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 Test Questions
GRE Vocabulary: Level 2
accelerate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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eliminate; eradicate; kill on a large scale; kill a man
run very rapidly; run at full speed.
move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
input; enter; put or set into, between, or among
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beneficiary     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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usually, a power-driven saw with a narrow vertical blade, used to cut sharp curves
rising again; resumption of vigor; the act of rising from the dead or returning to life
an accepted member of a group; one who has special knowledge or access to confidential information
magnificence; Great light or luster; brilliance; grandeur
a person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
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browse     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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response to an inquiry or experiment
move downward and lower; come from; be connected by a relationship of blood
hesitate or stumble in uttering words; speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; stammer
graze; skim or glance at casually
be absorbed in one's thoughts; consider or say thoughtfully
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covenant     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit
an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles
mutual agreement of two or more persons or parties; contract; stipulation
agonizing physical or mental pain; extreme suffering
shelter especially for housing or repairing aircraft
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devastate     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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catch or seize suddenly or by a sudden thrust and grasp
ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
bend the knee; fall or rest on the knees
cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into tiny pieces; cut or rend lengthwise; slit
call together; cause to come together; gather; summon up
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exorcism     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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mild expression to replace offensive, unpleasant, or embarrassing one
willful or malicious destruction of public or private property;
a device consisting of a heavy blade held aloft between upright guides and dropped to behead the victim below
silvery, moderately hard metallic element
act of exorcising; driving out of evil spirits from persons or places by conjuration
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frantic     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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highly excited with strong emotion; disordered or nervous activity
complex; elaborate; having many complexly arranged elements
protected or covered with iron, as a vessel for naval warfare; rigid; solid or certain
traditional; conservative in belief; adhering to established faith, especially in religion
enormous; boundless; so great as to be beyond measurement
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fussy     Speak
 
(8)
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ill-humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent
easily upset; given to bouts of ill-temper; full of superfluous details
fighting or warring; having a combative character; aggressive
spreading harmfully in a subtle manner; designed or adapted to entrap
not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence
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hone     Speak
 
(9)
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incriminate; involve or imply as necessary accompaniment or result
exploit natural surroundings to disguise something; conceal
sharpen; perfect or make more intense or effective
examine or go over carefully for needed repairs; make extensive renovations or revisions on; renovate
refrain from buying or using
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indifferent     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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open for the public to read; obvious; plain
having no particular interest or concern; being neither good nor bad
hidden; secret; situated or operating beneath the earth's surface; underground
furnished with feathers; able to fly; equipped for flight; winged; developed; matured
differing from a norm or the accepted standards of a society
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leer     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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call together; cause to come together; gather; summon up
have new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud; shoot up
force or drive back; disgust; offer resistance to; fight against
look sideways or obliquely, now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent
prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
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meticulous     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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seizing; embracing; catching; exceedingly eager for material gain; avaricious
of the seventh degree or order; the act of causing to rot; causing sepsis or putrefaction
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; worn out by using
not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper
excessively careful; marked by extreme care in the treatment of details
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momentum     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other
exhibition; part of a play that provides the background information;  opening section of a fugue
someone who assumes a false identity
product of a body's mass and its velocity; impelling force or strength; impetus
good fortune; financial success; physical well-being
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plausible     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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likely but not certain to be or become true or real
suspicious; mistrustful; marked by or given to doubt
averse; disinclined; unwilling to do a task
morally pure in thought or conduct; decent and modest
without physical strength; feeble; impotent; helpless
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puncture     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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a small hole made by a sharp object; pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into
come into prominence; spring up; appear
undo or ravel knitted fabric of; separate and clarify; solve
bound inward; put the ball into play by passing it from out of bounds to a teammate on the court
erase; strike out; remove or make invisible
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rehash     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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hash over again; prepare or use again; bring forth again in another form without significant alteration
fall apart; become reduced to components, fragments, or particles
inflict vengeance or punishment upon a person;  express or gratify anger, malevolence, or resentment
cancel; make void; repeal or annul
prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
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senile     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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offhand or casual; given to haughty disregard of others
highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
endowed with fancy or imagination; entertaining a flattering opinion of one's self; vain
of or pertaining to old age
thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
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spontaneity     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation
a small bottle-shaped vessel for holding fluids; a narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass
naturalness; freedom from constraint; happening or arising without external cause; self-generated
privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command
the fit of irritation; petty quarrel; liquor, especially, a small draught of liquor
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terrain     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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step; pace; significant progress
religious image; idol; an essential and enduring symbol
shelter especially for housing or repairing aircraft
piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential; area of land; ground
continuous, unwavering course; exact meaning or actual wording of a document
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traction     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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friction between body and surface on which it moves
smile expressing scorn instead of pleasure; smile in affected, often offensively self-satisfied manner
the moist, sticky mixture, especially of mud and filth; earth, rocks, or clay excavated in mining
a kind of cloak worn by the Spanish Americans, having the form of a blanket, with a slit in the middle for the head
handrail, especially on a staircase
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