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GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
acorn     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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a small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; spray; a youth; a lad; a brad, or nail without a head
a line or long thin mark made by folding or doubling
crime of pirate; robbery committed at sea; unauthorized use or reproduction of copyrighted or patented material
fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup; a cone-shaped piece of wood
maze; the complex structure of interconnecting passages
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ascend     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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move up or climb something; mount
throw overboard; eject from boat, submarine, aircraft, or spaceship
approach; tend to meet; come together
feel or express pity or sympathy for
stealthily lie in waiting; exist unperceived
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blemish     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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arouse again; make someone have a feeling that they had in the past
be balanced or held in suspension; hover; carry or hold in equilibrium; balance
mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
turn aside, especially from the main subject in writing or speaking
force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force
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constituent     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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maze; the complex structure of interconnecting passages
component or part; citizen, voter
a particular period of history, especially one considered remarkable
cool, refreshing state of the air; the art of painting on freshly spread plaster before it dries
pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role
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cursive     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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incapable of being read; unclear; not legible
positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory
saw-like; having a row of sharp or tooth-like projections
flowing, as writing letters joined one to another without raising pen; running
plowed but left unseeded during a growing season; uncultivated
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divest     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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free of; rid; remove all of one's clothing
speak about unimportant matters  rapidly and incessantly; talk artlessly and childishly
plunge into water; wet thoroughly; extinguish
supply land with water artificially; clean a wound with a fluid
plead; make the earnest request of; ask for earnestly
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emit     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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give off; send out; give out as a sound
destroy or kill a large part of; select by lot and kill one in every ten of
unite closely or intimately; join together by heating
go backwards;  decline to inferior state; degenerate
rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; plunder; take as spoils
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fraudulent     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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becoming to brothers; brotherly
casual; brief or broad; not cautious, nor detailed
cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to the practice of fraud
acquainted through study or experience; knowledgeable or skilled
worldly rather than spiritual; not specifically relating to religion; lasting from century to century
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gaunt     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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used for feeling; relating to a sense of touch; perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible
incapable of being read; unclear; not legible
in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren
with one's identity disguised or concealed; in disguise; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title
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incoherent     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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lacking cohesion, connection, or harmony; unable to think in a clear manner
impressive from inherent grandeur; large and impressive, in size, scope, or extent
not intended; not knowing; unaware; ignorant
being or seeming to be without an end; endless; tedious; continual
late; delayed; moving slowly
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laurels     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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the language used by a special group; technical terminology; nonsensical or meaningless talk
inflammation of the brain, usually caused by a virus
filthy and wretched condition or quality; dirty or neglected state
honors conferred for some notable achievement; credit
excessive pride or self-confidence
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malevolent     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; worthless; mean; shabby
neatly dressed; very stylish in dress; lively and alert
of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable
having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; malicious
worldly rather than spiritual; not specifically relating to religion; lasting from century to century
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obese     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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extremely fat; grossly overweight
of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
of or about the art of healing or treating the diseases of domestic animals
produced under conditions involving intense heat
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parable     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
a short, simple story teaching moral or religious lesson
gold and silver in the form of bars
craze; madness; an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill
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pomp     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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highland; upland; relatively flat highland
long-handled stewing pan or saucepan sometimes having legs; a vessel for stewing meat
gladness and gaiety, especially when expressed by laughter
dignified or magnificent display; splendor
a person who hides aboard a ship or other conveyance to obtain free passage
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rife     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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short-lived; enduring a very short time
excessively abundant or numerous; in widespread existence, practice, or use
peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet
improperly forward or bold; rude
into separate parts or pieces; apart
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safeguard     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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an awkward and stupid person; troublemaker, often violent
ghostly apparition; phantom; haunting or disturbing image or prospect
the skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other animals, prepared for writing on
game; play; curling-match; talk
one who, or that which, defends or protects; defense; protection
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slur     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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speak indistinctly; pass over carelessly or with little notice
injure or hurt; become worse; affect negatively
alter; change something such as a plan, opinion, law to improve
degrade; debase, as in dignity or social standing
accelerate; make something happen sooner or more quickly
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subsidiary     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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done routinely and with little interest or care; acting with indifference; showing little interest or care
subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement
good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly
expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
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trickery     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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art of dressing up; practice or use of tricks; deception by stratagem
an abnormal fear of being in narrow or enclosed spaces
a flock of geese; a cluster or group
remedy; compensation; an act of correcting error or fault
a substance that kills germs or viruses; agent for removing the causes of infection, as chlorine
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