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GRE Vocabulary: Level 4
ancillary     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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after death, as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death
idyllically calm and peaceful; marked by peace and prosperity
aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious
serving as aid or accessory; auxiliary
characteristic of acting or stage performance
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astigmatism     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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a place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
an instrument for mowing grass, composed of a long, curving blade, with a sharp edge
eye defect that prevents proper focus
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
a large number or quantity
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circumscribe     Speak
 
(3)
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make clear or plain, especially by explanation; clarify
mud, clay, or small rocks deposited by river or lake
avoid; refuse to use or participate in; stand aloof from
condescend to give or grant; esteem worthy; consider worth notice
limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
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cussed     Speak
 
(4)
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forceful, effective, and vigorous; sharp or keen
not real or genuine; pretended; counterfeit; insincere; false
silently resentful; disposed to keep aloof from society, or to repel the friendly advances of others
perverse; unwilling to be helpful, or annoying
having or assuming relationship of child or offspring to parent
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dissolute     Speak
 
(5)
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agreeable; gracious; charming, often in a childlike or naive way
suggesting the horror of death and decay; gruesome
prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country
lacking moral restraint; indulging in sensual pleasures or vices
nominal holding of the title without obligations; existing in name only; nominal
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encroach     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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unearth; dig out; make a hole in; hollow out
gather; collect; pick up
intrude; invade; take another's rights gradually; advance beyond proper or former limits
expose as false, exaggerated, worthless; ridicule
become slower; loosen; become less vigorous, intense, or severe
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exculpate     Speak
 
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free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate
move or walk heavily or laboriously;  travel slowly but steadily
pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
look in the face of; apprehend; consider or regard in a certain way
give, transfer, or deliver formally, as if by signing over into the possession of another
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flout     Speak
 
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inspire or influence thoroughly;  stain or dye deeply or completely
reject; mock; express contempt for rules by word or action; behave with contempt
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; vex
decorate with needlework; add details to
scold with biting harshness; strip the skin off; abrade
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hoary     Speak
 
(9)
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constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
accustomed; made tough by habitual exposure
fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative
gray or white with or as if with age; covered with grayish hair
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indent     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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settle oneself securely or comfortably; place or conceal in a secure place
deprive of oxygen to the extent of producing death or severe symptoms; suffocate
move uneasily one way and the other; behave or move nervously or restlessly
nick; set in from margin;  impress or stamp
stockpile; accumulate for future use
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laconic     Speak
 
(11)
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not alloyed; not reduced by foreign admixture; unmixed; unqualified; pure
drunken; relating to reveling and drunkenness
mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated degree
brief; effectively cut short; marked by the use of few words
bringing disgrace; shameful or infamous
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lionize     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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make peace with; appease and render favorable
pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
recover gradually from an illness
make amends or pay the penalty for; relieve or cleanse of guilt
look on or treat a person as a celebrity; visit famous places in order to revere them
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opaque     Speak
 
(13)
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critical; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
impervious to moral persuasion; of hard heart
lustful; suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster
naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated
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(14)
n.  
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act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of the trust reposed; faithlessness; treachery
a long narrow opening; long narrow depression in a surface
discord; disagreeable sounds; a harsh, disagreeable combination of sounds
state of being satiated or glutted; the fullness of gratification, either of the appetite or any sensual desire
claw of a bird of prey; part of the lock that key presses to shoot bolt
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porous     Speak
 
(15)
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full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through
handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and graceful
critical; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
unruly; rebellious; turbulent and uncontrollable
unshakably calm; placid; incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted
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refurbish     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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make uneasy or perplexed;  cause to lose one's composure; disconcert
distribute; spread; scatter like seeds
renovate; make bright by polishing
slow down the rate of advancement of; decrease speed of
lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth
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rigidity     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person; generally ignorant person
act of putting something in working order again; act or process of making amends; compensation
stiffness; the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
a place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
fixed and regular payment, such as salary for services or allowance
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sonorous     Speak
 
(18)
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lying; habitually dishonest; speaking falsely
wordy; using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words
relating to a tailor, tailoring, or tailored clothing
having or producing full, loud, or deep sound; impressive in the style of speech; easy to feel
serving as aid or accessory; auxiliary
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topsoil     Speak
 
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n.  
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the principal character in a work of fiction; the main character in a drama;  leader of a cause; champion
alcoholic beverage taken before a meal as an appetizer
the layer of soil on the surface
the chemical combination brought about by the action of light
prayer for help; calling upon as reference or support
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verdant     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
unutterable; cannot be expressed in speech
green; full of juice in vegetation
slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
talking much and repetition of unimportant or trivial details
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