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GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
apologetic     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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giving pleasure or satisfaction of the senses; having strong sexual appeal
prohibitive; harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
harmful to living things; injurious to health
offering or expressing an apology or excuse; serving as or containing a formal justification or defense
unsuitable; disqualified by law, rule, or provision; unworthy of being chosen
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bawdy     Speak
 
(2)
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turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis
indecent; obscene; humorously coarse
having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific
light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift
stormy; showing no mercy; physically severe
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catharsis     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
a vocabulary of technical terms used in a particular field, subject, science, or art
edges or lower borders of the roof of a building, which cast off the water that falls on the roof
filthy and wretched condition or quality; dirty or neglected state
purging or cleansing of any passage of body
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complacency     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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sacred song; poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God
angry dispute; noisy quarrel; altercation
act of making a conscious choice; power or faculty of choosing
a person without a permanent home who moves from place to place; a wanderer; tramp
the feeling of contented self-satisfaction, especially when unaware of upcoming trouble
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desolate     Speak
 
(5)
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indicated or understood without expressed directly; not speaking; silent
unpopulated; providing no shelter or sustenance; devoid of inhabitants
wanting to discover as much as you can about things, sometimes in a way that annoys people
equivalent in effect or value
weeping or inclined to weep; tearful; showing sorrow
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elastic     Speak
 
(6)
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utterly stupid or silly; inanely foolish
springing back; having the power of rebounding; able to return quickly to a former state or condition
so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may be easily disregarded
plowed but left unseeded during a growing season; uncultivated
arduous; intense; performed with much energy or force;
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eviscerate     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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close tightly; grasp or grip tightly; fasten with a clinch
slip or glide away; pass away silently
imprison; put into jail; shut up or enclose
arouse to action; motivate; induce to exist
take away a vital or essential part of
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fresco     Speak
 
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n.  
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cool, refreshing state of the air; the art of painting on freshly spread plaster before it dries
stupid person; person who is not very bright
spire, also, the tower and spire taken together; the whole of a structure if the roof is of spire form
rejection; an act of excluding or shutting out
dependence; certainty based on experience
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garish     Speak
 
(9)
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over-bright in color; tastelessly showy
subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement
not interested; indifferent; free of self-interest; impartial
having an even, smooth surface; smooth; not rough or harsh
difficult to use or handle because of size or weight, or shape; lacking grace in movement or posture
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horticulture     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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one whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; seaman or sailor
cultivation of plants
prescribed diet and habits; a systematic plan for therapy; governmental rule or control
bringing or coming to an end; cease
line around an area to enclose or guard it
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jettison     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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roughly handle someone or something; cause serious physical wounds
restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
injure or hurt; become worse; affect negatively
throw overboard; eject from boat, submarine, aircraft, or spaceship
plead; make the earnest request of; ask for earnestly
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mortar     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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picture; drawing; showing by example
sickness;a slight but often persistent illness
a vessel in which substances are crushed or ground with a pestle; machine in which materials are ground and blended
something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
boom; rich mine, vein, or pocket of ore; sudden opportunity to make money
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nuance     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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a subtle or slight degree of difference; a small difference in meaning
great flood; heavy downpour; any overflowing of water
thin layer; coating consisting of thin layer; ornamental coating to a building
suggestion without proof that someone has done something wrong
nutritive material; a greasy substance found in unprocessed sheep's wool; yellow part of an egg
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palatable     Speak
 
(14)
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profoundly cruel or evil; fiendish; extremely malicious or wicked; infernal
capable of moving, bending, or contorting easily
not able to be corrected or repaired
one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party
acceptable; sufficiently agreeable in flavor to be eaten
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portent     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of
unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
vain man; one who wants to get admiration by dress; man excessively concerned with his clothes and appearance
omen; forewarning; something that portends an event about to occur, especially unfortunate or evil event
sacred writing or book; authoritative statement; document; inscription
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reminisce     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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seize and hold  power or rights of another by force or without legal authority
raise; lift; elevate; raise to one's mouth to drink
recollect and tell of past experiences or events; talk or write about memories of the past, delightful ones
extinguish; put down forcibly; suppress;  pacify or quiet
free, as from difficulties or perplexities; cause to be emitted or evolved
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sift     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; plunder; take as spoils
appropriate, seize, or take for oneself before others; gain possession of by prior right or opportunity
separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the course; examine critically or minutely; scrutinize
pour, as liquid, out of one vessel into another; transfer by pouring
fall straight down; plunge; decline suddenly and steeply
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slur     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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scatter; drive away; cause to vanish
improve and prepare, as by plowing or fertilizing, for raising crops; promote the growth of
border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
speak indistinctly; pass over carelessly or with little notice
wound seriously; cause permanent loss of function of limb or part of the body
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succinct     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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existing, happening, or done at the same time
periodic; on and off; stopping and starting at intervals
brief or compact; by clear, precise expression in few words
not belonging to the real world; unnatural; odd and unfamiliar
rude; sullenly ill-humored; gloomy; threatening, as of weather conditions
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trinket     Speak
 
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n.  
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expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
the feeling of great happiness and well-being, sometimes exaggerated
support on which a lever rests; prop or support
sacred song; poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God
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