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GRE Vocabulary: Level 2
adjacent     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim; clouded
having precise or logical relevance; pertaining or relating
adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
arousing anger or interest; tending to provoke or stimulate
lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable
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bile     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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a toxic or poisonous substance produced by the biological processes of biological organisms
comedy characterized by improbable situations; treatment aimed at making something appear ridiculous
yellow, or greenish, viscid fluid, usually alkaline in reaction, secreted by the liver; the bitterness of temper
delicately beautiful or charming; exquisite; gratification or pleasure taken in anything
deed; action; act performed for amusement; joke
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bureaucracy     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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various small animals or insects, such as rats or cockroaches, those are destructive, annoying, or injurious to health
severe mental disorder, with or without organic damage; any vital action or activity.
enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
over-regulated administrative system
unceremonious and disorganized struggle; rushing about hastily in an undignified way
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crayon     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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tender young shoots of a Eurasian plant, having leaf-like stems, scale-like leaves, and small flowers
chemical processes occurring within a living cell or organism to the maintenance of life
piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential; area of land; ground
stick of colored wax or chalk, used for drawing
a short entertainment on the stage between the acts of a play, or between the play and the afterpiece
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doting     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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weak-minded; foolishly loving and indulgent
morally, socially, or legally obligated to another; under a legal obligation to someone
uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability
endowed with fancy or imagination; entertaining a flattering opinion of one's self; vain
childish; relating to infants
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enhancement     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone
any carnivorous mammal of the family Hyaenidae
act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation
inadequacy or insufficiency; the sum of money falls short of required amount; shortage
use of force to get someone to obey
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faucet     Speak
 
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n.  
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coniferous tree of the genus Picea; neat, trim, and smart in appearance
religious image; idol; an essential and enduring symbol
emotional closeness; harmony; the relationship of mutual trust or emotional affinity
a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir
dense moving crowd; a large group of honeybees
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gobble     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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cause to feel remorse or regret; feel regret or self-reproach for
put into effect; supply with tools
swallow or eat greedily or hastily
advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off
take vengeance for something, or on behalf of someone
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hysteria     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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descendants collectively; the race that proceeds from a progenitor; future generations
authoritative command or instruction; commission of authorizing to administer a territory
goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit
behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic; mental disorder
repentance; sorrow; suffering; a means of repairing a sin committed and obtaining pardon for it
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incorporate     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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beg for urgently; make an earnest appeal
foreshadow; indicate by signs; be an omen of; predict
oust; discharge;  force or drive out
advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off
combine something into a larger whole; unite
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lengthy     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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uniform; in complete agreement
one who communicates information, especially, by letter or telegram to newspaper or periodical
helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation
redundant; relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
invigorating and refreshing; cheering; making lively and joyful
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mannequin     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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readiness to yield; happy friendly agreement
state of being complex; complexity; combination; complex
cleansing agent; a substance that acts similarly to soap
a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; a fashion model; a dummy
assurance or confirmation renewed or repeated; act of confirming someone's opinion or impression
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ointment     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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quality or condition of being grand; magnificence
highly viscous or semisolid substance used on the skin as a cosmetic, emollient, or medicament; salve
physical or moral strength to resist or withstand illness; enduring strength and energy
wealthy and powerful businessperson or industrialist; magnate
poison; poisonous secretion of animals, such as snake or spider; spite
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posterity     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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connection; tie; core or center
extent; greatness of rank, size, or position
descendants collectively; the race that proceeds from a progenitor; future generations
woman who is an heir, especially to great wealth
humming or droning sound; a buzz; jumble or confused heap; confusion
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pulmonary     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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tearfully sentimental; over-emotional; sickly-sentimental
desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking
grossly wicked; abominable; hateful; infamous
of or about the lungs; having lungs or lung-like organs
completely lacking; barren or empty
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reinstate     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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beg for urgently; make an earnest appeal
place again in possession, or a former state; restore to a state from which one had been removed
move about briskly and playfully; search a person for something concealed, by hands quickly over clothes
clean, deepen, or widen with scooping or suction devices, especially in harbor, waterway, and underwater mining
go beyond; be or do something to a greater degree
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slag     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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road or passage having no exit; deadlock
small flag normally used by naval vessels to represent a special condition; championship symbolized by such a flag
residue by smelting metal ore; waste material from a coal mine; scum that forms on the surface of molten metal
gorge; deep narrow steep-sided valley
nice or keen appreciation or enjoyment; enthusiasm
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spontaneity     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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naturalness; freedom from constraint; happening or arising without external cause; self-generated
low or coarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow
treble; the highest vocal register; the highest kind of female or boy's voice; upper part in harmony for mixed voices
emotional closeness; harmony; the relationship of mutual trust or emotional affinity
growth; extent or amount by which something has expanded
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suffocate     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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place again in possession, or a former state; restore to a state from which one had been removed
kill or destroy by preventing access of air or oxygen; impair the respiration of; asphyxiate
call together; cause to come together; gather; summon up
make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; shred
input; enter; put or set into, between, or among
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upholstery     Speak
 
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n.  
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fashion that is taken up with great enthusiasm for a brief period of time; craze
articles or goods supplied by upholsterers; covering on a piece of furniture
a natural appearance of coloured light in the sky, that is usually seen nearest the Arctic or Antarctic
silvery, moderately hard metallic element
a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other
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