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GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
advent     Speak
 
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n.  
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coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune; buoyancy
craze; madness; an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
boom; rich mine, vein, or pocket of ore; sudden opportunity to make money
assemble without order or sense; a confused multitude of things; chaos or mess
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bequeath     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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provide for or supply inadequately; deal with hastily, carelessly, or with poor material
leave to someone by a will; hand down
refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
fall away or back; decline or recede; fall back from the flood stage
make something last; preserve from extinction
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cheetah     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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irreligious person; pagan; one who does not acknowledge the God of the Bible
willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect
opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion
long-legged, swift-running wild cat tamed and used for hunting in India
secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
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complacency     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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tender affection; love; act of showing affection
process of the sweat glands of skin secreting a salty fluid
the feeling of contented self-satisfaction, especially when unaware of upcoming trouble
ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
state of extreme confusion and disorder; very noisy place
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dilapidated     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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in disrepair, run-down; of very poor quality or condition
full of juicy; full of richness; highly interesting or enjoyable; delectable
arrogant; feeling or showing haughty disdain; overbearing
standing out above other things; high in rank, office, or worth
short-lived; enduring a very short time
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drab     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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self-indulgent; moral decay
bottomless; very profound; limitless; very bad
abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to the practice of fraud
dull; lacking color; lacking in liveliness, charm, or surprise
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erosion     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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public declaration of principles; statement of policy
concave cut into a surface or edge; small hollow or depression
direct financial aid by the government
corrosion; a gradual decline of something
hastily put together defensive barrier; obstacle
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foolhardy     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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unwilling or with reluctance; stingy
decomposed and foul-smelling; rotten; decayed
turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis
rash; marked by unthinking boldness
causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; troublesome; irritating
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garnish     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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pile up; collect;  mount up; increase
mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
drop in; pour in drop by drop; impart gradually; infuse slowly; cause to be imbibed
any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae; one who wakes early
decorate with ornamental appendages
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incoherent     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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greedy; eager for; marked by keen interest and enthusiasm
open to view; not secret or hidden
feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent
lacking cohesion, connection, or harmony; unable to think in a clear manner
flexible; moving and bending with ease
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innocuous     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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improperly forward or bold; rude
being or seeming to be without an end; endless; tedious; continual
good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly
mixed;  experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings
having no adverse effect; harmless
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mania     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup; a cone-shaped piece of wood
the science which treats the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, places of growth, and classification
craze; madness; an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
board on which the painter mixes pigments
tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings
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obstinate     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
capable of moving, bending, or contorting easily
exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
stubbornly adhering to an attitude or opinion; hard to control or treat
massive; bulky; great in size
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partition     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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be responsible for; commit; do execute or perform, generally in a bad sense
make into a ruff; disturb the surface of; make uneven by agitation; throw into disorder or confusion
divide into parts, pieces, or sections
take away a vital or essential part of
submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in
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proclivity     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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artificial obstruction; a heavy curtain of artillery fire; rapid, concentrated discharge of missiles
the practice of eating the flesh of your kind
foam, or troth, or the sediment, of beer or other in fermentation
inclination; natural tendency; readiness; facility of learning
everyday speech of people, as distinguished from literary language; standard native language of a locality
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roundabout     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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unable to have children
derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
with one's identity disguised or concealed; in disguise; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title
unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut; having a rough quality
circuitous; going round; indirect; encircling; enveloping; comprehensive
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scripture     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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sacred writing or book; authoritative statement; document; inscription
excessive pride or self-confidence
legend; wisdom; knowledge acquired through education or experience
severe dizziness; reeling sensation; feeling about to fall
the open square in a European town, especially an Italian town
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sparing     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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extremely disturbed from emotion
becoming to brothers; brotherly
turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis
good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly
marked by prudence and restraint in the use of material resources; limited in quantity; saving; frugal; merciful
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tacit     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated
quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
timely; just in time; suited or right for a particular purpose
able to pay all debts; capable of meeting financial obligations
indicated or understood without expressed directly; not speaking; silent
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venison     Speak
 
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n.  
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feather, especially soft, downy, long, or handsome feather; a token of honor or achievement
ghostly apparition; phantom; haunting or disturbing image or prospect
beasts of the chase; flesh of any of the edible beasts of the chase
surviving remnant; something left after loss or decay; object kept for its association with the past
process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline; falling off or away; decay
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