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GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
apologetic     Speak
 
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marked by or having equity; just and impartial
attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous
offering or expressing an apology or excuse; serving as or containing a formal justification or defense
without skill, ineffective; worthless; lacking purpose
torn into shreds; ragged; having ragged clothes; disordered or disrupted
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arduous     Speak
 
(2)
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unrestrained by convention or morality; wasteful of health or possessions in pursuit of pleasure
insignificant; lacking importance; not following from premises or evidence; illogical
holding; having quality, power, or capacity of retaining, as to retain knowledge with ease
overjoyed; extremely happy and excited
demanding great effort or labor; difficult
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broach     Speak
 
(3)
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create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
wound seriously; cause permanent loss of function of limb or part of the body
introduce;  bring up for discussion or debate; announce
arouse again; make someone have a feeling that they had in the past
any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae; one who wakes early
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clandestine     Speak
 
(4)
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harsh and unpleasant; making a harsh sound
lacking flavor or zest; not tasty; dull
with one's identity disguised or concealed; in disguise; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title
tough; strong and firm; possessing physical strength and weight
secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
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decadence     Speak
 
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n.  
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process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline; falling off or away; decay
one of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or stock of such a feather; pen made by the point of a feather
woman whose occupation is sewing; needlewoman
competing as for any profit or prize
goddess of the mountains, forests, meadows, or waters; lovely young girl; maiden; peacock butterfly
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elude     Speak
 
(6)
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revoke or annul, especially by an official or formal act
happen at the same time; arrange or represent events so that they co-occur
recollect and tell of past experiences or events; talk or write about memories of the past, delightful ones
draw out; bring forth or to light;  generate or provoke as response or answer
avoid cleverly; escape the perception of
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exacerbate     Speak
 
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create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
accelerate; make something happen sooner or more quickly
increase severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate
rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; plunder; take as spoils
warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
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fawn     Speak
 
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n.  
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young deer; buck or doe of the first year; young of an animal
permission not to do something
germ; minute life form; microorganism, especially a bacterium that causes disease
cultivation of plants
lasting indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; remaining active throughout all the time
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hapless     Speak
 
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rash; marked by unthinking boldness
exhibiting lust or vigor; stout; strong; vigorous; robust; healthful
not literal, but metaphorical;  not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning
demanding great effort or labor; difficult
without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy
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immaculate     Speak
 
(10)
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spotless; flawless; absolutely clean
earthly, as opposed to celestial; pertaining to the land
stormy; showing no mercy; physically severe
lacking flavor or zest; not tasty; dull
circuitous; going round; indirect; encircling; enveloping; comprehensive
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insufficient     Speak
 
(11)
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precisely meaningful; forceful and brief
able to pay all debts; capable of meeting financial obligations
of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious
indicated or understood without expressed directly; not speaking; silent
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meddlesome     Speak
 
(12)
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inclined to interfere in other people's business; intrusive with the offensive manner
animated; lively; vigorous and active
wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or a direct path; roving; irregular in motion
disrespectful; showing lack of due respect; not revering god
characterized by unrest or disorder
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obligatory     Speak
 
(13)
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periodic; on and off; stopping and starting at intervals
feeling or expressing sorrow or grief; sad; gloomy
related to the topic being discussed or considered; appropriate or fitting; relevant
containing a high amount of water or water vapor
morally or legally constraining; required; binding
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pied     Speak
 
(14)
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of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
stormy; showing no mercy; physically severe
of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
full of dirty water; wet and muddy, to be easily splashed about; slushy
having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; multicolored
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quirk     Speak
 
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n.  
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a tendency to keep together
sudden sharp turn or twist; strange attitude or habit; the peculiarity of behavior
the overwhelming, advancing force that crushes or seems to crush everything in its path
deadlock; the situation in which further action is blocked
singer, as opposed to an instrumental performer; vocal musician
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reactionary     Speak
 
(16)
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yielding; inclined or ready to submit
lacking in insight or discernment; stupid
spotless; flawless; absolutely clean
opposition to progress or liberalism; extremely conservative
occupying lower rank; inferior; submissive
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scavenger     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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an animal that eats other decaying organic matter; someone who collects things that others have discarded
study of insects; branch of zoology which treats of insects
failure or omission of duty; fault; misdeed; offense or crime
the extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow
entire range; all notes in musical scale
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sneer     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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approach; tend to meet; come together
plunge into anything, especially a fluid; sink; dip
force or drive back; drive back; refuse; disgust
put at a disadvantage; tie up; hamper; prevent the progress
show contempt by turning up the nose or by a particular facial expression; speak derisively; show mirth awkwardly
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tenuous     Speak
 
(19)
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greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; exceeding proper limits
determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious
characterized by unrest or disorder
mixed; mingled; consisting of several things; of diverse sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous
long and thin; slender; having little substance
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transfuse     Speak
 
(20)
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crush or crunch; crumple or squeeze; hunch
pour, as liquid, out of one vessel into another; transfer by pouring
be responsible for; commit; do execute or perform, generally in a bad sense
believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
cause to emit a flash of light
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