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GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
admonish     Speak
 
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v.  
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be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline
warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
make muddy; mix confusedly; think, act, or proceed in a confused or aimless manner
pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; beset with cruelty or malignity; harass; annoy
copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression
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authoritative     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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lacking cohesion, connection, or harmony; unable to think in a clear manner
fearless; indicating or springing from courage
weighting authority; peremptory and dictatorial
near the back or upper surface
having casual sexual relations frequently with different partners; casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
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borough     Speak
 
(3)
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the action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement; an instance of abnormal activity
an incorporated town that is not a city; a town, or a division of a large town
prescribed diet and habits; a systematic plan for therapy; governmental rule or control
man who substitutes for a performer in scenes requiring physical daring or involving physical risk
firmness of hold or of purpose; persistence
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congestion     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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provision; an agreement made by parties in a judicial proceeding
the overwhelming, advancing force that crushes or seems to crush everything in its path
form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
inquiry; doubt in mind; mental reservation
act of gathering or heaping together or forming a mass
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deity     Speak
 
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hastily put together defensive barrier; obstacle
god; divinity; supernatural things
gap; a long narrow opening
study of insects; branch of zoology which treats of insects
stipulated condition; an act of supplying or fitting out; something provided
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effeminate     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
having some characteristic of a woman; womanlike; womanly; tender
impenetrable; not readily understood; mysterious
capable of moving, bending, or contorting easily
periodic; on and off; stopping and starting at intervals
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exhort     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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alter; change something such as a plan, opinion, law to improve
make wider or larger; cause to expand; enlarge; widen
divide into parts, pieces, or sections
urge on or encourage, especially by shouts; make an urgent appeal
avoid deliberately; keep away from
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foray     Speak
 
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n.  
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a larval frog or toad
assault; an initial attempt; a sudden short attack
symbol; sign; distinctive badge, design, or device
act of proceeding, moving on, advancing, or issuing; regular, orderly, or ceremonious progress; continuous course
hugeness in a bad sense; the act of extreme evil or wickedness
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grindstone     Speak
 
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n.  
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one derived from another; offspring or descendant; the result of creative effort, as product
wood or collection of trees, shrubs
the drug that temporarily quickens some vital process; acts to arouse action
feather, especially soft, downy, long, or handsome feather; a token of honor or achievement
revolving stone disk used for grinding, polishing, or sharpening tools; millstone
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inception     Speak
 
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n.  
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small, light sailboat; small boat propelled by oars
a person who hides aboard a ship or other conveyance to obtain free passage
beginning of something; taking in, as by swallowing; the process of receiving within
humorous short verse; nonsense song or verse
a secret agreement for any illegal purpose; conspiracy
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inquisitive     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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unprincipled; lacking honesty
of or pertaining to the parts under the skin; injected beneath the skin
wanting to discover as much as you can about things, sometimes in a way that annoys people
so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may be easily disregarded
decomposed and foul-smelling; rotten; decayed
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menagerie     Speak
 
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n.  
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a hard or severe blow; ability to strike a powerful blow; capacity to create a forceful effect
shallow place in a body of water; sandy elevation of the bottom of a body of water, sandbank, or sandbar
fitness; correct conduct; quality of being proper; appropriateness
resistance to authority; insubordination or rebellion
collection of live wild animals on exhibition; enclosure in which wild animals are kept
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optimum     Speak
 
(13)
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impenetrable; not readily understood; mysterious
tending to call up emotions, memories
having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; multicolored
below the threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response
most favorable or advantageous
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pithy     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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precisely meaningful; forceful and brief
incapable of failure or error
proportionally balanced; even; having a likeness in the form and size
not able to be corrected or repaired
having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific
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prolific     Speak
 
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open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
impressive from inherent grandeur; large and impressive, in size, scope, or extent
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
marked by prudence and restraint in the use of material resources; limited in quantity; saving; frugal; merciful
producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile
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respite     Speak
 
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n.  
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usually a short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
handle, especially the handle of a sword, dagger, or the like
reparation; getting something back again; restoring something to its original state
supplement or appendix, especially to a will
belief in or acceptance of something as right; faith
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sediment     Speak
 
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n.  
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omen; forewarning; something that portends an event about to occur, especially unfortunate or evil event
a place where things may be put for safekeeping, as storehouse, warehouse, museum, or tomb
deposit; matter deposited by some natural process
violation of rule or regulation; breach; minor offense or petty crime
hastily put together defensive barrier; obstacle
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smithereens     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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gold and silver in the form of bars
secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; waste or worthless matter
time of animals sleep through the winter
fragments; atoms; splintered pieces; bits
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theology     Speak
 
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n.  
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science of God or religion
all the animals and plants, which live at or near-surface of waters; a collection of small or microscopic organisms
open passage through a wood; grassy open or cleared space in a forest; opening in the ice of rivers or lakes
tender affection; love; act of showing affection
building for storing threshed grain; region yielding much grain
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trample     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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move or run rapidly or carelessly, lifting the fore and hind feet alternately, in successive leaps or bounds
pour, as liquid, out of one vessel into another; transfer by pouring
charm by sorcery; get control of by magical words and rites
weaken; make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water
step heavily on something or someone, causing damage or injury
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