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GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
apex     Speak
 
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n.  
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small structure, often open on one or more sides, used as a newsstand or booth
highest point; vertex; summit; climax
action taken in return for injury or offense
irreligious person; pagan; one who does not acknowledge the God of the Bible
summary, plan, or scheme of something proposed, affording a prospect of its nature
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arboretum     Speak
 
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lack of gratitude; forgetfulness of kindness or favors received
a fixed point supporting something that turns or balances; focus or center
a place where different tree varieties are exhibited
school, especially a theological school for the training of priests; school of higher education, especially for girls
supplement or appendix, especially to a will
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caricature     Speak
 
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n.  
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a representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
tunnel; hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter; moving through by or as by digging
outcome; consequence, especially of a disaster or misfortune
dignified or magnificent display; splendor
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concise     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable
huge; of a tremendous size, volume, degree
marked by prudence and restraint in the use of material resources; limited in quantity; saving; frugal; merciful
elaborately or excessively ornamented
brief and compact; expressing much in few words
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deft     Speak
 
(5)
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concerning each of two or more persons or things; exchangeable; interacting
worldly rather than spiritual; not specifically relating to religion; lasting from century to century
various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated
instant; immediate; occurring with no delay
quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
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eclectic     Speak
 
(6)
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occupying lower rank; inferior; submissive
composed of elements from a variety of sources
having the same or a similar meaning; identical; equivalent
incapable of being read; unclear; not legible
behaving like slave; subordinate in capacity or function
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entreat     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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plead; make the earnest request of; ask for earnestly
contradict; give a false impression
eat away; wear away by abrasion; become worn
wither; decrease in size; become or make shrunken and wrinkled, often by drying
refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
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firefly     Speak
 
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n.  
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small structure, often open on one or more sides, used as a newsstand or booth
deadlock; the situation in which further action is blocked
harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill
rejection; an act of excluding or shutting out
any luminous winged insect, as luminous beetles of the family Lampyridae
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glaring     Speak
 
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caring only about oneself; selfish; self-centered
shining intensely and blindingly; staring with anger or fierceness
obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
of or about typhus; resembling typhus; of serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation
astonishing; wonderful; amazing, especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation
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impeach     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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reprove severely, especially in a formal or official way; rebuke formally; censure severely or angrily
renew; repair; return to life
cover completely or make imperceptible; overcome by superior force; charge someone with too many tasks
accuse; challenge or discredit the credibility of
flow in drops; run or flow slowly; drip
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kiosk     Speak
 
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n.  
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holding with the feet; firm standing; something on which one may tread or rest securely
sudden sharp turn or twist; strange attitude or habit; the peculiarity of behavior
small structure, often open on one or more sides, used as a newsstand or booth
massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color of a gray to black, breaking with fracture and sharp edge
independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
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motif     Speak
 
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n.  
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natural inclination; tendency or preference; predilection
one of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or stock of such a feather; pen made by the point of a feather
heavy scarf worn around the neck for warmth; part of the exhaust pipe of a car that dampens the noise
something spoken as introductory to a discourse, or written as introductory to a book or essay
dominant theme or central idea; repeated figure or design in architecture or decoration
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obstruct     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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gradually deprive infants of mother's milk; detach affections of
stop; impede; shut out from view
detect; perceive, recognize, or understand something that is not clear
block legislation by making long speeches
beat severely; discuss or examine repeatedly; use a machine or flail to separate grain or seeds from the straw
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palpable     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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lacking in insight or discernment; stupid
marked by energy and vigor; manly; able to copulate, as for male
tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable
circuitous; going round; indirect; encircling; enveloping; comprehensive
complex or bizarre, especially in ornamentation; irregular in shape
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plummet     Speak
 
(15)
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fall straight down; plunge; decline suddenly and steeply
make low, confused, and indistinct sound, like that of running water
feel or express pity or sympathy for
give an imitation that ridicules; imitate mockingly or humorously
destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
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ransack     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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search thoroughly; search every place or part of
specify or arrange in agreement; express demand in agreement; promise in agreement
leave to someone by a will; hand down
restrain with U-shaped bar for ankles or feet; impede; hamper
renew; repair; return to life
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scavenger     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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a lawyer using questionable methods; an unethical lawyer or politician
soft wet boggy land; complex or dangerous situation from which it isn't easy to free oneself
heavy scarf worn around the neck for warmth; part of the exhaust pipe of a car that dampens the noise
highland; upland; relatively flat highland
an animal that eats other decaying organic matter; someone who collects things that others have discarded
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strangulation     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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maze; the complex structure of interconnecting passages
mass for dead; song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as memorial
arrangement of parts or elements; outline
small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
act of strangling, or the state of being strangled; excessive or abnormal constriction of any kind
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synonymous     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
existing or lasting only a short time; short-lived or temporary
not to be taken away; nontransferable
flexible; moving and bending with ease
having the same or a similar meaning; identical; equivalent
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typhoid     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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of the same or similar nature or kind
having an even, smooth surface; smooth; not rough or harsh
massive; bulky; great in size
of or about typhus; resembling typhus; of serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation
lacking variety or excitement; monotonous
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