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GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
ailment     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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a container used for storing or putting objects in; reservoir
act of proceeding, moving on, advancing, or issuing; regular, orderly, or ceremonious progress; continuous course
sickness;a slight but often persistent illness
great enjoyable or amusing activity
sponsorship; support; state of being a sponsor
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berate     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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give  right to; authorize; furnish with a right or claim to something; designate; give a title to
surround an enemy; enclose or entrap; beat by cleverness and wit
be any thick messy substance; pass gradually; progress slowly but steadily
rebuke or scold angrily and at length
give an imitation that ridicules; imitate mockingly or humorously
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celibacy     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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recklessly bold person; a person who risks life and limb for a living or to be seen
state of being unmarried; single life
edge, especially of a round surface; the surface of a solid; circumference
picture design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into the surface
line of junction formed by sewing together two pieces; line across a surface, as a crack; scar
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cleft     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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striking and vivid representation; picture
a human being that eats human flesh; anything that devours its own kind
crack or crevice; a split or indentation between two parts, as of the chin
artificial obstruction; a heavy curtain of artillery fire; rapid, concentrated discharge of missiles
quality of being radiant, shining, bright, or splendid
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deplete     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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offer illicit sex with the third party; tempt with or appeal to improper motivations
give up; do without; go or pass by without claiming
destroy or kill a large part of; select by lot and kill one in every ten of
decrease fullness of; use up or empty out
cause to turn white or become pale; take color from; bleach
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disinfectant     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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enthusiastic, prolonged applause; show of public homage or welcome
large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
a substance that kills germs or viruses; agent for removing the causes of infection, as chlorine
work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of
essential quality; reputation; honor
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entrust     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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read or examine, typically with great care
give an imitation that ridicules; imitate mockingly or humorously
destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
give over something to another for care, protection, or performance; give as a trust to someone;
wither; decrease in size; become or make shrunken and wrinkled, often by drying
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flounder     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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reprove severely, especially in a formal or official way; rebuke formally; censure severely or angrily
leave to someone by a will; hand down
move or act clumsily and in confusion
request earnestly; seek to obtain by persuasion or formal application
free of; rid; remove all of one's clothing
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gavel     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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a substance that kills germs or viruses; agent for removing the causes of infection, as chlorine
partly burned or vitrified coal, or other combustible, in which fire is extinct; hot coal without flame
hammer-like tool; small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge
craze; madness; an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
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inalienable     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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established firmly and securely; rooted
not to be taken away; nontransferable
lonely; solitary; desolate; gloomy; dismal; affected with ill humor
flexible; becoming or being made suitable to a particular situation or use
having an even, smooth surface; smooth; not rough or harsh
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irrevocable     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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extremely hot; sincerely or intensely felt
fearless; indicating or springing from courage
not literal, but metaphorical;  not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning
harsh and unpleasant; making a harsh sound
unalterable; irreversible; impossible to retract or revoke
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mediate     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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be responsible for; commit; do execute or perform, generally in a bad sense
duplicate, copy, reproduce, or repeat; fold over or bend back
delay; leave slowly and hesitantly; wait
resolve or settle differences by working with all conflicting parties
give a bodily form to; represent in a bodily or material form; incorporate
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nebula     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
foam, or troth, or the sediment, of beer or other in fermentation
beginning of something; taking in, as by swallowing; the process of receiving within
germ; minute life form; microorganism, especially a bacterium that causes disease
faint, cloudlike, self-luminous mass of matter situated beyond the solar system among the stars
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partisan     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly
elaborately or excessively ornamented
one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party
of or pertaining to the parts under the skin; injected beneath the skin
having an even, smooth surface; smooth; not rough or harsh
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quagmire     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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a small, circular tower that is part of a castle; a part of a military vehicle that contains a large gun
the skin of a beast with the hair on; raw or undressed hides; skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it
soft wet boggy land; complex or dangerous situation from which it isn't easy to free oneself
manual computing device consisting of a frame holding parallel rods strung with movable counters
young deer; buck or doe of the first year; young of an animal
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repeal     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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show contempt by turning up the nose or by a particular facial expression; speak derisively; show mirth awkwardly
extinguish; put down forcibly; suppress;  pacify or quiet
be a match or counterpart for; eager to equal or excel
spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely
revoke or annul, especially by an official or formal act
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satanic     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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unable to be changed without exception; not mutable
capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance
profoundly cruel or evil; fiendish; extremely malicious or wicked; infernal
cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to the practice of fraud
characterized by unrest or disorder
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spartan     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined
unclear; vague; lacking precise limits
artificially formal; obviously planned or calculated; not natural
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sultry     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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unmarried; abstaining from sexual intercourse
derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot
weeping or inclined to weep; tearful; showing sorrow
moderately warm; lacking in emotional warmth or enthusiasm; halfhearted
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usurp     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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appease or pacify; bring peace to
cause to be interested or curious; captivate
pass gradually or leak through, as if through small openings
settle down; sink to a lower level or form depression; wear off or die down
seize and hold  power or rights of another by force or without legal authority
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