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Vocabulary Study Online By Level (VSOBL) is a fast, reliable, and handy tool to prepare English exam vocabulary. It has lots of built-in word lists to load by level.
 Test Questions
GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
agitation     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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a place where things may be put for safekeeping, as storehouse, warehouse, museum, or tomb
anxiety; extreme emotional disturbance
hand tool for boring holes; hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice
nutritive material; a greasy substance found in unprocessed sheep's wool; yellow part of an egg
something that discourages; tending to deter
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banal     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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existing or lasting only a short time; short-lived or temporary
containing a high amount of water or water vapor
obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
earthly, as opposed to celestial; pertaining to the land
yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
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capricious     Speak
 
(3)
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fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly
elaborately or excessively ornamented
shining intensely and blindingly; staring with anger or fierceness
periodic; on and off; stopping and starting at intervals
eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
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condolence     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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singer, as opposed to an instrumental performer; vocal musician
young of the equine genus or horse kind of animals; a young, foolish fellow
something similar to such a cylinder in shape; the amount of wire, thread, or string wound on such a cylinder
expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
sponsorship; support; state of being a sponsor
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degrade     Speak
 
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v.  
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reduce level; lower grade of something
slip or glide away; pass away silently
hold firmly; hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly; set closely together; close tightly
charm by sorcery; get control of by magical words and rites
cancel out; make ineffective or invalid; deny
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dividend     Speak
 
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n.  
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the feeling of great happiness and well-being, sometimes exaggerated
prescribed diet and habits; a systematic plan for therapy; governmental rule or control
holding with the feet; firm standing; something on which one may tread or rest securely
the sum of money to be divided and distributed; share of a sum divided that falls to individuals; a distribute sum
long rope with a running noose at one end used especially to catch horses and cattle
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entangle     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force
make laws; create or pass laws
wound seriously; cause permanent loss of function of limb or part of the body
burn superficially;  parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; affect painfully with heat; burn
twist or interweave as not to be easily separated; make tangled, confused, and intricate; perplex; bewilder; puzzle
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flamboyant     Speak
 
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detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party
not able to be corrected or repaired
elaborately or excessively ornamented
most frequent; widespread; predominant
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hasten     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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accelerate; make something happen sooner or more quickly
show contempt by turning up the nose or by a particular facial expression; speak derisively; show mirth awkwardly
settle accounts to pay them off; clear up
make the false appearance of; disguise; conceal; invent or imagine
emphasize; stress; pronounce with stress or accent; mark with an accent
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hummingbird     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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study of insects; branch of zoology which treats of insects
bullfighter who performs the final passes and kills the bull
tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills
radiation; discharge; an act of emitting
act of strangling, or the state of being strangled; excessive or abnormal constriction of any kind
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knoll     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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a loud flourish of brass instruments, especially trumpets; spectacular public display
small rounded hill or mound; top or crown of a hill
blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus Culex
edges or lower borders of the roof of a building, which cast off the water that falls on the roof
plants of an area or a region; plant life
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lofty     Speak
 
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not intended; not knowing; unaware; ignorant
high, tall, having great height; idealistic, implying over-optimism
hard to understand; known only in a particular group
existing, happening, or done at the same time
gay in manner, appearance, or action; easy and carefree
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otherworldly     Speak
 
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improperly forward or bold; rude
disagreeing, especially with a majority; rebellious
not belonging to the real world; unnatural; odd and unfamiliar
opposition to progress or liberalism; extremely conservative
cunning; full of tricks; skill in deception
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palatable     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot
exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
acceptable; sufficiently agreeable in flavor to be eaten
excessively abundant or numerous; in widespread existence, practice, or use
wholly absorbing one's attention
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prerequisite     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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inexpensive waterproof covering used for floors; a stiff, smooth material that is used for covering floors
something that is required in advance; necessity; required as a prior condition
trivial or worthless matter; thin, dry bracts or scales, especially
all the animals and plants, which live at or near-surface of waters; a collection of small or microscopic organisms
skillful performance or ability in using hands; dexterity
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regimen     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings
a person who hides aboard a ship or other conveyance to obtain free passage
hammer; a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head; a light drumstick with a rounded head
maze; the complex structure of interconnecting passages
prescribed diet and habits; a systematic plan for therapy; governmental rule or control
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scrunch     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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attract with something desirable; be highly, often subtly attractive
object because of doubts; hesitate
crush or crunch; crumple or squeeze; hunch
force or drive back; drive back; refuse; disgust
support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
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steeple     Speak
 
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n.  
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spire, also, the tower and spire taken together; the whole of a structure if the roof is of spire form
cause of grief or distress; discomfort or pain
roof-like cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind
a short, simple story teaching moral or religious lesson
partly burned or vitrified coal, or other combustible, in which fire is extinct; hot coal without flame
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succulent     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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excessively or elaborately decorated; flashy, showy, or florid in style or manner
full of juicy; full of richness; highly interesting or enjoyable; delectable
turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis
acting as a substitute; done by deputy; experienced at secondhand
harsh and unpleasant; making a harsh sound
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vicarious     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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not moving or flowing; lacking vitality or briskness; stale; dull
acting as a substitute; done by deputy; experienced at secondhand
relating to, or contributing to a sense of smell
obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
looking within oneself; thoughtful about oneself; studying or exhibiting one's own internal state
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