speak
 
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n.  
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usually a short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
suggestion without proof that someone has done something wrong
the feeling of contented self-satisfaction, especially when unaware of upcoming trouble
study of insects; branch of zoology which treats of insects
a woman who has remained single beyond the conventional age for marrying; one whose occupation is to spin
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awning     Speak
 
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n.  
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roof-like cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind
state of reduced or suspended sensibility; daze; lack of awareness
defamatory statement; the act of writing something that smears a person's character
condition or quality of being an idiot; extreme folly or stupidity
disloyal person; traitor or rebel
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blockade     Speak
 
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n.  
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a person who loves humankind in general; a very generous person or institution
shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
crime of pirate; robbery committed at sea; unauthorized use or reproduction of copyrighted or patented material
trick or stratagem practiced for deception
predecessor; one who goes before or announces the coming of another
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concoct     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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introduce;  bring up for discussion or debate; announce
move or run rapidly or carelessly, lifting the fore and hind feet alternately, in successive leaps or bounds
set on fire; cause to burn, flame, or glow; excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat
proceed slowly; waste time
digest; convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition
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demean     Speak
 
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the drawback, as with fear or pain; spring back
appropriate, seize, or take for oneself before others; gain possession of by prior right or opportunity
degrade; debase, as in dignity or social standing
give an imitation that ridicules; imitate mockingly or humorously
decrease fullness of; use up or empty out
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embody     Speak
 
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give a bodily form to; represent in a bodily or material form; incorporate
cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
hunt for; search; the act of searching for food
kindle; cause to start burning; set fire to
request earnestly; seek to obtain by persuasion or formal application
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entangle     Speak
 
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remove or force out from a position of dwelling previously occupied
grieve or protest loudly and bitterly; express sorrow by a mournful vocal sound; moan; cry
twist or interweave as not to be easily separated; make tangled, confused, and intricate; perplex; bewilder; puzzle
burn with hot liquid or steam; pain or injure by contact with, or immersion in, any hot fluid
give an imitation that ridicules; imitate mockingly or humorously
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flounder     Speak
 
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v.  
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move or act clumsily and in confusion
wander or stray; turn aside sharply; climb or move upward
crush or crunch; crumple or squeeze; hunch
divide into parts, pieces, or sections
make laws; create or pass laws
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gouge     Speak
 
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increase, accumulate, or come about as a result of growth; accumulate over time
flow forth suddenly in great volume; make an excessive display
breathe out; send air out of your lungs
force with the thumb; make a groove in
create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
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immerse     Speak
 
(10)
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put at a disadvantage; tie up; hamper; prevent the progress
plunge into anything, especially a fluid; sink; dip
contradict; give a false impression
speak evil of; bad-mouth; defame
restore to proper condition; help to re-adapt, as to the former state of health or good repute
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linguistics     Speak
 
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n.  
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a mental disorder marked by confusion
tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills
humanistic study of language and literature
pendent spear of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water
humorous short verse; nonsense song or verse
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lout     Speak
 
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n.  
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an awkward and stupid person; troublemaker, often violent
expelling; driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership or association
whirlpool; powerful circular current of water
open passage through a wood; grassy open or cleared space in a forest; opening in the ice of rivers or lakes
willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect
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obliterate     Speak
 
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stop short and refuse to go on; refuse obstinately or abruptly
arouse again; make someone have a feeling that they had in the past
increase, accumulate, or come about as a result of growth; accumulate over time
destroy completely; do away with completely so as to leave no trace
dig out of ground; remove from grave
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pathos     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin
pretense; something intended to misrepresent
defiant or swaggering behavior; the pretense of courage; false show of bravery
tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings
massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color of a gray to black, breaking with fracture and sharp edge
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precipitate     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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rash; moving rapidly and heedlessly; speeding headlong; occurring suddenly
marked by prudence and restraint in the use of material resources; limited in quantity; saving; frugal; merciful
short-lived; enduring a very short time
capable of igniting and burning; easily aroused or excited
unconventional; strikingly unfamiliar; located far from civilized areas
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respite     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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usually a short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
a line of ancestors; descent; lineage; register or record of a line of ancestors
state of poor nutrition
abnormal;  markedly different from an accepted norm
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skiff     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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nutritive material; a greasy substance found in unprocessed sheep's wool; yellow part of an egg
a flock of geese; a cluster or group
hugeness in a bad sense; the act of extreme evil or wickedness
a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
small, light sailboat; small boat propelled by oars
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stalemate     Speak
 
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n.  
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stubborn intolerance; excessive zeal or warmth in favor of a party, sect, or opinion
young of the equine genus or horse kind of animals; a young, foolish fellow
a person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant to impress others
stupid person; person who is not very bright
deadlock; the situation in which further action is blocked
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superfluous     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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careful about money; economical
being beyond what is required or sufficient
darkened with smoke and grime; dirty or discolored
avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined
prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
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typhoid     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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extremely disturbed from emotion
artificially formal; obviously planned or calculated; not natural
of or about typhus; resembling typhus; of serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation
obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
of the same or similar nature or kind
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