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GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
apparition     Speak
 
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n.  
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lack of interest, or the attitude of not caring resulting from it; the indifference
ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
harm; damage; injury; something that causes damage, harm, or loss
mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe; an opening
an event that departs from expectations; permission to do something differently from the usual way
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assertive     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party
extremely disturbed from emotion
narrow in outlook; related to a local church community
unconventional; strikingly unfamiliar; located far from civilized areas
positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory
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chaff     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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harm; damage; injury; something that causes damage, harm, or loss
trivial or worthless matter; thin, dry bracts or scales, especially
open passage through a wood; grassy open or cleared space in a forest; opening in the ice of rivers or lakes
woman whose occupation is sewing; needlewoman
a line of ancestors; descent; lineage; register or record of a line of ancestors
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classify     Speak
 
(4)
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make whole; combine; make into one unit
declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
walk for pleasure, display, or exercise
freshen; circulate through and freshen
feel or express pity or sympathy for
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cringe     Speak
 
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shrink or recoil, as in fear, disgust or embarrassment; bend or crouch with base humility
put at a disadvantage; tie up; hamper; prevent the progress
cease to proceed or act; stop; forbear
outsmart; trick; beat through cleverness and wit
decree; establish by a legal and authoritative act; make into a law
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disparage     Speak
 
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v.  
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worsen; make worse or more troublesome
take away a vital or essential part of
belittle;  speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; reduce in esteem or rank
reprove severely, especially in a formal or official way; rebuke formally; censure severely or angrily
beat or pound with fists; hit or strike heavily and repeatedly
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entrust     Speak
 
(7)
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injure or hurt; become worse; affect negatively
give over something to another for care, protection, or performance; give as a trust to someone;
sharpen, as knife; make more keen; stimulate
freshen; circulate through and freshen
bite or chew on with the teeth
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forceps     Speak
 
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n.  
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hammer; a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head; a light drumstick with a rounded head
a pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction
restraint; avoiding excesses
vain man; one who wants to get admiration by dress; man excessively concerned with his clothes and appearance
secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
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graze     Speak
 
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put down by force or intimidation; restrain; crush; oppress; conceal or hide
scrape gently; feed on growing grasses and herbage
guess;  infer something without sufficiently conclusive evidence
freshen; circulate through and freshen
give as a gift; present
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hyperbole     Speak
 
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n.  
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flowing; series of changes; state of being liquid through heat
the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates
belief in or acceptance of something as right; faith
difference; condition or fact of being unequal, as in age, rank, or degree
the figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis; overstatement
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kiosk     Speak
 
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reparation; getting something back again; restoring something to its original state
small structure, often open on one or more sides, used as a newsstand or booth
something that is required in advance; necessity; required as a prior condition
popular fashion; current state or style of general acceptance and use
science of God or religion
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mince     Speak
 
(12)
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belittle;  speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; reduce in esteem or rank
mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
goad or urge forward; provoke; incite
decide upon and express in words;  develop all the details of something
cut into very small pieces; chop fine; suppress or weaken the force of
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noxious     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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essential; requisite;  impossible to be omitted or remitted
impenetrable; not readily understood; mysterious
harmful to living things; injurious to health
composed of elements from a variety of sources
solid; heavy and compact in form
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pamper     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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give as a gift; present
look at amorously; cast glances as in fondness or to attract notice
come near or nearer to something or someone in space, time, quality, or amount
give authorization or approval to something; penalize a state, especially for violating international law
feed to the full; feed luxuriously; glut; indulge with rich food
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pseudonym     Speak
 
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n.  
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an event that departs from expectations; permission to do something differently from the usual way
shack; small, wretched house
germ; minute life form; microorganism, especially a bacterium that causes disease
a place, such as a branch of a tree, where birds rest or sleep
pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role
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refinement     Speak
 
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n.  
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state of being unmarried; single life
result of improving something; the process of removing impurities
wasting away; decrease in size; reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease
large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills
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scavenger     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings
a highly skilled artist, as a musician; one who is dazzlingly skilled in his field
enthusiastic, prolonged applause; show of public homage or welcome
an animal that eats other decaying organic matter; someone who collects things that others have discarded
heavy scarf worn around the neck for warmth; part of the exhaust pipe of a car that dampens the noise
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strenuous     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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arduous; intense; performed with much energy or force;
torn into shreds; ragged; having ragged clothes; disordered or disrupted
prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
lacking variety or excitement; monotonous
capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
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superfluous     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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being beyond what is required or sufficient
positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory
very showy or ornament, especially when excessive or in a tasteless or vulgar manner
utterly stupid or silly; inanely foolish
having the same or a similar meaning; identical; equivalent
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venison     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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assemble without order or sense; a confused multitude of things; chaos or mess
beasts of the chase; flesh of any of the edible beasts of the chase
any of numerous flowerless, seedless vascular plants having roots, stems, and fronds and reproducing by spores
beginning; start; origin; time at which something is supposed to begin
loud noise of many confused voices; tumult; uproar.
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