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GRE Vocabulary: Level 4
adumbrate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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please intensely; fill with great delight or joy
dispute or contradict, often in an insulting way; challenge
conquer; bring under control
discharge; release liquid in drops or small quantities
give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
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aphorism     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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the feeling of lack of interest or energy; depression
swamp gas; heavy, vaporous atmosphere, often emanating from decaying matter; pervasive corrupting influence
pride; arrogance; highness or loftiness
definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
upward slope, as of hill
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besiege     Speak
 
(3)
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pierce, punch, or borehole or holes in; penetrate
surround with armed forces; harass with requests
throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; obscure; cover with a superior influence
charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to an enemy
collect; gather for oneself, as for one's pleasure or profit
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debauch     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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remove water from; dry out; lose water or bodily fluids
corrupt; seduce from virtue
fill beyond capacity, especially with food;  swallow greedily
slow down the rate of advancement of; decrease speed of
humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
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depreciate     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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make shiny by rubbing; polish
shrink; reduce in size; become less
lessen price or value of; think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle
drive forward; cause to move forward or onward; push
change or form into bone; become set in a rigidly conventional pattern; change from soft tissue to hard bony tissue
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elaboration     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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vitality and energy; healthy capacity for vigorous activity
one who is very reluctant to spend money; a miser; a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
production by a gradual process; the act of working out with great care in detail
steep, rugged rock; rough, broken cliff, or point of a rock, on a ledge
act of coming or going out; emergence; right to leave; path or opening for going out
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exalt     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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renovate; make bright by polishing
claim without justification; claim for oneself without the right
lengthen; extend; make or grow longer
raise in rank or dignity; praise
declare to be true; affirm
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frivolity     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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a piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeral rites; funeral hymn
a place where one can live in seclusion; home of one isolated from society for religious reasons
single-mast sailing boat
not serious or sensible; acting like a clown; something of little value or significance
act of emptying, reducing, or exhausting
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girder     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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highest point; apex or summit; common point of two lines of the angle
cleverly executed trick or deception; skill in performing magic or conjuring tricks with hands
pleasantry or slight satire; banter; jesting language; satirical merriment
the beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as main horizontal support in building
hill; relatively flat highland
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inchoate     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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capable of using either hand with equal ease
apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
recently begun; imperfectly formed or developed; elementary
very bad; extremely inferiorl; intolerable; very hateful
pleasing or agreeable to ear; having a pleasant sound
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lecherous     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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deserving of praise; worthy of high praise
vigorously passionate; excessive desire, especially in sexual activity
strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting light as a result of being heated
having parallel lines or grooves on surface
stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate
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magnate     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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waste or impure matter; worthless, commonplace, or trivial matter
slight offense; small sin or fault
show of skill or deceitful cleverness, considered magical by naive observers
powerful or influential person, especially in business or industry
teasing conversation; good-humored, playful conversation
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obtrude     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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be disturbed; boil; be in a state of turmoil or ferment
teach and impress by frequent repetitions
push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude
eat until excessively full; be more than full; feed someone to excess
remove water from; dry out; lose water or bodily fluids
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pastiche     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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philosophy or science of law; a division or department of law
act of emptying, reducing, or exhausting
the sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
period of depression or unhappy listlessness; slack period; state of inactivity
imitation of another's style in musical composition or writing
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privation     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all
hardship; state of extreme poverty
self-evident truth requiring no proof
a group that meets socially; an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
fern leaf, especially compound leaf; palm or banana leaf
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remonstrance     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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upward slope, as of hill
state or feeling of weariness, diminished energy, or listlessness
poem or song expressing lamentation;  mournful poem
someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person; generally ignorant person
expression of protest, complaint, or reproof, and especially formal statement of grievances
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satiate     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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satisfy fully; overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
comment; make explanatory notes
extend out or project in space; stick out
change from one form, nature, substance, or state into another; transform
cut the top off; make something shorter as if by cutting off
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spendthrift     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
plundering; destructive action; predatory attack; damage or loss
one who spends money recklessly or wastefully
poise; self-confident assurance
an abbreviation consisting of the first letters of each word in the name of something
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submerge     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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claim without justification; claim for oneself without the right
scurry; run with short, rapid steps
make weak; enfeeble; impair the strength of
sink; immerse; put underwater
cause to go gently and smoothly through the air or over water
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vituperative     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
absolute; having no exception; of using category or categories
marked by harsh spoken or written abuse; scolding
fit for growing crops, as by plowing
easily approachable; warmly friendly
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