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GRE Vocabulary: Level 4
alkali     Speak
 
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n.  
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fragment substance, as of glass or metal; a piece of broken pottery, especially found in an archaeological dig
noisy, disorderly fight or quarrel; disturbance
environment; person's social setting or environment
soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
storyteller; one who tells stories and anecdotes with skill and wit
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aquiline     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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worried or concerned; full of desire; expressing care or concern
effectively concise; appearing as if wiped or rubbed, as smooth
relating to the near future; limited to short distances
curved or hooked like an eagle's beak
dying; in a dying state; approaching death; about to die
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buttress     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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mislead; delude; deceive by guile
support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
persuade to act unlawfully, especially to commit perjury
renounce upon oath; abandon forever
spread gradually; cause the liquid to pass through small holes; filter
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cravat     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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animal, such as an insect that lacks backbone or spinal column
young plant or tree that has grown from seed; produced from seed
a piece of silk, fine muslin, or other cloth, worn by men about the neck
house roof made with a plant material
storyteller; one who tells stories and anecdotes with skill and wit
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dissimulate     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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hide away; generate and separate substance from cells or bodily fluids
correct; improve by critical editing; free from fault; alter for the better
pretend; hide feelings from other people
tease; torture with disappointment; bait someone by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
assume the existence of; put forward, as for consideration or study; suggest
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embed     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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enclose; place in something; fix firmly in surrounding mass
wash or flow against; wash one's face and hands
give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
mock; laugh at with contempt and derision
treat with great respect and deference; consider hallowed or be in awe of
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eschew     Speak
 
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v.  
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make shiny by rubbing; polish
induce someone to convert to one's own religious faith
eat until excessively full; be more than full; feed someone to excess
avoid; refuse to use or participate in; stand aloof from
mock; laugh at with contempt and derision
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forestall     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
make poor; reduce to poverty or indigence; exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of
stand idly about; linger aimlessly; proceed slowly or with many stops
assign to obscure place, position, or condition; delegate; assign
prevent by taking action in advance
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harbinger     Speak
 
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n.  
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painful labor; work, especially when arduous or involving painful effort
forerunner; an indication of the approach of something or someone
depravity; corrupt, depraved, or degenerate act
correction of errors; removal of errors; alteration intended to improve
bitter, long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will; hatred
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insolvent     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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penetrating, clear, and sharp, as in operation or expression
formless; lacking shape or definition
bankrupt; unable to repay one's debts
sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness
foolish or silly, especially in self-satisfied way
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legerdemain     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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essential premise; the underlying assumption
monarch;  ruler who is unconstrained by law
self-control; self-restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
hardship; state of extreme poverty
show of skill or deceitful cleverness, considered magical by naive observers
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malediction     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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curse; evil-speaking; the utterance of curse or execration
gradual intrusion; entry into a place that was previously uncommon; advance beyond former borders
monarch;  ruler who is unconstrained by law
one of the superior courts of law; the government department that receives and gives out public money
outcome; final resolution or clarification of dramatic or narrative plot
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obdurate     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to a persuasion
recently begun; imperfectly formed or developed; elementary
insisting capriciously on getting just what one wants; difficult to please; fussy
false; tending to mislead; deceptive
forceful, effective, and vigorous; sharp or keen
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pitfall     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words
act of putting something in working order again; act or process of making amends; compensation
tendon or tendon tissue; muscle; nerve
sign of something coming; art or practice of foretelling events by signs or omens
hidden danger; concealed trap; hidden hazard
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pontifical     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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pertaining to bishop or pope; having dignity or authority of the bishop
deep-rooted; firmly and long-established; habitual
unable to be doubted; unquestionable
critical; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
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remunerative     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
very stormy; turbulent; rough with wind; impassioned; violent
very small; immeasurably or incalculably minute
tending to make or become worse; disparaging or belittling
compensating; rewarding; profitable or paying
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schematic     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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opposite; reversed in order, nature, or effect; turned upside down
pardonable; able to be forgiven; trivial
skillful in the use of the hands; having mental skill
winding; bending in and out; not morally honest
relating to outline or diagram; represented simply, as using symbols
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stanch     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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cause to experience shame or humiliation; embarrass
try to stir up public opinion; promote the growth of; apply warm lotion to
stop or check the flow of liquid; stop the flow of blood from a wound
burn without flame; be liable to break out at any moment
speak distinctly; state or set forth precisely or systematically; pronounce; articulate
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theocracy     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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the government ruled by or subject to religious authority
scarcity; smallness of number; fewness
story or poem set to music that a chorus can sing
unexpected acceleration or hastening; the quantity of water falling to earth
gayness; splendor; cheerfulness or celebration
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turpitude     Speak
 
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n.  
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depravity; corrupt, depraved, or degenerate act
dictator; ruler having unlimited power
act of admitting to holy orders; disposition as in ranks or rows; formal arrangement
slight offense; small sin or fault
act of emptying, reducing, or exhausting
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