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 Test Questions
GRE Vocabulary: Level 2
apprehend     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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feel joy; experience gladness in a high degree; have pleasurable satisfaction; be delighted; enjoy
examine or go over carefully for needed repairs; make extensive renovations or revisions on; renovate
ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
pull or draw, especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something
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benefactor     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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body excluding head and neck and limbs
rebirth of the soul in another body; revitalization in another form; a new embodiment
hiding place; secret store of valuables or money
gift giver; a person who gives people or institutions financial help
act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation
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bumble     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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a separate religious body; faction united by common interests or beliefs
a place that is regarded as the center of an activity or interest; goal to which adherents of religious faith
humming or droning sound; a buzz; jumble or confused heap; confusion
any flat, thin piece of metal, clay, ivory, or the like, used for ornament or painting pictures upon
law, rule, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
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coronation     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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joining two surfaces or edges together along a line by sewing; the material used in sewing
ceremony of crowning queen or king
sudden falling off or decline, as in activity, prices, or business; gross amount; mass
unfair or cruel treatment over a long period of time because of race, religion, or political beliefs
a place, especially a funeral home, where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
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detain     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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exploit natural surroundings to disguise something; conceal
breathe or draw into the lungs; to inspire; consume rapidly or eagerly; devour
undo or ravel knitted fabric of; separate and clarify; solve
assume to be true without conclusive evidence; engage in buying or selling of a commodity for  profit
keep back or from; withhold; restrain from proceeding; stay or stop; delay
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explicit     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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not considerate; not attentive to safety or propriety; not regarding the rights or feelings of others
having supreme rank or power; self-governing; excellent; independent
precisely and clearly expressed; definite; outspoken
checking perpendicularity; exactly vertical
able to be touched; real or concrete; palpable
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fetish     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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real being; something that exists as a particular and discrete unit; fact of existence
something hinted at or suggested; an act of implying; condition of being implied
large fishing net made to hang vertically in the water by weights at the lower edge and floats at the top
partial or total darkness; thick shade; gloomy, or dark place; cloudiness or heaviness of mind
a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers; excessive or irrational devotion to some activity
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genetics     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command
a person who turns animal hides into leather; craftsman who tans skins and hides;  sixpence
branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying
one who is from the hills, especially from a rural area, lacking refinement or sophistication
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haggle     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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keep under control; hold back; place limits on
express disapproval or disappointment; bring shame upon; disgrace
argue about prices; bargain something, as over the price of something
reveal; make known to the public
become worse; decline
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impending     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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possessed by an unreasoning passion or attraction; overcome by some foolish passion or desire
not considerate; not attentive to safety or propriety; not regarding the rights or feelings of others
relating to health or the protection of health
close in time; about to occur; approaching
easily annoyed; abnormally sensitive to a stimulus
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larceny     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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natural or acquired habit with tendency; act or means of getting rid of something
huge marine mammal of the seal family, a native of the Arctic Ocean
warm-blooded vertebrate having skin covered with hair
unlawful taking and removing of another's personal property; theft
female fox; a woman regarded as quarrelsome, shrewish, or malicious
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longitude     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles
relation of something to the matter at hand; applicability to social issues
a person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause; showing evidence of possession by a god or demon
extended scolding; long angry or violent speech
small room, especially in which a lady may retire to be alone or to receive intimate friends; a lady's private room
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obedient     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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of high spiritual, moral, or intellectual worth; characterized by nobility; majestic
of the seventh degree or order; the act of causing to rot; causing sepsis or putrefaction
morally pure in thought or conduct; decent and modest
vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive
the subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command
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pathology     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
readiness to yield; happy friendly agreement
homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past
the science which treats diseases, their nature, causes, symptoms; departure or deviation from a normal condition
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raisin     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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beginner; person new to a field or activity
forcible restraint, especially unlawfully
quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
grape, or a bunch of grapes; grape dried in the sun or by artificial heat
act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite
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revenue     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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act of showing regard for others; courteous behavior; politeness; citizenship
a barrier that serves to enclose an area
money which returns from an investment; annual income; reward
a box-shaped musical instrument consisting of a folded central part with a keyboard
small smooth rounded rock
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seductive     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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tending to lead astray; apt to mislead by flattering appearances; tempting; alluring
of or pertaining to the theater, or scenic representations; resembling manner of dramatic performers
pertaining or appropriate to courts of justice, or a judge; sanctioned or ordered by a court
morally, socially, or legally obligated to another; under a legal obligation to someone
pertaining to hell; devilish; abominable; awful
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spunk     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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gorge; deep narrow steep-sided valley
brave determination and confidence even in discouraging situations
scarcity; lack or shortage, especially of something essential to health
birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight
lack of sound judgment; lack of discretion
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sully     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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act, feel, or give mutually or in return; move back and forth alternately; be complementary or equivalent
assume to be true without conclusive evidence; engage in buying or selling of a commodity for  profit
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; make dirty, as by exposure to air
call, as a hen to her chickens; fondle; cocker; laugh in a suppressed or broken manner
bend; move by muscular control; exhibit or show off the strength of
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texture     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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rich or powerful person; magnate; small hard mound or bump on a ski slope
rough surface quality; the structure of interwoven fibers or other elements; the feel of a surface or a fabric
collection of writings on a particular topic, as in a magazine; meeting or conference for discussion of a topic
intense adverse criticism; artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes; public-relations spokesperson
dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow
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