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 Test Questions
GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
accentuate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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move up or climb something; mount
create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
show contempt by turning up the nose or by a particular facial expression; speak derisively; show mirth awkwardly
wither; decrease in size; become or make shrunken and wrinkled, often by drying
emphasize; stress; pronounce with stress or accent; mark with an accent
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baroque     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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complex or bizarre, especially in ornamentation; irregular in shape
circuitous; going round; indirect; encircling; enveloping; comprehensive
contrary to your interests or welfare; inconvenient; troublesome
hard to understand; known only in a particular group
being beyond what is required or sufficient
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celestial     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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relating to the sky or the heavens; supremely good;  god or angel
not explicable; not explainable; incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for
free from disturbance; pacific
crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar
capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance
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conspirator     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
omen; forewarning; something that portends an event about to occur, especially unfortunate or evil event
continual and persistent demands
science of sound; the quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in
craze; madness; an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
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daredevil     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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animals of a period or region
recklessly bold person; a person who risks life and limb for a living or to be seen
small signboard outside the office; coarse beach gravel of little water; worn stones and pebbles
abnormal;  markedly different from an accepted norm
mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
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dimple     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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the skin of a beast with the hair on; raw or undressed hides; skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it
slight natural depression or indentation on the surface of some part of the body; slight indentation on any surface
animals of a period or region
a person who hides aboard a ship or other conveyance to obtain free passage
predecessor; one who goes before or announces the coming of another
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expenditure     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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any of numerous flowerless, seedless vascular plants having roots, stems, and fronds and reproducing by spores
the mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs
payment or expense; output
competing as for any profit or prize
one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
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flounder     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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remove from one country or state to another for residence; migrate from home
move or act clumsily and in confusion
disprove; prove to be false or incorrect
make low, confused, and indistinct sound, like that of running water
declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
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granary     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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something that discourages; tending to deter
lack of seriousness; the lightness of manner or speech, especially when inappropriate
freedom from punishment or harm; exemption from injury, suffering, or discomfort
irreligious person; pagan; one who does not acknowledge the God of the Bible
building for storing threshed grain; region yielding much grain
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implicit     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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offering or expressing an apology or excuse; serving as or containing a formal justification or defense
implied or understood though not directly expressed
present at birth; inborn; innate
incapable of failure or error
containing a high amount of water or water vapor
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ineligible     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or a direct path; roving; irregular in motion
dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague
unsuitable; disqualified by law, rule, or provision; unworthy of being chosen
established firmly and securely; rooted
cohering or tending to cohere; well-integrated
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longevity     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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freedom from punishment or harm; exemption from injury, suffering, or discomfort
hugeness in a bad sense; the act of extreme evil or wickedness
long life; great duration of life; long duration or continuance, as in an occupation
small signboard outside the office; coarse beach gravel of little water; worn stones and pebbles
unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
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nubile     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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narrow in outlook; related to a local church community
of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable
very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren
related to the topic being discussed or considered; appropriate or fitting; relevant
secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated
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pithy     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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unwilling or with reluctance; stingy
not to be taken away; nontransferable
able to pay all debts; capable of meeting financial obligations
precisely meaningful; forceful and brief
impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed
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quirk     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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lasting indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; remaining active throughout all the time
sudden sharp turn or twist; strange attitude or habit; the peculiarity of behavior
a substance believed to cure all ills
completely undeveloped form; an animal organism in the early stages of growth
honors conferred for some notable achievement; credit
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replicate     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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gradually deprive infants of mother's milk; detach affections of
shift to clockwise direction; turn sharply; change direction abruptly
rob; a strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; ask an unreasonable price
duplicate, copy, reproduce, or repeat; fold over or bend back
twist or interweave as not to be easily separated; make tangled, confused, and intricate; perplex; bewilder; puzzle
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scribble     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline
lay out, apply, or employ in any way; consume by use; use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations
give over something to another for care, protection, or performance; give as a trust to someone;
write or draw carelessly and in a hurry; doodle; meaningless marks and lines
talk rapidly, unintelligibly, or idly
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spinster     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel; transverse bar connecting the opposite wheels
study of origin and nature of ideas
inquiry; doubt in mind; mental reservation
short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; short journey
a woman who has remained single beyond the conventional age for marrying; one whose occupation is to spin
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sultry     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot
late; delayed; moving slowly
impenetrable; not readily understood; mysterious
prickly; barbed; having or covered with protective thorns
wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or a direct path; roving; irregular in motion
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transfuse     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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pollute; make dirty or spotty
pour, as liquid, out of one vessel into another; transfer by pouring
sharpen, as knife; make more keen; stimulate
rebuke or scold angrily and at length
digest; convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition
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