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 Test Questions
GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
amicable     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
skilled; expert; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific
causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; troublesome; irritating
free from disturbance; pacific
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berate     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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detect; perceive, recognize, or understand something that is not clear
rebuke or scold angrily and at length
weaken; make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water
reduce level; lower grade of something
restrain with U-shaped bar for ankles or feet; impede; hamper
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blunder     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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a vessel in which substances are crushed or ground with a pestle; machine in which materials are ground and blended
a loyal servant of another, usually more powerful being
serious mistake typically caused by ignorance or confusion
slave; bondman; slavery; bondage
nutritive material; a greasy substance found in unprocessed sheep's wool; yellow part of an egg
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cleft     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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an awkward and stupid person; troublemaker, often violent
manual computing device consisting of a frame holding parallel rods strung with movable counters
a tiny piece of anything;  very small particle
crack or crevice; a split or indentation between two parts, as of the chin
lizard that changes color in different situations
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deluge     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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colorless stone of high luster, made of paste, used as an inexpensive ornament
pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel; transverse bar connecting the opposite wheels
great flood; heavy downpour; any overflowing of water
predecessor; one who goes before or announces the coming of another
follower; adherent; a person who learns from another, especially one who then teaches others
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egocentric     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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in waves; fluctuate; having curls
caring only about oneself; selfish; self-centered
having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound
having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined
high; lofty; bold; arrogant; overbearing
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expulsion     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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expelling; driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership or association
massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color of a gray to black, breaking with fracture and sharp edge
hammer-like tool; small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge
a person without a permanent home who moves from place to place; a wanderer; tramp
long, thin, usually wooden pole with a blade at one end, used to row or steer a boat
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fastidious     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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delightful; delicious; extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
of or pertaining to the parts under the skin; injected beneath the skin
reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced intervals; not thick or dense
difficult to please; having complicated requirements; excessively particular demanding about details
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grandiose     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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impressive from inherent grandeur; large and impressive, in size, scope, or extent
having much beef; of the nature of beef; resembling beef; fleshy; muscular in build; strong or muscular
reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
essential; not imaginary; actual or real
extremely disturbed from emotion
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ignite     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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add as something seems insufficient; complement; extension; addition
restore to proper condition; help to re-adapt, as to the former state of health or good repute
speak about unimportant matters  rapidly and incessantly; talk artlessly and childishly
force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force
kindle; cause to start burning; set fire to
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lament     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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speak about unimportant matters  rapidly and incessantly; talk artlessly and childishly
make a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; plot together
deceive mind or judgment of; lead from truth or into error; frustrate or disappoint
grieve; express sorrow; regret deeply
plunge into water; wet thoroughly; extinguish
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lout     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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an awkward and stupid person; troublemaker, often violent
inheritance; legacy; the act of giving, leaving by will, or passing on to another
small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin
time of animals sleep through the winter
the skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other animals, prepared for writing on
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ooze     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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trouble; disturb; annoy; harass with petty vexations
establish by evidence; make firm or solid; support
force or drive back; drive back; refuse; disgust
intensify; increase; make greater in size; enlarge
be any thick messy substance; pass gradually; progress slowly but steadily
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partition     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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search thoroughly; search every place or part of
divide into parts, pieces, or sections
urge on or encourage, especially by shouts; make an urgent appeal
make a shop, sharp, cheerful sound, as of small birds or crickets
come near or nearer to something or someone in space, time, quality, or amount
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prelude     Speak
 
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n.  
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belief in or acceptance of something as right; faith
result of improving something; the process of removing impurities
long, thin, usually wooden pole with a blade at one end, used to row or steer a boat
remedy; compensation; an act of correcting error or fault
introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface
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reiterate     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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make a pretense of; reproduce someone's behavior or looks
say, state, or perform again or repeatedly
offer illicit sex with the third party; tempt with or appeal to improper motivations
cut or bruise with repeated blows or strokes, making a ragged or torn wound, or covering with wounds; tear in cutting
stop short and refuse to go on; refuse obstinately or abruptly
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serrated     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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saw-like; having a row of sharp or tooth-like projections
not moving or flowing; lacking vitality or briskness; stale; dull
mixed;  experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings
weak; lacking firmness
occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced intervals; not thick or dense
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stowaway     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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firmness of hold or of purpose; persistence
a formal, lengthy discussion of a subject; verbal exchange; conversation
the open square in a European town, especially an Italian town
mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
a person who hides aboard a ship or other conveyance to obtain free passage
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supercilious     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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characterized by unrest or disorder
unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut; having a rough quality
sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow
arrogant; feeling or showing haughty disdain; overbearing
having a tendency to loosen or relax.
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vapid     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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of the same size, extent, or duration as another
warm and extremely humid; moist; damp; moldy
most frequent; widespread; predominant
burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot
dull and unimaginative; lacking taste or flavor
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