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GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
abacus     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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inflammation of the brain, usually caused by a virus
violent disturbance; sudden, violent disruption or upset
a person dissatisfied with current conditions; a discontented person
agitation; chemical phenomenon in which an organic molecule splits into simpler substances
manual computing device consisting of a frame holding parallel rods strung with movable counters
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barricade     Speak
 
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n.  
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failure or omission of duty; fault; misdeed; offense or crime
greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
manual computing device consisting of a frame holding parallel rods strung with movable counters
stipulated condition; an act of supplying or fitting out; something provided
hastily put together defensive barrier; obstacle
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calamity     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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foam, or troth, or the sediment, of beer or other in fermentation
opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion
the event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; disaster; misery
inclination; natural tendency; readiness; facility of learning
ambition; something that you hope to achieve
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consolidate     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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make powerless and unable to function; disable
destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
destroy or kill a large part of; select by lot and kill one in every ten of
bite or chew on with the teeth
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demean     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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decay, or to cause something to decay
degrade; debase, as in dignity or social standing
come near or nearer to something or someone in space, time, quality, or amount
raze; destroy; do away with completely; put an end to
arouse again; make someone have a feeling that they had in the past
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disciple     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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outbreak;  sudden, often violent outburst
follower; adherent; a person who learns from another, especially one who then teaches others
lack of gratitude; forgetfulness of kindness or favors received
severe dizziness; reeling sensation; feeling about to fall
rubber or plastic nipple or teething ring for a baby to suck or chew on
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facetious     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; inadequate; feeble
peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet
joking ,often inappropriately; humorous
able to see differences; showing careful judgment or fine taste
attempting to win favor by flattering; flattering
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foothold     Speak
 
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n.  
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a float, especially a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark a channel or to point out the position
slight natural depression or indentation on the surface of some part of the body; slight indentation on any surface
holding with the feet; firm standing; something on which one may tread or rest securely
a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage
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gargantuan     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
inclined to eat; hungry; irritable
hard to understand; known only in a particular group
huge; of a tremendous size, volume, degree
cunning; full of tricks; skill in deception
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ideology     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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a person who refuses to see the beauty or the value of art or culture.
aggressive entrance into foreign territory; raid or invasion
science of sound; the quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in
skillful performance or ability in using hands; dexterity
study of origin and nature of ideas
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juggernaut     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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ghostly apparition; phantom; haunting or disturbing image or prospect
line around an area to enclose or guard it
failure or omission of duty; fault; misdeed; offense or crime
the overwhelming, advancing force that crushes or seems to crush everything in its path
beautiful writing; excellent penmanship
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meager     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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pulled or drawn tight; kept in trim shape; neat and tidy
animated; lively; vigorous and active
deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; inadequate; feeble
expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
not interested; indifferent; free of self-interest; impartial
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nebula     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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reply, especially to answer in a quick, caustic, or witty manner
a great number; many
cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
faint, cloudlike, self-luminous mass of matter situated beyond the solar system among the stars
a small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; spray; a youth; a lad; a brad, or nail without a head
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persecute     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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outsmart; trick; beat through cleverness and wit
pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; beset with cruelty or malignity; harass; annoy
duplicate, copy, reproduce, or repeat; fold over or bend back
reduce level; lower grade of something
stop; impede; shut out from view
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propriety     Speak
 
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n.  
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fitness; correct conduct; quality of being proper; appropriateness
assault; a very powerful attack
inflammation of the brain, usually caused by a virus
long-legged, swift-running wild cat tamed and used for hunting in India
plants of an area or a region; plant life
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renege     Speak
 
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v.  
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give up; do without; go or pass by without claiming
burn with hot liquid or steam; pain or injure by contact with, or immersion in, any hot fluid
deny; go back on; fail to fulfill promise or obligation
cause to turn white or become pale; take color from; bleach
hunt for; search; the act of searching for food
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ruffle     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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make into a ruff; disturb the surface of; make uneven by agitation; throw into disorder or confusion
go through or across, often under difficult conditions
remove from one country or state to another for residence; migrate from home
quiet or bring under control by physical force or persuasion; make less intense; tone down
pile up; collect;  mount up; increase
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skimpy     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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inadequate, as in size or fullness, especially through economizing or stinting
quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
not literal, but metaphorical;  not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning
moved by sexual love; loving
young and inexperienced; having just acquired its flight feathers
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thrash     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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beat severely; discuss or examine repeatedly; use a machine or flail to separate grain or seeds from the straw
rob; a strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; ask an unreasonable price
approach; tend to meet; come together
cut into very small pieces; chop fine; suppress or weaken the force of
cease to proceed or act; stop; forbear
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ubiquitous     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive; hateful
being or existing everywhere; omnipresent
equivalent in effect or value
causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; troublesome; irritating
marked by imposing physical strength; firmly built; firm, and resolute
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