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GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
accentuate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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build; put together out of components or parts
occur at the same time as; correspond
cry with a low, whining, broken voice; whine; complain
emphasize; stress; pronounce with stress or accent; mark with an accent
warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
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awry     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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sweet sounding; pleasing to ear; melodious
able to float; cheerful and optimistic
having disagreeable odor or taste of decomposing oils or fats
capable of moving, bending, or contorting easily
in a position that is turned toward one side; away from the correct course
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calamity     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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condition or quality of being an idiot; extreme folly or stupidity
sickness;a slight but often persistent illness
an animal that eats other decaying organic matter; someone who collects things that others have discarded
symbol; sign; distinctive badge, design, or device
the event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; disaster; misery
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circumvent     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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duplicate, copy, reproduce, or repeat; fold over or bend back
pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; beset with cruelty or malignity; harass; annoy
kindle; cause to start burning; set fire to
trouble; disturb; annoy; harass with petty vexations
surround an enemy; enclose or entrap; beat by cleverness and wit
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demean     Speak
 
(5)
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increase rapidly; rise quickly; soar
submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in
degrade; debase, as in dignity or social standing
burn superficially;  parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; affect painfully with heat; burn
lay out, apply, or employ in any way; consume by use; use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations
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elicit     Speak
 
(6)
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draw out; bring forth or to light;  generate or provoke as response or answer
believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse
mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily
feed to the full; feed luxuriously; glut; indulge with rich food
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exemption     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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a short, simple story teaching moral or religious lesson
small, light sailboat; small boat propelled by oars
permission not to do something
a member of the most developed mammals, including humans, monkeys, and apes; senior clergyman
all the animals and plants, which live at or near-surface of waters; a collection of small or microscopic organisms
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fern     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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competing as for any profit or prize
any of numerous flowerless, seedless vascular plants having roots, stems, and fronds and reproducing by spores
a line of ancestors; descent; lineage; register or record of a line of ancestors
maze; the complex structure of interconnecting passages
knitted garment, such as a sweater or jacket that opens down the full length of the front
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grumble     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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hunt for; search; the act of searching for food
block legislation by making long speeches
utter or emit low, dull rumbling sounds
surround an enemy; enclose or entrap; beat by cleverness and wit
feed to the full; feed luxuriously; glut; indulge with rich food
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hue     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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inscription on a tombstone in memory
heavy substance used to add stability or weight
a woman who has remained single beyond the conventional age for marrying; one whose occupation is to spin
color; appearance; particular gradation of color
a tiny piece of anything;  very small particle
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jaunty     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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weighting authority; peremptory and dictatorial
below the average size; very small; little
artificially formal; obviously planned or calculated; not natural
gay in manner, appearance, or action; easy and carefree
arrogant; feeling or showing haughty disdain; overbearing
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magnify     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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unite closely or intimately; join together by heating
intensify; increase; make greater in size; enlarge
take goods of by force, or without right; spoil; sack; strip; rob
pierce; kill by piercing with a spear or sharp
warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
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overwhelm     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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occur at the same time as; correspond
negate; act against
cover completely or make imperceptible; overcome by superior force; charge someone with too many tasks
make wider or larger; cause to expand; enlarge; widen
reprove severely, especially in a formal or official way; rebuke formally; censure severely or angrily
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pivot     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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a fixed point supporting something that turns or balances; focus or center
the open square in a European town, especially an Italian town
roofed stand for spectators at the stadium; spectators or audience at an event; seating area at a stadium
lizard that changes color in different situations
whirlpool; powerful circular current of water
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portent     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface
tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills
legend; wisdom; knowledge acquired through education or experience
omen; forewarning; something that portends an event about to occur, especially unfortunate or evil event
coarse food for cattle or horses
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ravenous     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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particularly; specifically; in an explicit manner
extremely hungry; voracious; eager for prey
hard to understand; known only in a particular group
lacking cohesion, connection, or harmony; unable to think in a clear manner
done routinely and with little interest or care; acting with indifference; showing little interest or care
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shingle     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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a person without a permanent home who moves from place to place; a wanderer; tramp
a member of the most developed mammals, including humans, monkeys, and apes; senior clergyman
the feeling of contented self-satisfaction, especially when unaware of upcoming trouble
small signboard outside the office; coarse beach gravel of little water; worn stones and pebbles
manual computing device consisting of a frame holding parallel rods strung with movable counters
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stupendous     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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astonishing; wonderful; amazing, especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation
occupying lower rank; inferior; submissive
unmarried; abstaining from sexual intercourse
used for feeling; relating to a sense of touch; perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible
not intended; not knowing; unaware; ignorant
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supple     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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very showy or ornament, especially when excessive or in a tasteless or vulgar manner
gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
flexible; moving and bending with ease
complex or bizarre, especially in ornamentation; irregular in shape
capable of igniting and burning; easily aroused or excited
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verve     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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a person dissatisfied with current conditions; a discontented person
enthusiasm or liveliness; energetic style
a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders
an incorporated town that is not a city; a town, or a division of a large town
remedy; compensation; an act of correcting error or fault
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