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GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
affiliate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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increase rapidly; rise quickly; soar
surpass; exceed; pass beyond the limits of
go backwards;  decline to inferior state; degenerate
lay out, apply, or employ in any way; consume by use; use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations
associate; cause a group to become part of or form a close relationship with another
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atrophy     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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sacred writing or book; authoritative statement; document; inscription
a person without a permanent home who moves from place to place; a wanderer; tramp
wasting away; decrease in size; reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease
freedom from punishment or harm; exemption from injury, suffering, or discomfort
condition or quality of being an idiot; extreme folly or stupidity
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cessation     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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originally, a small vessel with two masts; ship; large goblet or drinking glass
collection of live wild animals on exhibition; enclosure in which wild animals are kept
bringing or coming to an end; cease
a small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; spray; a youth; a lad; a brad, or nail without a head
limited quantity; small or moderate amount; any small thing
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configuration     Speak
 
(4)
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minor objection or complaint; petty distinction
one who holds or owns a share or shares in a joint fund or property
arrangement of parts or elements; outline
something given freely or without recompense; free gift; a present
act of waiting; delay; stay or continuance in a place
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demur     Speak
 
(5)
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plunge into anything, especially a fluid; sink; dip
shuffle; fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters; wrestle in a rough fashion
make the false appearance of; disguise; conceal; invent or imagine
object because of doubts; hesitate
counterbalance, counteract, or compensate for; balance
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disinfectant     Speak
 
(6)
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a substance that kills germs or viruses; agent for removing the causes of infection, as chlorine
the extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow
hypocrite, especially, superstitious hypocrite; one who is strongly partial to one's own religion, race, or politics
natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage
edges or lower borders of the roof of a building, which cast off the water that falls on the roof
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exhort     Speak
 
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v.  
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urge on or encourage, especially by shouts; make an urgent appeal
destroy or kill a large part of; select by lot and kill one in every ten of
reduce or eliminate gradually, with a knife; cut small bits off
deny; go back on; fail to fulfill promise or obligation
look at amorously; cast glances as in fondness or to attract notice
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forgo     Speak
 
(8)
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quiet or bring under control by physical force or persuasion; make less intense; tone down
stop short and refuse to go on; refuse obstinately or abruptly
give up; do without; go or pass by without claiming
decide upon and express in words;  develop all the details of something
mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily
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glaring     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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existing only in imagination; feigned; not true or real
shining intensely and blindingly; staring with anger or fierceness
full of dirty water; wet and muddy, to be easily splashed about; slushy
lacking variety or excitement; monotonous
dull; lacking color; lacking in liveliness, charm, or surprise
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hovel     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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sudden sharp turn or twist; strange attitude or habit; the peculiarity of behavior
surviving remnant; something left after loss or decay; object kept for its association with the past
artificial obstruction; a heavy curtain of artillery fire; rapid, concentrated discharge of missiles
shack; small, wretched house
arrangement of parts or elements; outline
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irrevocable     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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yielding; inclined or ready to submit
being or existing everywhere; omnipresent
causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; troublesome; irritating
unalterable; irreversible; impossible to retract or revoke
over-bright in color; tastelessly showy
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mimic     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression
lay out, apply, or employ in any way; consume by use; use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations
chain; fetter; restraint that confines or restricts freedom
introduce;  bring up for discussion or debate; announce
utter or emit low, dull rumbling sounds
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nuptial     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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rash; marked by unthinking boldness
relating to marriage or wedding ceremony
lacking in insight or discernment; stupid
shining; emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light
characterized by unrest or disorder
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pander     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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speak evil of; bad-mouth; defame
plead; make the earnest request of; ask for earnestly
put together or compose from materials gathered from several sources
set on fire; cause to burn, flame, or glow; excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat
offer illicit sex with the third party; tempt with or appeal to improper motivations
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proclivity     Speak
 
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n.  
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the science which treats the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, places of growth, and classification
inclination; natural tendency; readiness; facility of learning
medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
component or part; citizen, voter
the capacity of guardian; guardianship; capacity or activity of tutor; instruction or teaching
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refinement     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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rustic or countryman; especially a country bumpkin
result of improving something; the process of removing impurities
heavy scarf worn around the neck for warmth; part of the exhaust pipe of a car that dampens the noise
arrangement by rank or standing; series in which each element is graded or ranked
the power of a country to control its own government
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satanic     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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animated; lively; vigorous and active
abashed; daunted; very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice
profoundly cruel or evil; fiendish; extremely malicious or wicked; infernal
artificially formal; obviously planned or calculated; not natural
capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance
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slough     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; discard as refuse
trouble; disturb; render uneasy; interfere with; vex
decree; establish by a legal and authoritative act; make into a law
make something last; preserve from extinction
come near or nearer to something or someone in space, time, quality, or amount
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torque     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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music performed in the open air at nights; complimentary performance given to honor or express love for someone
turning or twisting force
foam, or troth, or the sediment, of beer or other in fermentation
inclination; natural tendency; readiness; facility of learning
symbol; sign; distinctive badge, design, or device
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upheaval     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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novelty; creativity; capacity to act or think independently
remedy; compensation; an act of correcting error or fault
payment or expense; output
violent disturbance; sudden, violent disruption or upset
state of being predisposed; tendency or inclination
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