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GRE Vocabulary: Level 4
abortive     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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insincerely emotional; showing a sickly excess of sentiment
calm; impartial; unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice
marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others
absorbed; deeply moved or delighted
unsuccessful; failing to accomplish an intended objective; fruitless
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attrition     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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a piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeral rites; funeral hymn
correction of errors; removal of errors; alteration intended to improve
clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes
dictator; ruler having unlimited power
a gradual decrease in numbers; reduction in the workforce without firing employees; wearing away through harassment
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bulwark     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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aggressiveness; ferocity; ferociously cruel actions or behavior
open declaration; frank acknowledgment
upward slope, as of hill
earthwork or other strong defense; a person who defends
a place where one can live in seclusion; home of one isolated from society for religious reasons
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credulous     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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formless; lacking shape or definition
sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
apt to believe on slight evidence; easily imposed upon; unsuspecting; believed too readily
of or about burial, to the grave, or monuments erected to the memory of the dead
idealistic without regard to practicality
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diverge     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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encode; convert plain message into code
scold with biting harshness; strip the skin off; abrade
vary; go in different directions from the same point
steal, often in violation of trust; put away; remove
replace; usurp; displace and substitute for another
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emergence     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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expression of protest, complaint, or reproof, and especially formal statement of grievances
appearance;  becoming visible
newborn infant, especially one less than four weeks old
property of matter by which it tends when at rest to remain so, and when in motion to continue
stiffness; the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
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exude     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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turn into a god; idolize or idealize; worship or revere as a god
discharge; release liquid in drops or small quantities
contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term
the drawback or shrink involuntarily, as in pain or from a blow
repair or unite by using fusible metal alloy, usually tin and lead
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fissure     Speak
 
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n.  
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the green crust on old bronze works; tone slowly taken by varnished painting
a long narrow opening; long narrow depression in a surface
fragment substance, as of glass or metal; a piece of broken pottery, especially found in an archaeological dig
rejoicing; feeling of extreme joy
forerunner; one who precedes an event and indicates its approach
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hallow     Speak
 
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v.  
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exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote
make invalid; make null; invalidate; counteract force or effectiveness of
ask for humbly or earnestly, as by praying; make humble, earnest petition; beg
hinder or prevent of ; frustrate
make holy; set apart for holy or religious use; consecrate; treat or keep as sacred
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ingratiate     Speak
 
(10)
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become popular with; make agreeable or acceptable
make less active or intense; satisfy thirst
move or walk heavily or laboriously;  travel slowly but steadily
eat until excessively full; be more than full; feed someone to excess
loose bands of; set free; disunite; scatter
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intricacy     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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complication; complexity; state or quality of being intricate or entangled; perplexity; involution
idealistic but usually impractical social reformer
dullness owing to length or slowness; boredom
imitation of another's style in musical composition or writing
alcoholic beverage taken before a meal as an appetizer
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lexicographer     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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author or compiler of dictionary; one employed in the making of vocabulary or wordbook of language
loss of speech due to injury or illness
any mammal of which the female typically has a pouch in which it rears young, such as kangaroo or koala
collection of various items, parts, or ingredients, especially one composed of diverse literary works
petty details; small particular or detail; a minute or trivial matter of fact
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obtrude     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude
hide away; generate and separate substance from cells or bodily fluids
wear away by friction; scrape; erode
officially charge someone in a court of law
make an island of; place in a detached situation or a state having no communication with surrounding objects
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pejorative     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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daily; relating to or occurring in a 24-hour period
unutterable; cannot be expressed in speech
departing from accepted beliefs or standards; oppositional
deviating from normal or common order, form, or rule
tending to make or become worse; disparaging or belittling
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privation     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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hardship; state of extreme poverty
clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes
act of denying; assertion of the nonrealistic or untruthfulness of anything
advance forces; leading units at the front of army or fleet; persons at the forefront of any group or movement
excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; acting like a stuffed shirt
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prurient     Speak
 
(16)
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unable to be doubted; unquestionable
amoral; unrestrained; lacking moral discipline or ignoring legal restraint
pardonable; able to be forgiven; trivial
apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
having or causing lustful thoughts and desires; having an eager desire for something
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scads     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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a large number or quantity
story or poem set to music that a chorus can sing
loss of speech due to injury or illness
burial vault; a receptacle for sacred relics, especially in an altar
a sudden outburst of anger; state of vexation caused by a perceived slight or indignity
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sedulous     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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merry; cheerful; gay; airy; lively; sportive
harsh or corrosive in tone; sarcastic; bitterly scathing
divested of a body; ceased to be corporal; incorporeal.
relating to essential nature of a thing; inherent; built-in
diligent; hardworking; persevering, and constant in effort or application
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tenet     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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single-mast sailing boat
greed; excessive desire, especially for wealth
opinion, doctrine, or principle held as being true by person or organization
rejoicing; feeling of extreme joy
correction of errors; removal of errors; alteration intended to improve
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votary     Speak
 
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n.  
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one who does not hold the same religious beliefs as another
one who spends money recklessly or wastefully
refusal of any compromise; stubbornness
open declaration; frank acknowledgment
one who is bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service; devoted adherent of a cause or person or activity
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