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GRE Vocabulary: Level 1
appalling     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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being in an unrefined or natural state; raw; lacking tact or taste; blunt or offensive
causing or fitted to cause dismay or horror; frightful
done with or marked by excessive effort; forced; extended beyond proper limits; twisted; wrenched
having been shortened; effectively cut short; rudely brief or abrupt, as in speech or manner
intended to attract notice and impress others; making unjustified claims; overly ambitious
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blade     Speak
 
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n.  
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a civil officer with the power to administer and enforce the law
the flat part of the leaf, of any plant, especially of gramineous plants; cutting part of an instrument
broad comedy; ridiculous parade; foolish show
inability to sleep; lack of sleep
margin; periphery; decorative border of hanging threads, cords, or strips, often attached to a separate band
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budge     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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make known;  give notice to; inform by notice
execute without due process of law, especially to hang, as by a mob
find or declare guilty
move off; move or stir slightly; alter a position or attitude
raise; advance; push or shove upward
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covert     Speak
 
(4)
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clearly apparent to understanding; obvious
preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
secretive, not openly shown
very noticeable or certain; distinct; strongly marked
sound as if echoing in an empty space; void; vain; not solid; having space or gap or cavity
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deed     Speak
 
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n.  
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solemn promise; commitment to telling the truth
any of various small mammals, of the family Mephitidae, native to America; despicable person
something that is carried out; act or action; feat or exploit
proverb; formulation of fundamental principle or general truth
a change or changes made to the words of a text; revision
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fascinating     Speak
 
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quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
of or about the nerves; seated in the nerves; nervous
vigorous in the body; strong; powerful; performed with valor or bravery; heroic
having the power of acting; exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects
capable of arousing and holding the attention
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gale     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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any of various large passenger vehicles, especially a luxurious automobile; van, or small bus on a regular route
a variety of domestic dog, having large, drooping ears; sidebar used to strengthen portions of gear of a vehicle
rejection; a vote that blocks a decision; deny; prohibit; command against
the judgment that someone is guilty of a crime; strongly held belief
powerful wind; a gust of wind; emotional outburst as laughter or tears
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gorgeous     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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odd or unconventional, as in behavior; eccentric; mysterious; suspicious; questionable
dazzlingly beautiful; magnificent
not genuine or real; counterfeit; not honest or truthful; deceptive
destructive; highly critical; causing or capable of causing complete destruction
humorously sarcastic or mocking
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hold     Speak
 
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v.  
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keep from departing; take and maintain control over; stop dealing with
explore with tools; investigate; search
endanger; imperil; put at risk
accuse of a crime or other wrongful act; suggest that someone is guilty
penetrate; make a hole into
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lapse     Speak
 
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n.  
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gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; unobserved or imperceptible progress; slip or error; failing in duty
beverage made from juice pressed from apples
solemn declaration or affirmation; something that serves as evidence
foam; dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic; fantastic or impracticable idea or belief
a gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor
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meadow     Speak
 
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n.  
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margin; periphery; decorative border of hanging threads, cords, or strips, often attached to a separate band
group; class; a collection of things sharing a common attribute
unlikely occurrence; stroke of good luck; accident
a tract of low or level land producing grass; any field on which grass is grown for hay
long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting
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nausea     Speak
 
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n.  
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glance; a quick look; see briefly; a brief or incomplete view
getting money by lying or cheating; something intended to deceive
the feeling of sickness in the stomach by an urge to vomit; strong aversion; disgust
uncertain cognitive state; uncertainty
order from one having authority; decision, order, or sentence by a court
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paranoid     Speak
 
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not genuine or sincere; feigned; supposed; alleged
poisonous; caused by a toxin or other poison
crushing, also, slashing; dashing; wonderful, very good or impressive
penniless, without any money; financially ruined
exhibiting by extreme and irrational fear or distrust of others
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pirate     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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acting like a clown; dress up showily; practical joke
extortion of money or value from a person by threat of exposing a criminal act or discreditable information
one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates
robber on seas; one who by open violence takes the property of another on seas
impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
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reflect     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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throw or bend back light from a surface; give back or show an image of; mirror
bulge; expand abnormally; increase in size; become filled with pride or anger
pretend to be someone you are not; assume a posture as for artistic purposes
clip; cut down to the desired size or shape
roll in water, snow, or mud; indulge in; move with difficulty clumsily; plunge into a course or condition
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resent     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; lift; raise; hoist; throw
feel bitter; consider as injury or affront; be in angry
represent as greater than is actually the case; overstate; magnify; do something to an excessive degree
harass; tease; lure, entice, or entrap
give testimony in a court of law; provide evidence for
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snappy     Speak
 
(17)
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not divided or shared with others; excluding much or all; not allowing something else
having the power of acting; exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects
lively or energetic; rapid and without delay
relating to the brain or cerebrum;  intellectual rather than emotional
sound as if echoing in an empty space; void; vain; not solid; having space or gap or cavity
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specimen     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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a small tree in Prunus persica widely cultivated in temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit
model; sample; an example regarded as typical of its class
something causes misery or death; curse; fatal injury or ruin
deep, inconsolable grief; affliction; suffering; deep distress or misery, as from grief
journey organized for a particular purpose
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tactic     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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an impure matter that forms on or rises to the surface of a liquid or body of water; worthless people
story or room directly below the roof of a building, especially a house;
slope; mobile staircase; inclined surface or roadway connecting different levels
the compulsive physiological and psychological need for a substance; being abnormally dependent on something
plan for attaining a particular goal; action calculated to achieve some end
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warden     Speak
 
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n.  
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dress; attire; a set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season
plea; formal message requesting something
shuttle; transport by boat or aircraft
medicine to counteract a poison or disease; an agent that relieves or counteracts
keeper; guardian; watchman; an officer who keeps or guards
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