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GRE Vocabulary: Level 2
antenna     Speak
 
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n.  
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death of all its remaining members
a rounded rock lying on the surface of ground or embedded in soil
privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command
organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects; sensory appendage, as in function or form
quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in forming new combinations
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ballerina     Speak
 
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n.  
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over-regulated administrative system
principal woman dancer in a ballet company; woman ballet dancer
travel for discovery
long, irregularly shaped gland in vertebrates, lying behind the stomach that secretes pancreatic juice
mental or emotional balance; state of balance of any causes, powers, or motives
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cadaver     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
decree; authoritative command or order
principal woman dancer in a ballet company; woman ballet dancer
wood; lumber; trees, or wooded land considered as a source of wood
corpse; dead body, especially one intended for dissection
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complexion     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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state of being complex; complexity; combination; complex
whirling motion; eddy, as of water
a long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting by thrusting or throwing
point or respect in which things differ; the difference
security pledged for repayment of loan
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diversity     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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point or respect in which things differ; the difference
a very small amount; a bit; ninth letter of the Greek alphabet
plants of a region or era; plants considered as a group; bacteria that normally inhabit a bodily organ
a person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause; showing evidence of possession by a god or demon
bacon; flesh of swine; fat of swine
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evasive     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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excessively or hypocritically pious; possessing sanctity; sacred; holy; saintly; religious
very important; of outstanding significance or consequence
not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper
morally pure in thought or conduct; decent and modest
avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger; deliberately vague or ambiguous
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ferocious     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty
not biased; fair; showing lack of favoritism
irritated or impatient; easily annoyed; peevish
having a tendency to flop or flap
loose and not easily controlled; lacking in rigor or strictness
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gloom     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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level or rank in an organization, profession, or society; formation of troops, ships
firm hold or grip on anything; something easy to accomplish; sure thing; a certainty
partial or total darkness; thick shade; gloomy, or dark place; cloudiness or heaviness of mind
death of all its remaining members
idle person; male bee; someone who takes more time than necessary
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hive     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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articles or goods supplied by upholsterers; covering on a piece of furniture
dim or intermittent flicker or flash of light; faint glow; shimmer
box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees
act of coming to a close; termination; the act of breathing out; exhalation
low or coarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow
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impersonate     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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enrage; infuriate; cause to be extremely angry
put out by legal process; expel; eject; oust
bring into being; give rise to; produce
mimic; imitate; assume or act the character of representing another person with comic intentions
depart; leave a room, building, chair, so that it is available for other people
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ironclad     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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lacking judgment, sense, or reason; unsuited; inappropriate; foolish
threatening; foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
incapable of injury; impossible to damage, injure, or wound
protected or covered with iron, as a vessel for naval warfare; rigid; solid or certain
queer; amusingly odd; comical
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lobe     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic
deep wide ditch; ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
any part of an organ that seems to be separate from the rest, as one of the parts of the brain, lungs, or liver
juicy fruit of certain cucurbitaceous plants, as the muskmelon, watermelon;  plant that produces the fruit juicy
inflammation of a joint or joints
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overhaul     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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examine or go over carefully for needed repairs; make extensive renovations or revisions on; renovate
move about briskly and playfully; search a person for something concealed, by hands quickly over clothes
organize opposition to authority; make revolution
bump; hit something violently
convert code into ordinary language; read with difficulty
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particulars     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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unlawful taking and removing of another's personal property; theft
shelter especially for housing or repairing aircraft
a natural appearance of coloured light in the sky, that is usually seen nearest the Arctic or Antarctic
details or specifics of something
very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk
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prompt     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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move to act; incite; give rise to; assist with a reminder
urge with a long pointed stick; give heart or courage to
become worse; decline
pass into or through; penetrate with hostile intent
put into effect; supply with tools
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roster     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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the time between one event, process; interval of time
list, especially of names
one who sues, petitions, or entreats; petitioner; applicant; a man who is courting a woman
group; bunch; group of the same or similar elements gathered or occurring closely
residue by smelting metal ore; waste material from a coal mine; scum that forms on the surface of molten metal
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ruddy     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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reddish color; healthy-looking
troubling the nerves or peace of mind, as by repeated vexations
more than enough in size or scope or capacity; relatively large
randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
pertaining to hell; devilish; abominable; awful
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smother     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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conceal or hide; envelope completely; extinguish; deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
move one way and the other to get a close place; lie close for comfort; cuddle; nestle
reveal or tell; grant a share of; bestow
take vengeance for something, or on behalf of someone
make changes in structure or style; reconstruct; change the form of
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taboo     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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stick of colored wax or chalk, used for drawing
mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
case of leather or similar material for pistol
a person with exceptional talents or powers; wonder
ban or inhibition resulting from social custom or emotional aversion; prohibition
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upholstery     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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any of various instruments used for listening to sounds produced within the body, like a doctor's tool
wedding ceremony; social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
articles or goods supplied by upholsterers; covering on a piece of furniture
horny substance or case that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen
a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; a fashion model; a dummy
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