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GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
apex     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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the fine granular substance produced in flowers; fine bran or flour
a person without a permanent home who moves from place to place; a wanderer; tramp
process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline; falling off or away; decay
faint, cloudlike, self-luminous mass of matter situated beyond the solar system among the stars
highest point; vertex; summit; climax
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armada     Speak
 
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n.  
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fragments; atoms; splintered pieces; bits
a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
firmness of hold or of purpose; persistence
harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill
the extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow
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brusque     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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inadequate, as in size or fullness, especially through economizing or stinting
impenetrable; not readily understood; mysterious
unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste
abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party
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coerce     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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weaken; make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water
make powerless and unable to function; disable
make wider or larger; cause to expand; enlarge; widen
restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
goad or urge forward; provoke; incite
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desolate     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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of or pertaining to the parts under the skin; injected beneath the skin
tough; strong and firm; possessing physical strength and weight
unpopulated; providing no shelter or sustenance; devoid of inhabitants
having some characteristic of a woman; womanlike; womanly; tender
astonishing; wonderful; amazing, especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation
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drainage     Speak
 
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n.  
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the overwhelming, advancing force that crushes or seems to crush everything in its path
an awkward and stupid person; troublemaker, often violent
small signboard outside the office; coarse beach gravel of little water; worn stones and pebbles
person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea
emptying accomplished by draining; gradual flowing off, as of a liquid
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eruption     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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standstill resulting from the opposition of two forces or factions; stalemate
a passage from one form or state to another; change
outbreak;  sudden, often violent outburst
plants of an area or a region; plant life
result of improving something; the process of removing impurities
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flint     Speak
 
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n.  
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massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color of a gray to black, breaking with fracture and sharp edge
composition for orchestra and a soloist
face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal
prescribed diet and habits; a systematic plan for therapy; governmental rule or control
fame; quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
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hobble     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches; move roughly or irregularly
extend; stretch; spread; sit or lie with the body and limbs spread out awkwardly
luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
settle down; sink to a lower level or form depression; wear off or die down
be any thick messy substance; pass gradually; progress slowly but steadily
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husk     Speak
 
(10)
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ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
shell; outer covering
excess in eating; the extravagant indulgence of the appetite for food; voracity
faint, cloudlike, self-luminous mass of matter situated beyond the solar system among the stars
lack of seriousness; the lightness of manner or speech, especially when inappropriate
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inhumane     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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lacking pity or compassion; cruel and savage
unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut; having a rough quality
essential; not imaginary; actual or real
left and abandoned; negligent in performing a duty
wildly disordered; excessive enthusiasm or excitement; insane
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mince     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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block legislation by making long speeches
approach; tend to meet; come together
declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
cancel out; make ineffective or invalid; deny
cut into very small pieces; chop fine; suppress or weaken the force of
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narcotic     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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goddess of the mountains, forests, meadows, or waters; lovely young girl; maiden; peacock butterfly
small signboard outside the office; coarse beach gravel of little water; worn stones and pebbles
the addictive drug, such as opium that reduces pain, alters mood and behavior; inducing sleep
act of gathering or heaping together or forming a mass
inscription on a tombstone in memory
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persecute     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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bite or chew on with the teeth
pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; beset with cruelty or malignity; harass; annoy
behave arrogantly or pompously; walk with a swaying motion
come near or nearer to something or someone in space, time, quality, or amount
make a shop, sharp, cheerful sound, as of small birds or crickets
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prolific     Speak
 
(15)
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furnished or equipped; sufficient to satisfy
of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable
producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile
being or existing everywhere; omnipresent
in waves; fluctuate; having curls
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ransack     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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reduce or eliminate gradually, with a knife; cut small bits off
search thoroughly; search every place or part of
come near or nearer to something or someone in space, time, quality, or amount
condemn openly; criticize; make known in a formal manner
put at a disadvantage; tie up; hamper; prevent the progress
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schooner     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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open passage through a wood; grassy open or cleared space in a forest; opening in the ice of rivers or lakes
an animal that eats other decaying organic matter; someone who collects things that others have discarded
originally, a small vessel with two masts; ship; large goblet or drinking glass
fitness; correct conduct; quality of being proper; appropriateness
partly burned or vitrified coal, or other combustible, in which fire is extinct; hot coal without flame
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subdue     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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quiet or bring under control by physical force or persuasion; make less intense; tone down
plunge into water; wet thoroughly; extinguish
speak evil of; bad-mouth; defame
be full of; be plentiful
turn away from a principle, norm; depart; diverge
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thespian     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague
unclear; vague; lacking precise limits
likely to fail or be inaccurate
relating to drama and acting; dramatic, theatrical
flowing, as writing letters joined one to another without raising pen; running
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unscrupulous     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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incapable of being read; unclear; not legible
mixed; mingled; consisting of several things; of diverse sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous
unprincipled; lacking honesty
behaving like slave; subordinate in capacity or function
shining; emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light
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