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 Test Questions
GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
accentuate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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force or drive back; drive back; refuse; disgust
set on fire; cause to burn, flame, or glow; excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat
pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; beset with cruelty or malignity; harass; annoy
worsen; make worse or more troublesome
emphasize; stress; pronounce with stress or accent; mark with an accent
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authoritative     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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narrow in outlook; related to a local church community
reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
left and abandoned; negligent in performing a duty
weighting authority; peremptory and dictatorial
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celestial     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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friendly; of good appearance and manners; graceful
open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
giving pleasure or satisfaction of the senses; having strong sexual appeal
relating to the sky or the heavens; supremely good;  god or angel
self-indulgent; moral decay
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coincide     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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be full of; be plentiful
cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
renew; repair; return to life
occur at the same time as; correspond
close tightly; grasp or grip tightly; fasten with a clinch
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dampen     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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renew; repair; return to life
approach; tend to meet; come together
goad or urge forward; provoke; incite
moisten; lessen in force or effect
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
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embezzle     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from one's employer
goad or urge forward; provoke; incite
restore to proper condition; help to re-adapt, as to the former state of health or good repute
pile up; collect;  mount up; increase
trouble; disturb; annoy; harass with petty vexations
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errant     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain
abashed; daunted; very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice
overjoyed; extremely happy and excited
wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or a direct path; roving; irregular in motion
inharmonious; impossible to coexist; not easy to combine harmoniously
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fawn     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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picture design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into the surface
belief in or acceptance of something as right; faith
young deer; buck or doe of the first year; young of an animal
the feeling of contented self-satisfaction, especially when unaware of upcoming trouble
enthusiasm or liveliness; energetic style
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hindrance     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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a person who refuses to see the beauty or the value of art or culture.
natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage
excess; over-fullness in any respect; superabundance
something that holds back or causes problems with something else; obstacle
action taken in return for injury or offense
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immaculate     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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spotless; flawless; absolutely clean
advanced in development; appearing or developing early
artificially formal; obviously planned or calculated; not natural
dull, unimaginative, and commonplace; old-fashioned; stuffy
indicated or understood without expressed directly; not speaking; silent
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infraction     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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list of works of music or drama; class of compositions in a genre; range or number of skills
violation of rule or regulation; breach; minor offense or petty crime
merry or joyful activity; festivity; bright color or showiness, as of dress; finery
mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
something that is required in advance; necessity; required as a prior condition
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meddlesome     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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free from disturbance; pacific
in waves; fluctuate; having curls
stormy; showing no mercy; physically severe
producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile
inclined to interfere in other people's business; intrusive with the offensive manner
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nunnery     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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freeing someone from the control of another
short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; short journey
braid, especially of hair; flat fold; doubling, as of cloth
house in which nuns reside; cloister or convent in which women reside for life, under religious vows
sponsorship; support; state of being a sponsor
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partition     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
divide into parts, pieces, or sections
give an imitation that ridicules; imitate mockingly or humorously
deceive mind or judgment of; lead from truth or into error; frustrate or disappoint
speak evil of; bad-mouth; defame
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prosaic     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory
momentary; temporary; staying for a short time
having a tendency to loosen or relax.
dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact; factual
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ravenous     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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done routinely and with little interest or care; acting with indifference; showing little interest or care
incapable of failure or error
advanced in development; appearing or developing early
derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
extremely hungry; voracious; eager for prey
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shingle     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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small signboard outside the office; coarse beach gravel of little water; worn stones and pebbles
suggestion without proof that someone has done something wrong
a place high up; an elevated place serving as a seat
the skin of a beast with the hair on; raw or undressed hides; skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it
ceremonial procession or display; succession or series
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stoke     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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stir up fire; feed plentifully; supply a furnace with fuel
make very hot and dry; become superficially burned
persuade not to do; discourage
make into a ruff; disturb the surface of; make uneven by agitation; throw into disorder or confusion
hold firmly; hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly; set closely together; close tightly
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thicket     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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cause of grief or distress; discomfort or pain
sudden sharp turn or twist; strange attitude or habit; the peculiarity of behavior
wood or collection of trees, shrubs
state of being predisposed; tendency or inclination
a flock of geese; a cluster or group
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vegetation     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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helps something to happen more quickly
angry dispute; noisy quarrel; altercation
something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
representation of common ground between two things; extend over and cover a part of
plants of an area or a region; plant life
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