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 Test Questions
GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
admonish     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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be responsible for; commit; do execute or perform, generally in a bad sense
specify or arrange in agreement; express demand in agreement; promise in agreement
resolve or settle differences by working with all conflicting parties
incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
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berth     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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space for the ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; the place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
the season of the heavy rain that falls during the summer in hot Asian countries
wood or collection of trees, shrubs
ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
one of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or stock of such a feather; pen made by the point of a feather
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brim     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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brink; the very top edge of a container
deadlock; the situation in which further action is blocked
agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
improper act; improper or unacceptable usage in speech or writing
defamatory statement; the act of writing something that smears a person's character
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collusion     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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a highly skilled artist, as a musician; one who is dazzlingly skilled in his field
upward slope or grade; movement upward
a substance believed to cure all ills
edge, especially of a round surface; the surface of a solid; circumference
a secret agreement for any illegal purpose; conspiracy
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decimate     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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remove or force out from a position of dwelling previously occupied
pile up; collect;  mount up; increase
destroy or kill a large part of; select by lot and kill one in every ten of
make into a ruff; disturb the surface of; make uneven by agitation; throw into disorder or confusion
scrape gently; feed on growing grasses and herbage
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dissident     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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cohering or tending to cohere; well-integrated
likely to fail or be inaccurate
disagreeing, especially with a majority; rebellious
rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
huge; of a tremendous size, volume, degree
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eviscerate     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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beat or pound with fists; hit or strike heavily and repeatedly
trouble; disturb; annoy; harass with petty vexations
talk rapidly, unintelligibly, or idly
take away a vital or essential part of
charge; accuse formally of a crime
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feckless     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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most favorable or advantageous
dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague
incapable of being described
without skill, ineffective; worthless; lacking purpose
greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; exceeding proper limits
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gaunt     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren
excessively abundant or numerous; in widespread existence, practice, or use
becoming to brothers; brotherly
impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous
worldly rather than spiritual; not specifically relating to religion; lasting from century to century
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inclement     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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existing or lasting only a short time; short-lived or temporary
incapable of being described
improperly forward or bold; rude
stormy; showing no mercy; physically severe
offering or expressing an apology or excuse; serving as or containing a formal justification or defense
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infertile     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party
of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
unable to have children
responsive to advise or suggestion; responsible to a higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
joking ,often inappropriately; humorous
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lurk     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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be responsible for; commit; do execute or perform, generally in a bad sense
increase rapidly; rise quickly; soar
persuade not to do; discourage
leave to someone by a will; hand down
stealthily lie in waiting; exist unperceived
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niche     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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popular fashion; current state or style of general acceptance and use
ghostly apparition; phantom; haunting or disturbing image or prospect
small concavity; a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it
a formal, lengthy discussion of a subject; verbal exchange; conversation
massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color of a gray to black, breaking with fracture and sharp edge
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pander     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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cause to emit a flash of light
attract with something desirable; be highly, often subtly attractive
put out a fire; extinguish;  put an end to; destroy
offer illicit sex with the third party; tempt with or appeal to improper motivations
make very hot and dry; become superficially burned
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quirk     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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something given freely or without recompense; free gift; a present
a place where animals are kept
deceptively attractive external appearance; paint to coat a surface with a hard, glossy, transparent film
sudden sharp turn or twist; strange attitude or habit; the peculiarity of behavior
roof-like cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind
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reprimand     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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remove outer covering or skin with a knife or similar instrument
reprove severely, especially in a formal or official way; rebuke formally; censure severely or angrily
flow forth suddenly in great volume; make an excessive display
stop; impede; shut out from view
scrape gently; feed on growing grasses and herbage
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serenade     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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music performed in the open air at nights; complimentary performance given to honor or express love for someone
natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage
any luminous winged insect, as luminous beetles of the family Lampyridae
sacred song; poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God
harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill
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stalwart     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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precisely meaningful; forceful and brief
marked by imposing physical strength; firmly built; firm, and resolute
lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay
solid; heavy and compact in form
dull, unimaginative, and commonplace; old-fashioned; stuffy
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supplement     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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add as something seems insufficient; complement; extension; addition
look at amorously; cast glances as in fondness or to attract notice
speak indistinctly; pass over carelessly or with little notice
cover completely or make imperceptible; overcome by superior force; charge someone with too many tasks
make the false appearance of; disguise; conceal; invent or imagine
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virile     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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marked by energy and vigor; manly; able to copulate, as for male
abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren
disagreeing, especially with a majority; rebellious
having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined
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