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GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
adoration     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god
stubborn intolerance; excessive zeal or warmth in favor of a party, sect, or opinion
reply, especially to answer in a quick, caustic, or witty manner
a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
the practice of eating the flesh of your kind
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bawdy     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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actuated or characterized by passion or zeal; showing the warmth of feeling; ardent; animated; excited
fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; worthless; mean; shabby
indecent; obscene; humorously coarse
of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
difficult to use or handle because of size or weight, or shape; lacking grace in movement or posture
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blockade     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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condition or quality of being an idiot; extreme folly or stupidity
shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
radiation; discharge; an act of emitting
dependence; certainty based on experience
small exclusive group of friends or associates
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conjecture     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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burn superficially;  parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; affect painfully with heat; burn
decorate with ornamental appendages
believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
degrade; debase, as in dignity or social standing
wither; decrease in size; become or make shrunken and wrinkled, often by drying
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demolish     Speak
 
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chain; fetter; restraint that confines or restricts freedom
raze; destroy; do away with completely; put an end to
incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
give over something to another for care, protection, or performance; give as a trust to someone;
worsen; make worse or more troublesome
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ebb     Speak
 
(6)
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border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
say, state, or perform again or repeatedly
fall away or back; decline or recede; fall back from the flood stage
give a bodily form to; represent in a bodily or material form; incorporate
trouble; disturb; annoy; harass with petty vexations
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entitle     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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plead; make the earnest request of; ask for earnestly
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 full of; be plentiful
force or drive back; drive back; refuse; disgust
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flounder     Speak
 
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v.  
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move or act clumsily and in confusion
be responsible for; commit; do execute or perform, generally in a bad sense
slide; move in a smooth, effortless manner
melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
search blindly or uncertainly; reach about uncertainly; feel one's way
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gouge     Speak
 
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force with the thumb; make a groove in
cancel out; make ineffective or invalid; deny
arouse to action; motivate; induce to exist
write or draw carelessly and in a hurry; doodle; meaningless marks and lines
feed to the full; feed luxuriously; glut; indulge with rich food
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hummingbird     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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a viewer who enjoys seeing sex acts or sex organs of others
act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god
tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills
favoring of relatives or friends because of their relationship rather than their abilities
the science which treats the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, places of growth, and classification
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knoll     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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cause of grief or distress; discomfort or pain
small rounded hill or mound; top or crown of a hill
necessary requirement; indispensable item
book of synonyms, often including related and contrasting words and antonyms
tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings
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mince     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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violate with violence, especially to a sacred place
feed to the full; feed luxuriously; glut; indulge with rich food
talk rapidly, unintelligibly, or idly
postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness
cut into very small pieces; chop fine; suppress or weaken the force of
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overt     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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marked by imposing physical strength; firmly built; firm, and resolute
wildly disordered; excessive enthusiasm or excitement; insane
open to view; not secret or hidden
moderately warm; lacking in emotional warmth or enthusiasm; halfhearted
relating to drama and acting; dramatic, theatrical
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pinnacle     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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a little bite or bit of food; a small quantity; a little piece; a fragment
study of artifacts and relics of early humankind
withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity
peak; tall pointed formation, such as mountain peak
a model of something, or a very clear and typical example of something
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quirk     Speak
 
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n.  
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a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
sudden sharp turn or twist; strange attitude or habit; the peculiarity of behavior
the action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement; an instance of abnormal activity
crack or crevice; a split or indentation between two parts, as of the chin
the feeling of great happiness and well-being, sometimes exaggerated
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rubbery     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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impressive from inherent grandeur; large and impressive, in size, scope, or extent
elastic; difficult to chew; having a texture resembling rubber
astonishing; wonderful; amazing, especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation
very showy or ornament, especially when excessive or in a tasteless or vulgar manner
being beyond what is required or sufficient
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scribble     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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write or draw carelessly and in a hurry; doodle; meaningless marks and lines
sharpen, as knife; make more keen; stimulate
scatter; drive away; cause to vanish
decrease fullness of; use up or empty out
make laws; create or pass laws
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sneer     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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revoke or annul, especially by an official or formal act
arouse again; make someone have a feeling that they had in the past
pollute; make dirty or spotty
show contempt by turning up the nose or by a particular facial expression; speak derisively; show mirth awkwardly
slip or glide away; pass away silently
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succumb     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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give off; send out; give out as a sound
spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse
submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in
decide upon and express in words;  develop all the details of something
separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the course; examine critically or minutely; scrutinize
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usurp     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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urge on or encourage, especially by shouts; make an urgent appeal
read or examine, typically with great care
seize and hold  power or rights of another by force or without legal authority
shift to clockwise direction; turn sharply; change direction abruptly
disprove; prove to be false or incorrect
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