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GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
allure     Speak
 
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v.  
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attract with something desirable; be highly, often subtly attractive
renew; repair; return to life
arouse again; make someone have a feeling that they had in the past
digest; convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition
avoid deliberately; keep away from
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aquatic     Speak
 
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mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
neatly dressed; very stylish in dress; lively and alert
below the average size; very small; little
unclear or doubtful in meaning
consisting of, relating to, or being in the water
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bracing     Speak
 
(3)
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present at birth; inborn; innate
not interested; indifferent; free of self-interest; impartial
very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren
invigorating; refreshing; strengthening; imparting vitality and energy
lacking protection or a guard; vulnerable
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commensurate     Speak
 
(4)
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rude; sullenly ill-humored; gloomy; threatening, as of weather conditions
standing out above other things; high in rank, office, or worth
of the same size, extent, or duration as another
morally or legally constraining; required; binding
furnished or equipped; sufficient to satisfy
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decompose     Speak
 
(5)
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rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; plunder; take as spoils
melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
decay, or to cause something to decay
injure or hurt; become worse; affect negatively
write or draw carelessly and in a hurry; doodle; meaningless marks and lines
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discourse     Speak
 
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a person without a permanent home who moves from place to place; a wanderer; tramp
collection of live wild animals on exhibition; enclosure in which wild animals are kept
something spoken as introductory to a discourse, or written as introductory to a book or essay
a person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant to impress others
a formal, lengthy discussion of a subject; verbal exchange; conversation
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exhume     Speak
 
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add as something seems insufficient; complement; extension; addition
persuade not to do; discourage
dig out of ground; remove from grave
pile up; collect;  mount up; increase
sway; walk as if unable to control one's movements
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folklore     Speak
 
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inscription on a tombstone in memory
anxiety; extreme emotional disturbance
a highly skilled artist, as a musician; one who is dazzlingly skilled in his field
traditional beliefs, myths, tales, and practices of a people, transmitted orally
agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
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garnish     Speak
 
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contradict; give a false impression
decorate with ornamental appendages
belittle;  speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; reduce in esteem or rank
pierce; kill by piercing with a spear or sharp
fill or make complete again; add a new stock or supply to
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illustration     Speak
 
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arrangement of parts or elements; outline
ceremonial procession or display; succession or series
recklessly bold person; a person who risks life and limb for a living or to be seen
picture; drawing; showing by example
independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
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legislate     Speak
 
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put down by force or intimidation; restrain; crush; oppress; conceal or hide
give off; send out; give out as a sound
make laws; create or pass laws
force or drive back; drive back; refuse; disgust
border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
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lofty     Speak
 
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high, tall, having great height; idealistic, implying over-optimism
plowed but left unseeded during a growing season; uncultivated
hard to understand; known only in a particular group
inclined to interfere in other people's business; intrusive with the offensive manner
fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; worthless; mean; shabby
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nebula     Speak
 
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a particular period of history, especially one considered remarkable
the addictive drug, such as opium that reduces pain, alters mood and behavior; inducing sleep
goat's horn overflowing with fruit and grain; a symbol of abundance
unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
faint, cloudlike, self-luminous mass of matter situated beyond the solar system among the stars
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parody     Speak
 
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work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of
tax on goods coming into a country
a lawyer using questionable methods; an unethical lawyer or politician
sudden sharp turn or twist; strange attitude or habit; the peculiarity of behavior
result of improving something; the process of removing impurities
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procession     Speak
 
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slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff; overwhelming electoral victory
form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
act of proceeding, moving on, advancing, or issuing; regular, orderly, or ceremonious progress; continuous course
a short, simple story teaching moral or religious lesson
a human being that eats human flesh; anything that devours its own kind
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renown     Speak
 
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form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin
a hard or severe blow; ability to strike a powerful blow; capacity to create a forceful effect
small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
fame; quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
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scrunch     Speak
 
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get away from by artifice; escape by dexterity; avoid giving a direct answer to
enrage; make furious or mad with anger
cause to emit a flash of light
crush or crunch; crumple or squeeze; hunch
border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
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slough     Speak
 
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sway; walk as if unable to control one's movements
burn superficially;  parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; affect painfully with heat; burn
cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; discard as refuse
charge; accuse formally of a crime
cut into very small pieces; chop fine; suppress or weaken the force of
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synonymous     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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lacking in insight or discernment; stupid
rude; sullenly ill-humored; gloomy; threatening, as of weather conditions
deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
stormy; showing no mercy; physically severe
having the same or a similar meaning; identical; equivalent
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transitory     Speak
 
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passionate; hot or scorching; hurried or rapid
existing or lasting only a short time; short-lived or temporary
fearless; indicating or springing from courage
acquainted through study or experience; knowledgeable or skilled
circuitous; going round; indirect; encircling; enveloping; comprehensive
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