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GRE Vocabulary: Level 2
aorta     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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gap; interruption in duration or continuity; pause
something apparently contradictory in nature; a statement that looks false but is actually correct
the great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body; the main trunk of arterial system
something justly deserved; recompense; compensation; punishment for offenses
repentance; sorrow; suffering; a means of repairing a sin committed and obtaining pardon for it
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articulate     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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of unusually high quality; excellent; wonderful
expressing oneself easily in clear and effective language
removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated
completely lacking; barren or empty
clever; characterized by keen awareness, sharp intelligence
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cater     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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decide; judge; sentence; condemn
disparage or depreciate; put down
set right; correct by calculation or adjustment
supply what is needed or desired; provide food professionally for a special occasion
join again; unite after separation; come, or go, again into the presence of
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commodity     Speak
 
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n.  
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goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit
union of interests, purposes, or sympathies among members of a group; accord
relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur
infectious disease, which first appears as blebs or as reddish, shining, slightly prominent spots, with spreading edges
enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
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dank     Speak
 
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fearful; frightful; extremely bad
temperate; gentle; mild; make less fast or intense ; preside over
adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
disagreeably damp or humid; cold moisture; unpleasant humidity
relating to, or characterized by, skill; dexterous; skillful
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ensemble     Speak
 
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n.  
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the general increase in the prices of goods and services in a country
union of parts in a whole; a coordinated outfit or costume; a coordinated set of furniture
something invented, made up; imaginary thing
model of excellence or perfection; a peerless example
small stones, or fragments of stone; tiny pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand
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fiscal     Speak
 
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being or happening first in a sequence of time; original; primary; fundamental
close in time; about to occur; approaching
helper, additional or subsidiary
mentally or emotionally upset; deranged; excessively agitated
pertaining to the public treasury or revenue; revenue
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gloom     Speak
 
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n.  
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title or degree of nobility
forcible restraint, especially unlawfully
partial or total darkness; thick shade; gloomy, or dark place; cloudiness or heaviness of mind
act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation
residue by smelting metal ore; waste material from a coal mine; scum that forms on the surface of molten metal
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illiterate     Speak
 
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isolated; excluded; estranged; having become indifferent or hostile to one's peers or social group
uncultured; uneducated; not able to read or write
desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking
native; originating where it is found
fantastic; comically hideous; unnatural in shape or size; abnormal
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ingenious     Speak
 
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clever; having the inventive or cunning mind
enormous; boundless; so great as to be beyond measurement
differing in some characteristics; various
insignificant; tiny; weak; of inferior size, strength
uninterrupted; unceasing; continuing without interruption
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larynx     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
the organ of the neck of mammals involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production
fashion that is taken up with great enthusiasm for a brief period of time; craze
the science which treats diseases, their nature, causes, symptoms; departure or deviation from a normal condition
a person authorized to act as a representative for another; deputy
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maroon     Speak
 
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n.  
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readiness to yield; happy friendly agreement
absolute ruler; sovereign unrestrained by law or constitution
in the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free black person, living in the mountains
box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees
failure to act; an option that is selected automatically
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ointment     Speak
 
(13)
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a scornfully or jadedly negative comment or act
extremely attractive; entrancing; transporting
branched, a decorative lighting fixture that holds a number of bulbs or candles and is suspended from a ceiling
highly viscous or semisolid substance used on the skin as a cosmetic, emollient, or medicament; salve
ceremony of crowning queen or king
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pigsty     Speak
 
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song of praise or adoration, especially a religious ode, a sacred lyric
long heavy hammer, often wielded with both hands, used for driving wedges and posts and other heavy work
monthly payment; a part of a published serial
excessively modest person; person excessively concerned about correct behavior
the shelter where pigs are kept; pigpen; dirty or very untidy place
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ragged     Speak
 
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of unusually high quality; excellent; wonderful
readily or easily influenced; suggestible; capable of receiving impressions; emotional
of an entire group or class; general
torn; worn; having an irregular surface or edge; uneven or jagged in outline
insignificant; tiny; weak; of inferior size, strength
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rejoice     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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become worse; decline
feel joy; experience gladness in a high degree; have pleasurable satisfaction; be delighted; enjoy
assume to be true without conclusive evidence; engage in buying or selling of a commodity for  profit
drive or hunt out of hiding; uncover and bring to light by searching
move or turn round rapidly; whirl round; move and turn rapidly with the fingers
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ruddy     Speak
 
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averse; disinclined; unwilling to do a task
reddish color; healthy-looking
offhand or casual; given to haughty disregard of others
feeling about to vomit; causing uneasiness
injurious; tending to cause death; disposed to do evil
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sliver     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with
cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into tiny pieces; cut or rend lengthwise; slit
withdraw; take back; draw back or in
put out by legal process; expel; eject; oust
cause to curve outward; swell up; stick out; protrude
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taboo     Speak
 
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n.  
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ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic
joining two surfaces or edges together along a line by sewing; the material used in sewing
fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
extremely attractive; entrancing; transporting
ban or inhibition resulting from social custom or emotional aversion; prohibition
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vulgar     Speak
 
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tricky; deceptive; contemptible
fatigued dulled by surfeit; exhausted; worn out; wearied
formed into a whole; introduced into another entity
common and coarse; relating to the common people with less cultivated or educated; lacking cultivation or refinement
in coma; extremely sleepy; unconscious
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