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GRE Vocabulary: Level 2
adjacent     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged
not capable of being cured; beyond the power of skill or medicine to remedy
gloomy; feeling of thoughtful sadness; affected by depression
averse; disinclined; unwilling to do a task
adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
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babble     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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stimulate; impel; provide with an incentive; move to action
talk foolishly or idly; utter meaningless confusion of words or sounds
go or move with one side foremost; move sidewise
advocate; speak, plead; argue in favor of
convert from code into plain text;
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cleavage     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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act of cleaving or splitting; breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules
refinement and delicacy of performance; skillful, subtle handling
newly hatched, wingless, often wormlike form of many insects before metamorphosis
the colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism; a range of values
good fortune; financial success; physical well-being
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commend     Speak
 
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v.  
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bring back to life; rise from the dead; bring back into practice, notice, or use
leave out of; keep out of; reject
put into effect; supply with tools
commit, entrust, or give in charge for care or preservation; recommend as worthy of confidence or regard
rise; increase in extent or intensity
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dreary     Speak
 
(5)
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not sexual in nature; of or relating to the philosophical views of Plato and his successors
gloomy; dismal; dark, colorless, or cheerless
inward; internal with regard to a state or country; domestic; not foreign
possessed by an unreasoning passion or attraction; overcome by some foolish passion or desire
strange; unusual; haughty or brutal in behavior or language; grossly rude or disrespectful
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eminence     Speak
 
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n.  
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fame; high-status importance owing to marked superiority; the rise of ground; hill
a body of foot soldiers; military force; military bands; a great number
something hinted at or suggested; an act of implying; condition of being implied
insanity or madness; something deeply misguided
expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone's death
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fiscal     Speak
 
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lacking conscience; greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
notorious; conspicuously bad or shocking
present or potential but not evident or active; dormant; hidden
not considerate; not attentive to safety or propriety; not regarding the rights or feelings of others
pertaining to the public treasury or revenue; revenue
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gloom     Speak
 
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n.  
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one who shirks work or responsibility; one who tries to evade military service in wartime
partial or total darkness; thick shade; gloomy, or dark place; cloudiness or heaviness of mind
book in which a summary of accounts is laid up or preserved; a book of record in business transactions
treble; the highest vocal register; the highest kind of female or boy's voice; upper part in harmony for mixed voices
person who eats too much food and drink
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hazardous     Speak
 
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unrestrained and violent; occurring without restraint
powerful; having the power to influence or convince; having great control or authority
made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded
feeling or showing extreme anger; enraged
dangerous; reckless; daring; inclined to run risks
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inflated     Speak
 
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emotionally hardened; unfeeling; toughened
vigorous; full of health and strength; vigorous
exaggerated; pompous; enlarged with air or gas
luminous; bright; emitting visible light
acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound
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iota     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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minor dispute; brief quarrel
firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
a very small amount; a bit; ninth letter of the Greek alphabet
a kind or category; band; ribbon
friction between body and surface on which it moves
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menial     Speak
 
(12)
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weak; feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or solidity
of unusually high quality; excellent; wonderful
wasteful; reckless with money
suitable for servant; having low nature
wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
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nexus     Speak
 
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n.  
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refinement and delicacy of performance; skillful, subtle handling
connection; tie; core or center
horny substance or case that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen
body of children; a body of soldiers serving on foot; foot soldiers
state of being complex; complexity; combination; complex
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preach     Speak
 
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v.  
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advocate; speak, plead; argue in favor of
kill or destroy by preventing access of air or oxygen; impair the respiration of; asphyxiate
call upon; ask for; request earnestly
splash liquid gently and playfully; undertake something without serious intent
catch or seize suddenly or by a sudden thrust and grasp
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prone     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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reddish color; healthy-looking
inclined; lying face downward; having a tendency
not capable of being cured; beyond the power of skill or medicine to remedy
causing great astonishment, amazement, or dismay; overwhelming; strikingly
not obligatory; left to choice; not compulsory or automatic
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relevance     Speak
 
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n.  
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plants usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in forming new combinations
depiction or interpretation, as in painting or music; translation; version
act of coming to a close; termination; the act of breathing out; exhalation
relation of something to the matter at hand; applicability to social issues
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sidle     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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go or move with one side foremost; move sidewise
pull or draw, especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something
feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for; mourn
help bring about; make less difficult
shut up or place in an enclosure called a pound; gather and retain in a reservoir, basin, or pond
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smother     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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decide; judge; sentence; condemn
have new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud; shoot up
take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
conceal or hide; envelope completely; extinguish; deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
wish for with eagerness; desire possession of; long for inordinately or unlawfully
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sully     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
a drawback, as with fear or pain; show fear
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; make dirty, as by exposure to air
change in outward structure or looks; convert
surprise greatly; amaze; make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
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trespass     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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become worse; decline; fall
unlawfully enter boundaries of some else's property; commit an offense or a sin
abandon; disown; turn away from; give up
change in outward structure or looks; convert
be slow in leaving; continue or persist; stay
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