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GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
alcove     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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something that helps bring about an action or a desired result; an incentive
nook; small, recessed section of a room
building for storing threshed grain; region yielding much grain
one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
shady shelter or recess in a garden or woods; anchor carried at the bow of the ship; a muscle that bends a limb
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baroque     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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complex or bizarre, especially in ornamentation; irregular in shape
elaborately or excessively ornamented
of or about typhus; resembling typhus; of serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation
becoming to brothers; brotherly
dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact; factual
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cheetah     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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long-legged, swift-running wild cat tamed and used for hunting in India
highest point; vertex; summit; climax
bravery; force; power to attack or to resist attack
recklessly bold person; a person who risks life and limb for a living or to be seen
gap; a long narrow opening
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complacency     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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the mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs
pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role
the feeling of contented self-satisfaction, especially when unaware of upcoming trouble
a piece of orange or lemon peel used to give flavor to liquor; something that gives a pleasant taste; appetizer
arrangement by rank or standing; series in which each element is graded or ranked
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delectable     Speak
 
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indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain
occupying lower rank; inferior; submissive
delightful; delicious; extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable
feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent
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drab     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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dull, unimaginative, and commonplace; old-fashioned; stuffy
dull; lacking color; lacking in liveliness, charm, or surprise
full of dirty water; wet and muddy, to be easily splashed about; slushy
open to view; not secret or hidden
morally or legally constraining; required; binding
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entrust     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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turn away from a principle, norm; depart; diverge
avoid deliberately; keep away from
violate with violence, especially to a sacred place
give over something to another for care, protection, or performance; give as a trust to someone;
rob; a strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; ask an unreasonable price
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freckle     Speak
 
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n.  
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small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin
a lawyer using questionable methods; an unethical lawyer or politician
tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills
brink; the very top edge of a container
ghostly apparition; phantom; haunting or disturbing image or prospect
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gnat     Speak
 
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n.  
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mental keenness; quickness of perception
departure of a large number of people
wood or collection of trees, shrubs
blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus Culex
medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
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incompatible     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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having no adverse effect; harmless
essential; not imaginary; actual or real
responsive to advise or suggestion; responsible to a higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
flexible; moving and bending with ease
inharmonious; impossible to coexist; not easy to combine harmoniously
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instigate     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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cause to emit a flash of light
believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
occur at the same time as; correspond
goad or urge forward; provoke; incite
shake with a slight, rapid, tremulous movement
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lithe     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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open to view; not secret or hidden
flexible; moving and bending with ease
tending to overthrow; in opposition to civil authority or government
acting as a substitute; done by deputy; experienced at secondhand
circuitous; going round; indirect; encircling; enveloping; comprehensive
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oppressive     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh
yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
insignificant; lacking in importance or worth; worthless
without skill, ineffective; worthless; lacking purpose
prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
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pied     Speak
 
(14)
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being or existing everywhere; omnipresent
relating to drama and acting; dramatic, theatrical
avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined
having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; multicolored
with one's identity disguised or concealed; in disguise; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title
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prerequisite     Speak
 
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purging or cleansing of any passage of body
outbreak;  sudden, often violent outburst
mechanical appliance using which a vessel is guided or steered when in motion
recklessly bold person; a person who risks life and limb for a living or to be seen
something that is required in advance; necessity; required as a prior condition
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repulse     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
make into a ruff; disturb the surface of; make uneven by agitation; throw into disorder or confusion
force or drive back; drive back; refuse; disgust
cut or clip hair; a strip of something; remove by cutting or clipping
make the false appearance of; disguise; conceal; invent or imagine
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skillet     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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small signboard outside the office; coarse beach gravel of little water; worn stones and pebbles
lack of sophistication, experience, judgment or worldliness; simplicity; artlessness; gullibility
a place where animals are kept
something appended to or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it
long-handled stewing pan or saucepan sometimes having legs; a vessel for stewing meat
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splashy     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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full of dirty water; wet and muddy, to be easily splashed about; slushy
casual; brief or broad; not cautious, nor detailed
tending to call up emotions, memories
being or existing everywhere; omnipresent
flexible; moving and bending with ease
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tenuous     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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long and thin; slender; having little substance
burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot
influential in an original way; providing the basis for further development; creative
free from disturbance; pacific
neatly dressed; very stylish in dress; lively and alert
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verve     Speak
 
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n.  
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a person who loves humankind in general; a very generous person or institution
lack of interest, or the attitude of not caring resulting from it; the indifference
an event that departs from expectations; permission to do something differently from the usual way
enthusiasm or liveliness; energetic style
remedy; compensation; an act of correcting error or fault
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