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 Test Questions
GRE Vocabulary: Level 2
antiseptic     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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a substance that prevents infection; a substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
falling back into a former state, especially becoming worse
destruction of life; the savage and excessive killing of many people
friction between body and surface on which it moves
a broad-bladed instrument used for spreading or mixing
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barter     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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enrage; infuriate; cause to be extremely angry
pattern; design; set into a specific pattern
reproach in a mocking, insulting, or contemptuous manner; make fun of, often in an aggressive manner
move one way and the other with quick turns; shake to and fro; move in vibrating; cause to vibrate
trade goods or services without the exchange of money
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chaotic     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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composed, and dignified in character or manner
in utter disorder; lacking visible order or organization
of or relating to a chemical substance that kills microorganisms and cures infections
protected or covered with iron, as a vessel for naval warfare; rigid; solid or certain
hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
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custodian     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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a person who has responsibility for or looks after something; guardian
product of a body's mass and its velocity; impelling force or strength; impetus
military expeditions undertaken by Christian powers; a series of actions tending toward a particular end
lack of faith or belief in some religious system; unfaithfulness to a sexual partner, especially a spouse
wall made up of stone
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demolition     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying
the agent sent on a mission to represent or advance the interests of another
plants usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
huge marine mammal of the seal family, a native of the Arctic Ocean
a small secluded room; well and tightly constructed
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exert     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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throw out forcibly and abundantly, as liquids through an office or a pipe; eject in a jet; utter magniloquently
response to an inquiry or experiment
make dirty or spotty; stain; dull the luster of; discolor, especially by exposure to air or dirt
reckon; make a mathematical calculation
use power or the ability to make something happen; apply; exercise
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faucet     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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one who executes, especially one who puts a condemned person to death; an executor
a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir
handrail, especially on a staircase
condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty
the process of converting something from one thing to another; transformation
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girdle     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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a person who establishes an organization, business
space or place that is available to be used; emptiness
something that encircles like a belt; zodiac, also, the equator; circumference
absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
supervening of sleep; production of sleep; hypnotic state; hypnotism
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hypocrisy     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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pretending to be what you are not, or pretending to believe something that you do not
a thin and soft sheet of animal or vegetable tissue
product of a body's mass and its velocity; impelling force or strength; impetus
low or coarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow
woman who is an heir, especially to great wealth
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induce     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; make dirty, as by exposure to air
attract by arousing hope or desire
go or move with one side foremost; move sidewise
persuade; bring about; reason or establish by induction
oust; discharge;  force or drive out
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irritable     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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difficult; stressful; narrow; not broad; tight; close; closely fitting
weak; ineffective; lacking physical strength or vigor; incapable of sexual intercourse
tricky; deceptive; contemptible
physical rather than spiritual or intellectual; affecting any of senses or sense organ; sensory
easily annoyed; abnormally sensitive to a stimulus
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loot     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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government; mode of ruling; rule; authority
art or study of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere language
act of plundering; plunder; booty, especially, the boot taken in a conquered or sacked city
act of modifying, or state of being modified; modified form or condition; a change
the agent sent on a mission to represent or advance the interests of another
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orthodox     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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of or relating to a chemical substance that kills microorganisms and cures infections
traditional; conservative in belief; adhering to established faith, especially in religion
uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability
not surveyed or investigated; not charted or recorded on a map or plan
lacking judgment, sense, or reason; unsuited; inappropriate; foolish
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ply     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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bend; lay on closely, or in folds; work upon steadily, or with repeated acts; press upon
become aware of through the senses; detect
urge with a long pointed stick; give heart or courage to
feel joy; experience gladness in a high degree; have pleasurable satisfaction; be delighted; enjoy
argue about prices; bargain something, as over the price of something
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ragged     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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tending to lead astray; apt to mislead by flattering appearances; tempting; alluring
torn; worn; having an irregular surface or edge; uneven or jagged in outline
like a fanatic; furious; uncontrollable; extremely zealous or enthusiastic
given freely; unwarranted; granted without recompense; unearned
short and thick; stocky; containing small thick pieces
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redundant     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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insignificant; tiny; weak; of inferior size, strength
nice; particular; fastidious; excellent; fine
of unusually high quality; excellent; wonderful
exceeding what is necessary or natural; repetitious; excessively wordy
easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with
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sanctum     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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delicately beautiful or charming; exquisite; gratification or pleasure taken in anything
sacred or holy place; a private place where one is free from intrusion
articles or goods supplied by upholsterers; covering on a piece of furniture
one who manages museum or library; superintendent; manager
a person who organizes and operates a business; contractor
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snug     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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treble; the highest vocal register; the highest kind of female or boy's voice; upper part in harmony for mixed voices
a small secluded room; well and tightly constructed
universe or universality of created things; ordered, harmonious whole
cause something or someone to no longer do what is usual or right; state of being twisted or bent out of shape
fruit of the oak and beech; a pole, or long, strong, round piece of timber, set upright in a boat to sustain sail
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strolling     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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morally pure in thought or conduct; decent and modest
lazy; with little movement; very slow
leisurely walking; traveling from place to place seeking work or gain
tricky; deceptive; contemptible
protected or covered with iron, as a vessel for naval warfare; rigid; solid or certain
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timber     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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wood; lumber; trees, or wooded land considered as a source of wood
one who sues, petitions, or entreats; petitioner; applicant; a man who is courting a woman
attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration that misleads another to believe a false thing
one who deals in staple goods or staple fibers; a device used to bind the material together through staples
something justly deserved; recompense; compensation; punishment for offenses
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