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GRE Vocabulary: Level 2
alleviate     Speak
 
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v.  
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draw back, as with fear or pain
keep back or from; withhold; restrain from proceeding; stay or stop; delay
provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
pattern; design; set into a specific pattern
move one way and the other with quick turns; shake to and fro; move in vibrating; cause to vibrate
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banister     Speak
 
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rough, disorderly person; boisterous person
a noisy quarrel; contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy
refinement and delicacy of performance; skillful, subtle handling
handrail, especially on a staircase
combat between two persons; fought with deadly weapons by agreement;
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bonnet     Speak
 
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corruption of fidelity; seduction from virtue, duty, or allegiance; the excessive indulgence of the appetites
person who eats too much food and drink
act of requiring, as of right; demand or application made as by authority.
headdress for men and boys; a covering for the head, worn by women, protecting the back and sides of the head
gorge; deep narrow steep-sided valley
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conglomerate     Speak
 
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male hawk; a kind of bur used in dressing cloth; flower or head of some plants, as when pendent; a narrow silk ribbon
the corporation made up of different companies; composing of different elements gathered into a mass
extremely attractive; entrancing; transporting
act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving by force or by physical or moral constraint
a person who retires from society and lives in solitude; anchoret, especially, one who so lives from religious motives
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disposed     Speak
 
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failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty.
prepared; inclined; be ready; being a particular condition of the body or health
clever; having the inventive or cunning mind
causing great astonishment, amazement, or dismay; overwhelming; strikingly
exaggerated; pompous; enlarged with air or gas
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entrepreneur     Speak
 
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the enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another
decree; authoritative command or order
quality or condition of being grand; magnificence
a long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting by thrusting or throwing
a person who organizes and operates a business; contractor
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flex     Speak
 
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pay back for some expense incurred
bend; move by muscular control; exhibit or show off the strength of
spring or bound, as a horse in high mettle; ride ostentatiously; walk or strut about in a pompous, showy manner
pierce; go through; permeate
disparage or depreciate; put down
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gimmick     Speak
 
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in the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free black person, living in the mountains
psychic and emotional energy associated with instinctual biological drives; sexual desire
gadget; device employed to cheat, deceive, or trick; a small object whose name does not come readily to mind
something which amuses and serves to make time pass agreeably; sport; amusement
emotional closeness; harmony; the relationship of mutual trust or emotional affinity
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hypothesis     Speak
 
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the outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; outer skin of a kernel; husk
belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
assumption; an idea or explanation for something that is based on known facts but has not yet been proved
an accepted member of a group; one who has special knowledge or access to confidential information
mean or miserly person; selfish person
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incorporate     Speak
 
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testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
swallow; utter or make a noise, as when eating too quickly
make changes in structure or style; reconstruct; change the form of
combine something into a larger whole; unite
be slow in leaving; continue or persist; stay
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intolerant     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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not enduring; not able to endure; unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion
sullen look; a frown; quality or state of being moody, melancholy, and gloomy
quickly; immediately; in haste; suddenly
of an entire group or class; general
having no particular interest or concern; being neither good nor bad
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maudlin     Speak
 
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tearfully sentimental; over-emotional; sickly-sentimental
feeling about to vomit; causing uneasiness
relating to a province; limited in outlook; unsophisticated
made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded
of or about the lungs; having lungs or lung-like organs
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orchid     Speak
 
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position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released; utter defeat; complete victory
newly hatched, wingless, often wormlike form of many insects before metamorphosis
plants usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
leather with a soft napped surface; Swedish glove leather; undressed kid
progeny resulting from a cross between two breeds; anything of mixed breed
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paradox     Speak
 
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a short entertainment on the stage between the acts of a play, or between the play and the afterpiece
something apparently contradictory in nature; a statement that looks false but is actually correct
song of praise or adoration, especially a religious ode, a sacred lyric
art or study of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere language
copy or reproduction of a work of art
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rationale     Speak
 
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security pledged for repayment of loan
act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
nonmetallic element of the halogen group, always occurring in combination
model of excellence or perfection; a peerless example
fundamental reasons; basis; exposition of principles or reasons
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relevance     Speak
 
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relation of something to the matter at hand; applicability to social issues
a substance that prevents infection; a substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
a small bottle-shaped vessel for holding fluids; a narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass
fruit of the oak and beech; a pole, or long, strong, round piece of timber, set upright in a boat to sustain sail
a dark-colored person generally; broad area of open land, often high but poorly drained
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sag     Speak
 
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sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane
put into effect; supply with tools
hash over again; prepare or use again; bring forth again in another form without significant alteration
obtain from another by coercion; get money by threats
use power or the ability to make something happen; apply; exercise
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stamina     Speak
 
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physical or moral strength to resist or withstand illness; enduring strength and energy
cause or condition of pain, suffering, or distress
popular taste; the general direction in which something tends to move
nonmetallic element of the halogen group, always occurring in combination
unreal reflection; an optical illusion
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temporal     Speak
 
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not lasting forever; limited by time; secular or civil; of the material world; worldly
easily upset; given to bouts of ill-temper; full of superfluous details
queer; amusingly odd; comical
able to be touched; real or concrete; palpable
mild and pleasant; fragrant
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toxin     Speak
 
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n.  
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a toxic or poisonous substance produced by the biological processes of biological organisms
violent or riotous behavior; state of excitement, passion, or debauchery
something justly deserved; recompense; compensation; punishment for offenses
a bound volume of maps, charts, or tables
list, especially of names
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