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GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
acoustics     Speak
 
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n.  
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battle, assault, or quarrel with violence; wear away by rubbing
supplement or appendix, especially to a will
process of the sweat glands of skin secreting a salty fluid
science of sound; the quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in
recklessly bold person; a person who risks life and limb for a living or to be seen
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baffle     Speak
 
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cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; discard as refuse
scatter; drive away; cause to vanish
make low, confused, and indistinct sound, like that of running water
refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
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bicker     Speak
 
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sway; walk as if unable to control one's movements
engage in a petty, bad-tempered quarrel
dig out of ground; remove from grave
search blindly or uncertainly; reach about uncertainly; feel one's way
rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; plunder; take as spoils
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clapper     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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dampness; moisture; a measurement of how much water there is in the air
outline or a summary of the main points of a text, lecture, or course of study; abstract
minor objection or complaint; petty distinction
a metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes sound by hitting side; someone who applauds
traditional beliefs, myths, tales, and practices of a people, transmitted orally
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derelict     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific
left and abandoned; negligent in performing a duty
arrogant; feeling or showing haughty disdain; overbearing
stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic
causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; troublesome; irritating
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dimple     Speak
 
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n.  
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reply, especially to answer in a quick, caustic, or witty manner
a person who hides aboard a ship or other conveyance to obtain free passage
catching with the teeth; long, pointed tooth
slight natural depression or indentation on the surface of some part of the body; slight indentation on any surface
monosaccharide sugar, occurring widely in most plant and animal tissue
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ephemeral     Speak
 
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agonizing; distressing extremely painful
having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; multicolored
being or existing everywhere; omnipresent
short-lived; enduring a very short time
wanting to discover as much as you can about things, sometimes in a way that annoys people
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fume     Speak
 
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n.  
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corrosion; a gradual decline of something
face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal
a place, such as a branch of a tree, where birds rest or sleep
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas; emit a cloud of fine particles
ambition; something that you hope to achieve
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gleam     Speak
 
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v.  
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cause to emit a flash of light
luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
avoid deliberately; keep away from
renew; repair; return to life
resolve or settle differences by working with all conflicting parties
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horticulture     Speak
 
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sacred song; poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God
lack of seriousness; the lightness of manner or speech, especially when inappropriate
quality of endurance and courage; good temperament and character
specialist; a person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
cultivation of plants
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infringe     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches; move roughly or irregularly
act contrary to, as a law, right, or obligation; annul or hinder
unite closely or intimately; join together by heating
approach; tend to meet; come together
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menagerie     Speak
 
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shady shelter or recess in a garden or woods; anchor carried at the bow of the ship; a muscle that bends a limb
ambition; something that you hope to achieve
covering; umbrella; a cover fixed over a seat or bed
a place, such as a branch of a tree, where birds rest or sleep
collection of live wild animals on exhibition; enclosure in which wild animals are kept
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notoriety     Speak
 
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provision; an agreement made by parties in a judicial proceeding
known for some unfavorable act or quality; bad or ill fame
limited quantity; small or moderate amount; any small thing
foam, or troth, or the sediment, of beer or other in fermentation
inclination; natural tendency; readiness; facility of learning
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pacifier     Speak
 
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n.  
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flag or banner, especially the national flag, carried by ship or a body of soldiers
sharp, shrill outcry or scream; shrill wild crying such as is caused by sudden or extreme terror or pain
rubber or plastic nipple or teething ring for a baby to suck or chew on
a lawyer using questionable methods; an unethical lawyer or politician
reply, especially to answer in a quick, caustic, or witty manner
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pomp     Speak
 
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n.  
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departure of a large number of people
a secret agreement for any illegal purpose; conspiracy
building for storing threshed grain; region yielding much grain
dignified or magnificent display; splendor
everyday speech of people, as distinguished from literary language; standard native language of a locality
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receptacle     Speak
 
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filthy and wretched condition or quality; dirty or neglected state
flag or banner, especially the national flag, carried by ship or a body of soldiers
condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally; infirmity; weakness of resolution
a container used for storing or putting objects in; reservoir
form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
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simulate     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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make a pretense of; reproduce someone's behavior or looks
cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; discard as refuse
grieve; express sorrow; regret deeply
make a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; plot together
improve and prepare, as by plowing or fertilizing, for raising crops; promote the growth of
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stupendous     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred; violating sacred things; profane
various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated
astonishing; wonderful; amazing, especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation
friendly; cordial; having a pleasant or friendly disposition or manner
decomposed and foul-smelling; rotten; decayed
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syllabus     Speak
 
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n.  
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small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
outline or a summary of the main points of a text, lecture, or course of study; abstract
quality of being radiant, shining, bright, or splendid
germ; minute life form; microorganism, especially a bacterium that causes disease
beasts of the chase; flesh of any of the edible beasts of the chase
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voyeur     Speak
 
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n.  
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assault; an initial attempt; a sudden short attack
loud noise of many confused voices; tumult; uproar.
a viewer who enjoys seeing sex acts or sex organs of others
tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills
any of numerous flowerless, seedless vascular plants having roots, stems, and fronds and reproducing by spores
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