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 Test Questions
GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
amenable     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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unrestrained by convention or morality; wasteful of health or possessions in pursuit of pleasure
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
responsive to advise or suggestion; responsible to a higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
related to the topic being discussed or considered; appropriate or fitting; relevant
obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
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berate     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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renew; repair; return to life
arouse again; make someone have a feeling that they had in the past
rebuke or scold angrily and at length
unite closely or intimately; join together by heating
make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
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chirp     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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make a pretense of; reproduce someone's behavior or looks
destroy completely; do away with completely so as to leave no trace
expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism; blame
make a shop, sharp, cheerful sound, as of small birds or crickets
free of; rid; remove all of one's clothing
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converge     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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turn aside, especially from the main subject in writing or speaking
trouble; disturb; render uneasy; interfere with; vex
destroy completely; do away with completely so as to leave no trace
separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the course; examine critically or minutely; scrutinize
approach; tend to meet; come together
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deft     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
left and abandoned; negligent in performing a duty
quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement
acceptable; sufficiently agreeable in flavor to be eaten
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dregs     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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the addictive drug, such as opium that reduces pain, alters mood and behavior; inducing sleep
turning or twisting force
lack of gratitude; forgetfulness of kindness or favors received
nook; small, recessed section of a room
sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; waste or worthless matter
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epitome     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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a small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; spray; a youth; a lad; a brad, or nail without a head
representative or perfect example of a class or type; brief summary, as of a book or article
shallow place in a body of water; sandy elevation of the bottom of a body of water, sandbank, or sandbar
resistance to authority; insubordination or rebellion
a hard or severe blow; ability to strike a powerful blow; capacity to create a forceful effect
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fraternal     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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inclined to eat; hungry; irritable
characterized by unrest or disorder
becoming to brothers; brotherly
not belonging to the real world; unnatural; odd and unfamiliar
contrary to your interests or welfare; inconvenient; troublesome
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gouge     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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speak evil of; bad-mouth; defame
improve and prepare, as by plowing or fertilizing, for raising crops; promote the growth of
force with the thumb; make a groove in
decide upon and express in words;  develop all the details of something
deny; go back on; fail to fulfill promise or obligation
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hulking     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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massive; bulky; great in size
narrow in outlook; related to a local church community
not to be taken away; nontransferable
feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent
advanced in development; appearing or developing early
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laxative     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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arduous; intense; performed with much energy or force;
having a tendency to loosen or relax.
weak; lacking firmness
coiled around; highly involved; intricate
complex or bizarre, especially in ornamentation; irregular in shape
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modicum     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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limited quantity; small or moderate amount; any small thing
edge, especially of a round surface; the surface of a solid; circumference
deceptively attractive external appearance; paint to coat a surface with a hard, glossy, transparent film
specialist; a person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
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niche     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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defiant or swaggering behavior; the pretense of courage; false show of bravery
small concavity; a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it
crack or crevice; a split or indentation between two parts, as of the chin
a substance that kills germs or viruses; agent for removing the causes of infection, as chlorine
medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
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plait     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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braid, especially of hair; flat fold; doubling, as of cloth
beautiful writing; excellent penmanship
a human being that eats human flesh; anything that devours its own kind
aggressive entrance into foreign territory; raid or invasion
lack of interest, or the attitude of not caring resulting from it; the indifference
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pretext     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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excuse; something serving to conceal plans; the fictitious reason
symbol; sign; distinctive badge, design, or device
sickness;a slight but often persistent illness
process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline; falling off or away; decay
gap or crack; short, sharp sound; money; cash
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requiem     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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a representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
mass for dead; song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as memorial
excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause
permission not to do something
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scant     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; not enough
able to float; cheerful and optimistic
huge; of a tremendous size, volume, degree
tending to overthrow; in opposition to civil authority or government
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steeple     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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line around an area to enclose or guard it
deep opening in the earth surface
tough and aggressive or violent youth
freedom from punishment or harm; exemption from injury, suffering, or discomfort
spire, also, the tower and spire taken together; the whole of a structure if the roof is of spire form
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tattered     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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composed of elements from a variety of sources
incapable of failure or error
fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly
torn into shreds; ragged; having ragged clothes; disordered or disrupted
decomposed and foul-smelling; rotten; decayed
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typhoid     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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friendly; cordial; having a pleasant or friendly disposition or manner
below the threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response
of or about typhus; resembling typhus; of serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation
attempting to win favor by flattering; flattering
situated down or below; lying beneath, or in the lower part; having a lower position; lower; under;
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