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GRE Vocabulary: Level 4
ablution     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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power of proving or of producing belief; quality of being highly probable or convincing; force; credibility
downward slope, as of a hill
noisy speech; speech or piece of writing with strong feeling or expression
production by a gradual process; the act of working out with great care in detail
washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
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aphasia     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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dictionary; a stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; vocabulary
reservoir or water tank; a vessel to hold water for household uses
any gain above stipulated salary; extra payment
loss of speech due to injury or illness
small ornamental statuette; small molded or sculptured figure
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cajole     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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cause to feel happily refreshed and energetic; fill with emotion
influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
scold with biting harshness; strip the skin off; abrade
be disturbed; boil; be in a state of turmoil or ferment
limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
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complaisant     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
drunken; relating to reveling and drunkenness
unable to be doubted; unquestionable
slightly sour in taste or manner; sharp; caustic
extremely small; very small person; trivial or petty
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disquiet     Speak
 
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v.  
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make uneasy or anxious; trouble
combine; fuse; grow together; come together to form one whole; unite
oppose with arguments; attempt to prove to be false or incorrect; contradict
dance and skip about in sport; leap playfully
settle oneself securely or comfortably; place or conceal in a secure place
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embellish     Speak
 
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v.  
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make senseless or dizzy; be a mystery or bewildering to
beat rapidly; shake with fast, tremulous movements
wear away by friction; scrape; erode
divide into classes; form, arrange or deposit in layers
adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
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envisage     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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replace; usurp; displace and substitute for another
cause disgrace to by malicious and false statements; hold up or expose to ridicule or calumny; defame
look in the face of; apprehend; consider or regard in a certain way
form into grains or small masses; make rough on the surface
tease; torture with disappointment; bait someone by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
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fetid     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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unpleasant-smelling; having offensive smell; stinking
difficult to manage or govern; stubborn; unyielding
prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country
insisting capriciously on getting just what one wants; difficult to please; fussy
stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proven beliefs; inflexible, rigid
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impalpable     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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transparent; limpid; easy to understand
wicked or sinful; immoral; unrighteous
urging; demanding; expressing earnest entreaty
deep-rooted; firmly and long-established; habitual
difficult to perceive senses or mind
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imprecation     Speak
 
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n.  
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swamp gas; heavy, vaporous atmosphere, often emanating from decaying matter; pervasive corrupting influence
exact copy or reproduction, as of a document; fax
breakdown or decay of organic materials; act or result of decomposing
curse; the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil
deep disgrace; shame or dishonor
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laconic     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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brief; effectively cut short; marked by the use of few words
insisting capriciously on getting just what one wants; difficult to please; fussy
relating to, or produced by motion; dynamic
drunken; relating to reveling and drunkenness
spotted; having mottled or spotted skin or coat
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macrocosm     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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newborn infant, especially one less than four weeks old
having a softening or soothing effect, especially on skin
entire horn, or any branch of the horn
repudiation; self-sacrifice; renouncing your own interests in favor of interests of others
the whole universe; complex structure, such as society, considered as a single entity containing smaller structures
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nonconformity     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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pleasantry or slight satire; banter; jesting language; satirical merriment
study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words
theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original
subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
failure to conform; lack of harmony or correspondence
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plagiarism     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions
anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment
beggar; religious friar forbidden to own personal property who begs for a living
contrast; direct contrast; opposition
theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original
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protagonist     Speak
 
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n.  
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the principal character in a work of fiction; the main character in a drama;  leader of a cause; champion
musical composition for voices and orchestra based on religious text
mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry
fixed and regular payment, such as salary for services or allowance
separation or division into factions; formal division or split within religious body
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quintessence     Speak
 
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n.  
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pure, highly concentrated essence of a thing
state of deeply felt distress or sorrow; keenness of emotion
one who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct; not conforming to some norm; unconventional
definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
the carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels
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rivet     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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show of skill or deceitful cleverness, considered magical by naive observers
metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together
soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
advancing of a claim; assertion; a false or unsupportable quality
burial vault; a receptacle for sacred relics, especially in an altar
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sinuous     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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agreeable; gracious; charming, often in a childlike or naive way
habitually moving from place to place, especially in search of seasonal work; wandering
winding; bending in and out; not morally honest
inactive; lacking the power to move; unable to move or act
causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
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stricture     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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restraint, limit, or restriction; adverse remark or criticism
any gain above stipulated salary; extra payment
raftsman; originally, any rough and somewhat heavy piece of timber
one who speaks in dialogue or takes part in a conversation
someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person; generally ignorant person
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wane     Speak
 
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v.  
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cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
decrease in size or strength; draw gradually to an end
swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure
smear as with paint; apply with quick or crude strokes to surface; make crude paintings
hinder or prevent of ; frustrate
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