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 Test Questions
GRE Vocabulary: Level 2
amnesty     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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good fortune; financial success; physical well-being
the general pardon granted by the government, especially for political offenses
rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from another
any flat, thin piece of metal, clay, ivory, or the like, used for ornament or painting pictures upon
various small animals or insects, such as rats or cockroaches, those are destructive, annoying, or injurious to health
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beneficial     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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suspicious; mistrustful; marked by or given to doubt
present or potential but not evident or active; dormant; hidden
helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
of or pertaining to temperament; excessively sensitive or irritable; moody; likely to perform unpredictably
neatly or smartly dressed; neat, trim, and smart
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chuckle     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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oust; discharge;  force or drive out
surprise greatly; amaze; make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off
disorder; move back and forth; mix to make a random order or arrangement
call, as a hen to her chickens; fondle; cocker; laugh in a suppressed or broken manner
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comprehensive     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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of or relating to or having vessels that conduct and circulate fluids
embodied in human form; invested with bodily nature and form
thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
easily irritated or annoyed; unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered
readily or easily influenced; suggestible; capable of receiving impressions; emotional
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deviant     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
differing from a norm or the accepted standards of a society
expressing, or consisting of, the number two; belonging to two
daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesome; reckless daring
difficult to describe; difficult to detect or grasp by the mind
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exploration     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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small fruit tree with large leaves, known from the remotest antiquity
a private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic; mental disorder
travel for discovery
exhausting labor or effort; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey
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fickle     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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hidden; secret; situated or operating beneath the earth's surface; underground
leisurely walking; traveling from place to place seeking work or gain
not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeable mind
being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected
ill-humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent
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gimmick     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food
deciduous tree, native to Asia and northern Africa and having simple leaves, pink flowers, and leathery fruits
an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles
the ability to do the right thing without making anyone unhappy; sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty
gadget; device employed to cheat, deceive, or trick; a small object whose name does not come readily to mind
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helm     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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wreck; scene or condition of complete disorder or ruin
wound or injury; an infected or diseased patch of skin
violation of allegiance or faith and confidence; willful betrayal of fidelity, confidence, or trust; perfidy
the steering gear of a ship, especially a tiller or a wheel; position of leadership or control; director
ideal condition of rest, harmony, stability, or joy; condition of Buddha
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inherent     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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lifeless; not animated or energetic; dull
firmly established by nature or habit
gloomy; dismal; dark, colorless, or cheerless
of an entire group or class; general
not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeable mind
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intermission     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone
danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction
process of making things clearer or easier to understand
the similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
act of suspending activity temporarily; interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
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melodrama     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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fame; high-status importance owing to marked superiority; the rise of ground; hill
real being; something that exists as a particular and discrete unit; fact of existence
front of building; superficial or false appearance
drama, characterized by exaggerated emotions, stereotypical characters, and interpersonal conflicts
juicy fruit of certain cucurbitaceous plants, as the muskmelon, watermelon;  plant that produces the fruit juicy
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nostalgia     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past
the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
legal delay of payment; suspension of an ongoing or planned activity
plants of a region or era; plants considered as a group; bacteria that normally inhabit a bodily organ
something which amuses and serves to make time pass agreeably; sport; amusement
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pastime     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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something which amuses and serves to make time pass agreeably; sport; amusement
absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
short, usually comic dramatic performance or work
loud, confused, harsh noise; loud, continuous, rattling, or clanging sound
a great mass of falling snow and ice
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quantum     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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legal delay of payment; suspension of an ongoing or planned activity
treble; the highest vocal register; the highest kind of female or boy's voice; upper part in harmony for mixed voices
an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles
enclosure for confining livestock; enclosure formed by a circle of wagons for defense against attack
quantity; amount; a specified portion
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retribution     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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person who eats too much food and drink
something justly deserved; recompense; compensation; punishment for offenses
contentious speech act; argument
various small animals or insects, such as rats or cockroaches, those are destructive, annoying, or injurious to health
written statement made under oath
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siege     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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act of omitting; neglect, or failure to do something required by propriety or duty
state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty
seat, especially a royal seat; throne or rank; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding of a place by an army
willful or malicious destruction of public or private property;
firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
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soprano     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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quantity; amount; a specified portion
fundamental reasons; basis; exposition of principles or reasons
treble; the highest vocal register; the highest kind of female or boy's voice; upper part in harmony for mixed voices
homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past
one who insists on something unyieldingly; something puzzling or difficult
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terrain     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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drama, characterized by exaggerated emotions, stereotypical characters, and interpersonal conflicts
coniferous tree of the genus Picea; neat, trim, and smart in appearance
piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential; area of land; ground
a box-shaped musical instrument consisting of a folded central part with a keyboard
something that encircles like a belt; zodiac, also, the equator; circumference
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vandalism     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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gap; interruption in duration or continuity; pause
the outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; outer skin of a kernel; husk
willful or malicious destruction of public or private property;
any plant of the order Cactaceae, as the prickly pear and the night-blooming cereus
quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in forming new combinations
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