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GRE Vocabulary: Level 4
amplify     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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divide into classes; form, arrange or deposit in layers
steal, especially in a small, sly way; take from another on a petty scale, as by violation of trust
besiege or attack; harass; surround with troops
broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make larger or more powerful; increase
cause disgrace to by malicious and false statements; hold up or expose to ridicule or calumny; defame
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beleaguer     Speak
 
(2)
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think earnestly or studiously; meditate; ponder; think deeply
dry up thoroughly; make dry, dull, or lifeless; preserve foods by removing the moisture
make less rigid or softer; calm in temper or feeling
assign to obscure place, position, or condition; delegate; assign
besiege or attack; harass; surround with troops
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blare     Speak
 
(3)
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a sudden outburst of emotion or action; sudden attack, recurrence, or intensification of a disease
the green crust on old bronze works; tone slowly taken by varnished painting
act of seceding; withdrawal; withdrawal of 11 Southern states from the Union
the feeling of lack of interest or energy; depression
loud, harsh roar or screech; a dazzling blaze of light
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condescension     Speak
 
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yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance
voluntary descent from one's rank or dignity in intercourse with an inferior; courtesy toward inferiors
the lowest point; point on sphere opposites zenith diametrically
travel or journey, especially by foot, notably by pilgrim
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disjointed     Speak
 
(5)
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absorbed; deeply moved or delighted
intended to confuse in an argument
exhibiting or giving out colors like those of rainbow; gleaming or shimmering with rainbow colors
separated at joints; out of joint; lacking order or coherence
reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
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emollient     Speak
 
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the temporary halting of usual operations of government or control; the time between two reigns
production by a gradual process; the act of working out with great care in detail
property of matter by which it tends when at rest to remain so, and when in motion to continue
having a softening or soothing effect, especially on skin
witty thought or saying, usually short; short, witty poem expressing a single thought or observation
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expropriate     Speak
 
(7)
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be earlier in time; go back further
absorb or swallow up as in a gulf; flow over or cover completely
take possession of; transfer another's property to oneself
spread gradually; cause the liquid to pass through small holes; filter
exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote
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fishery     Speak
 
(8)
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government by a few persons, especially by a small faction of persons or families
moral weakness; failing; weak point; slight fault
person of no importance; something that does not exist or that exists only in the imagination
refusal of any compromise; stubbornness
business or practice of catching fish; fishing; a place for catching fish; the right to take fish at a certain place
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halting     Speak
 
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sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
bitingly painful; harshly ironic or sinister; serving to fix colors in dyeing
relating to outline or diagram; represented simply, as using symbols
streaked, spotted, or marked with a variety of color; very colorful
hesitant; faltering; imperfect or defective
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insolvent     Speak
 
(10)
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bankrupt; unable to repay one's debts
related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting light as a result of being heated
absolute; having no exception; of using category or categories
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inviolable     Speak
 
(11)
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impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses
any of various pale or light colors; lacking in body or vigor
recently begun; imperfectly formed or developed; elementary
secure from corruption, attack, or violation; unassailable
feverish; intense emotion or activity
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marsupial     Speak
 
(12)
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one who argues in support of something; advocate; backer
book of literary selections by various authors
complication; complexity; state or quality of being intricate or entangled; perplexity; involution
any mammal of which the female typically has a pouch in which it rears young, such as kangaroo or koala
strong dislike, contempt, or aversion; hatefulness; disrepute
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obtrude     Speak
 
(13)
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blow away; separate good parts from bad; sort or select desirable; extract
gallop slowly; run or ride with steady, easy gait; travel at an easy pace with long strides
think earnestly or studiously; meditate; ponder; think deeply
proclaim doctrine or law; make known by an official publication
push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude
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palpitate     Speak
 
(14)
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interpret incorrectly; misjudge; mistake the meaning of
overcome or conquer; climb; place something above; be above or on top of
cut the surface of something carefully with a sharp tool; carve
take off; remove; tip or remove one's hat in salutation; put aside; discard
beat rapidly; shake with fast, tremulous movements
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preen     Speak
 
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take in marriage; marry; give one's loyalty or support to; adopt
make less rigid or softer; calm in temper or feeling
make oneself tidy in appearance; feel self-satisfaction
assume the existence of; put forward, as for consideration or study; suggest
dispute or contradict, often in an insulting way; challenge
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puerile     Speak
 
(16)
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muddy; having sediment disturbed; heavy, dark, or dense, like smoke or fog
spotted; having mottled or spotted skin or coat
inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative
drunken; relating to reveling and drunkenness
childish; belonging to childhood; immature
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repercussion     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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any of various flies that bite or annoy livestock and other animals; an irritating person
often indirect effect or result that is produced by an event or action; reflection, especially of sound
one who is bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service; devoted adherent of a cause or person or activity
elaborate discourse; delivered in public; treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner
business or practice of catching fish; fishing; a place for catching fish; the right to take fish at a certain place
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sepulcher     Speak
 
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calmness of temperament; steadiness of mind under stress.
unnatural and violent contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body; any violent and irregular motion
highest point; apex or summit; common point of two lines of the angle
burial vault; a receptacle for sacred relics, especially in an altar
the argument for exercise merely; plausible but misleading argument; art or process of reasoning; logic
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sunder     Speak
 
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grow rapidly; propagate; reproduce
separate; break or wrench apart
catch sight of; glimpse; discover at a distance
wear away by friction; scrape; erode
ridicule; make fun of; laugh at with contempt
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vertebrate     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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a place where one can live in seclusion; home of one isolated from society for religious reasons
blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column
idealistic but usually impractical social reformer
scarcity; smallness of number; fewness
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