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GRE Vocabulary: Level 4
adumbrate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
endure; be persistent, refuse to stop
overrun; invade in great numbers; occupy in large numbers or live on a host
speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner
start; initiate; induct into office by a formal ceremony
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apostate     Speak
 
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n.  
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combativeness; inclination or readiness to fight; quarrelsomeness
an instrument for mowing grass, composed of a long, curving blade, with a sharp edge
being in debt; unpaid, overdue debt or an unfulfilled obligation
one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
a chemical used to kill pests
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burgeon     Speak
 
(3)
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blow away; separate good parts from bad; sort or select desirable; extract
make impossible, as by action taken in advance; prevent; eliminate
grow forth; send out buds; grow or develop rapidly
mock; laugh at with contempt and derision
smirk; smile in an artificial way to make an impression
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convulsion     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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unnatural and violent contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body; any violent and irregular motion
open declaration; frank acknowledgment
fixed and regular payment, such as salary for services or allowance
double-dealing; deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech; acting in bad faith.
a person with refined taste, especially in food and wine
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desultory     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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burdensome or oppressive; not easily borne; wearing
capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable
irritable; easily angered; excited by or arising from anger
aimless; haphazard; at random; not connected with the subject
trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
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enjoin     Speak
 
(6)
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pass or flow through, as an aperture; permeate; pass or spread through the whole extent of
assume the existence of; put forward, as for consideration or study; suggest
offer sudden or harsh resistance; turn down or shut out; repel or drive back
save money or resource; cut back; be thrifty
direct or impose with urgent appeal; order with emphasis
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expound     Speak
 
(7)
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clean; remove offensive parts of book
follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction
move uneasily one way and the other; behave or move nervously or restlessly
explain or describe in detail
drink with relish; swallow hurriedly or greedily
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fractious     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice
deep-rooted; firmly and long-established; habitual
untidy; careless in work habits
without feeling; revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited
inclined to make trouble; disobedient; irritable
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hermetic     Speak
 
(9)
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varied; greatly diversified; made up of many differing parts
fragrant or sweet-smelling; caused by fragrant odor
winding; bending in and out; not morally honest
sealed by fusion so as to be airtight
slow; sluggish; wasting time
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impermeable     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
not allowing passage, especially of liquids; waterproof
wordy; using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words
not consisting of matter, or not having a material body; immaterial; insubstantial
full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through
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jeer     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain; something that relieves emotions or causes inaction
yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
gear; tackle; the combination of tackles for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship
one who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine contrary to the established faith or prevailing religion
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lexicon     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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dictionary; a stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; vocabulary
grantee of a fief, feud, or fee; one who holds land of superior; feudatory; feudal tenant
complication; complexity; state or quality of being intricate or entangled; perplexity; involution
a layer of earth's surface; a layer of society
upward slope, as of hill
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nonchalance     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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indifference; lack of concern; composure
someone who has withdrawn from his native land
book of literary selections by various authors
the whole universe; complex structure, such as society, considered as a single entity containing smaller structures
scholar; man of learning or science; one eminent for learning
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pedagogy     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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reservoir or water tank; a vessel to hold water for household uses
central or vital part; most material and central part; grain or seed as of corn
a sudden outburst of emotion or action; sudden attack, recurrence, or intensification of a disease
teaching; the art of education; the science of teaching
recollection; process of remembering
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propinquity     Speak
 
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n.  
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mental disorder  with delusions of grandeur
a company which sells goods
calculation; the act or process of calculating an answer or amount by using a machine
property of being close together; kinship; nearness; similarity in nature
indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
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ramification     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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the carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels
poor verse; of crude or irregular construction
act or process of branching out or dividing into branches; subdivision or branch
short speech at conclusion of dramatic work
several things grouped together or considered as a whole
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resonant     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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witty, jocular, like a wag; humorous; tricky
inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative
echoing; strong and deep in tone; resounding; having lasting presence or effect
flowing or dropping like honey; sweetly or smoothly flowing, especially in sound
simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
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sluggard     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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downward slope, as of a hill
a long narrow opening; long narrow depression in a surface
lazy person; person habitually lazy, idle, and slow; sluggish; lazy
a piece of silk, fine muslin, or other cloth, worn by men about the neck
the behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
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translucent     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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separated at joints; out of joint; lacking order or coherence
partly transparent; transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to be distinctly seen
of nature of palace, as in spaciousness or ornateness
naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated
tending toward center; moving or directed toward center or axis
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virtuosity     Speak
 
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n.  
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government by a few persons, especially by a small faction of persons or families
something that has a noticeable and positive effect on something you are trying to achieve
property of being close together; kinship; nearness; similarity in nature
appreciation for or interest in fine objects of art; lovers of the elegant arts collectively
a person with refined taste, especially in food and wine
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