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GRE Vocabulary: Level 2
appease     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
swallow or eat greedily or hastily
take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
cancel; make void; repeal or annul
catch or seize suddenly or by a sudden thrust and grasp
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blight     Speak
 
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v.  
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change in outward structure or looks; convert
blast; prevent the growth and fertility of; destroy the happiness of; ruin; frustrate
move downward and lower; come from; be connected by a relationship of blood
hesitate as if in fear or doubt; shy away or be overcome with fright or astonishment
make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
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brook     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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long heavy hammer, often wielded with both hands, used for driving wedges and posts and other heavy work
collection of writings on a particular topic, as in a magazine; meeting or conference for discussion of a topic
natural or acquired habit with tendency; act or means of getting rid of something
creek; a small stream
speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy
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cosmos     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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lack of courage to face danger; extreme timidity; base fear of danger or hurt; lack of spirit
something hinted at or suggested; an act of implying; condition of being implied
a person who establishes an organization, business
torn, ragged wound; rough or jagged breach made by rending
universe or universality of created things; ordered, harmonious whole
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debrief     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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make longer; draw out; lengthen
plant; place seeds in or on
to question someone after a military mission to obtain intelligence
feel joy; experience gladness in a high degree; have pleasurable satisfaction; be delighted; enjoy
glide or slide like a reptile; slip and slide, as on a loose or uneven surface
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exorcism     Speak
 
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n.  
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act of exorcising; driving out of evil spirits from persons or places by conjuration
a small cut made with scissors or shears; small piece cut or clipped off
unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment; aggravation
length of time spent in a particular way; allotted amount; limitation or restriction
something hinted at or suggested; an act of implying; condition of being implied
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falcon     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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special honor or respect shown or expressed publicly; tribute
money which returns from an investment; annual income; reward
a body of foot soldiers; military force; military bands; a great number
any article of clothing, as coat or gown
birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight
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grasping     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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excessively careful; marked by extreme care in the treatment of details
seizing; embracing; catching; exceedingly eager for material gain; avaricious
powerful; having the power to influence or convince; having great control or authority
enacted by statute; depending on the statute for its authority
morally, socially, or legally obligated to another; under a legal obligation to someone
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hefty     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger; deliberately vague or ambiguous
easily ignited and capable of burning rapidly; inflammable
playful like a lively kitten; energetic; lively; enthusiastic
suitable for servant; having low nature
of considerable weight; heavy; rugged and powerful
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indebted     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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pertaining to the public treasury or revenue; revenue
sharp; having the power of entering or piercing
morally, socially, or legally obligated to another; under a legal obligation to someone
ill-humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent
irritated or impatient; easily annoyed; peevish
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larva     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
newly hatched, wingless, often wormlike form of many insects before metamorphosis
act of burning something
dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow
unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment; aggravation
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loot     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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the science which treats diseases, their nature, causes, symptoms; departure or deviation from a normal condition
book in which a summary of accounts is laid up or preserved; a book of record in business transactions
aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces
act of plundering; plunder; booty, especially, the boot taken in a conquered or sacked city
continuous, unwavering course; exact meaning or actual wording of a document
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ordinance     Speak
 
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n.  
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something surrendered as punishment for crime or error
act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment; aggravation
decree; authoritative command or order
a box-shaped musical instrument consisting of a folded central part with a keyboard
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pebble     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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violent rotating windstorm
small smooth rounded rock
large bird of the genus Struthio
something apparently contradictory in nature; a statement that looks false but is actually correct
state of being nameless; one that is unknown or unacknowledged
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quartet     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
composition for four voices or four instruments; a group of four
juicy fruit of certain cucurbitaceous plants, as the muskmelon, watermelon;  plant that produces the fruit juicy
operatic solo; a solo vocal piece with instrumental accompaniment
penetration; hole made in the body so that jewelry can be worn through it
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renounce     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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gather; store up; amass; acquire
contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
convert code into ordinary language; read with difficulty
abandon; disown; turn away from; give up
clean, deepen, or widen with scooping or suction devices, especially in harbor, waterway, and underwater mining
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slab     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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a shallow area in a waterway; break in friendly relations; narrow fissure in a rock
art or study of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere language
light; brightness; fierce or angry stare
block consisting of a thick piece of something
long heavy hammer, often wielded with both hands, used for driving wedges and posts and other heavy work
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spectrum     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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fashion that is taken up with great enthusiasm for a brief period of time; craze
the colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism; a range of values
one who harvests grain, especially a machine for harvesting grain or pulse crops
any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestic species; pig
government; mode of ruling; rule; authority
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tantrum     Speak
 
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n.  
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strong inclination; definite liking
sheep; flesh of a sheep;  loose woman; prostitute
woman who is an heir, especially to great wealth
readiness to yield; happy friendly agreement
a burst of ill humor; display of temper; ill-natured caprice
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toil     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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exhausting labor or effort; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey
coniferous tree of the genus Picea; neat, trim, and smart in appearance
legal delay of payment; suspension of an ongoing or planned activity
supervening of sleep; production of sleep; hypnotic state; hypnotism
psychic and emotional energy associated with instinctual biological drives; sexual desire
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