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GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
adept     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth or polished surface; plausible
expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
seeming; outward or token appearance; show; figure; form
existing only in imagination; feigned; not true or real
harsh and unpleasant; making a harsh sound
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ardent     Speak
 
(2)
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displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined
large enough to be noticed or to affect; perceptible
near the back or upper surface
high; lofty; bold; arrogant; overbearing
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bestow     Speak
 
(3)
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cry with a low, whining, broken voice; whine; complain
be superior; distinguish oneself
give as a gift; present
give more force or effectiveness to; strengthen; enhance
show contempt by turning up the nose or by a particular facial expression; speak derisively; show mirth awkwardly
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condescend     Speak
 
(4)
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scrape gently; feed on growing grasses and herbage
stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
trouble; disturb; render uneasy; interfere with; vex
approach; tend to meet; come together
melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
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decadent     Speak
 
(5)
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treating all parts or aspects without omission; comprehensive
flowing, as writing letters joined one to another without raising pen; running
having the same or a similar meaning; identical; equivalent
self-indulgent; moral decay
feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent
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eminent     Speak
 
(6)
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various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated
existing only in imagination; feigned; not true or real
standing out above other things; high in rank, office, or worth
of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable
essential; requisite;  impossible to be omitted or remitted
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enchant     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the course; examine critically or minutely; scrutinize
speak evil of; bad-mouth; defame
steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from one's employer
set on fire; cause to burn, flame, or glow; excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat
charm by sorcery; get control of by magical words and rites
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flabby     Speak
 
(8)
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unconventional; strikingly unfamiliar; located far from civilized areas
relating to marriage or wedding ceremony
weak; lacking firmness
prohibitive; harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
capable of moving, bending, or contorting easily
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grating     Speak
 
(9)
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having the same or a similar meaning; identical; equivalent
indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain
rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
harsh and unpleasant; making a harsh sound
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incite     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; beset with cruelty or malignity; harass; annoy
force with the thumb; make a groove in
associate; cause a group to become part of or form a close relationship with another
arouse to action; motivate; induce to exist
plead; make the earnest request of; ask for earnestly
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labyrinth     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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belief in or acceptance of something as right; faith
a person who refuses to see the beauty or the value of art or culture.
class, society, or collection of individuals called by the same name; specifically, a religious sect
maze; the complex structure of interconnecting passages
bullfighter who performs the final passes and kills the bull
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mania     Speak
 
(12)
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a line of ancestors; descent; lineage; register or record of a line of ancestors
a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
germ; minute life form; microorganism, especially a bacterium that causes disease
craze; madness; an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
defiant or swaggering behavior; the pretense of courage; false show of bravery
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muffler     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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heavy scarf worn around the neck for warmth; part of the exhaust pipe of a car that dampens the noise
small rounded hill or mound; top or crown of a hill
craze; madness; an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
god; divinity; supernatural things
distinctive and stylish elegance; a bunch of feathers or plume, especially on a helmet
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paralyze     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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revoke or annul, especially by an official or formal act
counterbalance, counteract, or compensate for; balance
make powerless and unable to function; disable
shift to clockwise direction; turn sharply; change direction abruptly
digest; convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition
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plume     Speak
 
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n.  
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state of reduced or suspended sensibility; daze; lack of awareness
feather, especially soft, downy, long, or handsome feather; a token of honor or achievement
reparation; getting something back again; restoring something to its original state
book of synonyms, often including related and contrasting words and antonyms
legend; wisdom; knowledge acquired through education or experience
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restitution     Speak
 
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n.  
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soft wet boggy land; complex or dangerous situation from which it isn't easy to free oneself
list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
reparation; getting something back again; restoring something to its original state
upward slope or grade; movement upward
act of waiting; delay; stay or continuance in a place
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seclusion     Speak
 
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n.  
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lack of gratitude; forgetfulness of kindness or favors received
text character used to mark the possessive or to show the omission of letters or numbers
isolation; solitude; secluded place; shutting out or keeping apart
using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect
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strangulation     Speak
 
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n.  
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shady shelter or recess in a garden or woods; anchor carried at the bow of the ship; a muscle that bends a limb
act of strangling, or the state of being strangled; excessive or abnormal constriction of any kind
a very small portion or allowance assigned, whether of food or money
the drug that temporarily quickens some vital process; acts to arouse action
a tiny piece of anything;  very small particle
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tenuous     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
in disrepair, run-down; of very poor quality or condition
producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile
long and thin; slender; having little substance
implied or understood though not directly expressed
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veer     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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counterbalance, counteract, or compensate for; balance
mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily
shift to clockwise direction; turn sharply; change direction abruptly
build; put together out of components or parts
guess;  infer something without sufficiently conclusive evidence
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