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GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
apex     Speak
 
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n.  
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collection of live wild animals on exhibition; enclosure in which wild animals are kept
highest point; vertex; summit; climax
time of animals sleep through the winter
greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
house in which nuns reside; cloister or convent in which women reside for life, under religious vows
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auditory     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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excessively or elaborately decorated; flashy, showy, or florid in style or manner
able to float; cheerful and optimistic
of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
utterly stupid or silly; inanely foolish
unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut; having a rough quality
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bower     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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something appended to or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it
shady shelter or recess in a garden or woods; anchor carried at the bow of the ship; a muscle that bends a limb
ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune; buoyancy
natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage
organization of performers and associated personnel
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cleft     Speak
 
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fitness; correct conduct; quality of being proper; appropriateness
space for the ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; the place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
a place where things may be put for safekeeping, as storehouse, warehouse, museum, or tomb
crack or crevice; a split or indentation between two parts, as of the chin
short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; short journey
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deviate     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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pierce; kill by piercing with a spear or sharp
intensify; increase; make greater in size; enlarge
trouble; disturb; render uneasy; interfere with; vex
turn away from a principle, norm; depart; diverge
pour, as liquid, out of one vessel into another; transfer by pouring
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elastic     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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sweet sounding; pleasing to ear; melodious
indecent; obscene; humorously coarse
open to view; not secret or hidden
springing back; having the power of rebounding; able to return quickly to a former state or condition
avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined
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enzyme     Speak
 
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n.  
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knitted garment, such as a sweater or jacket that opens down the full length of the front
picture design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into the surface
pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role
any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in biochemical reactions
minor battle in war; minor or preliminary conflict or dispute
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fop     Speak
 
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n.  
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one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
vain man; one who wants to get admiration by dress; man excessively concerned with his clothes and appearance
work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of
shaking or vibrating movement; slight quiver
hugeness in a bad sense; the act of extreme evil or wickedness
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hibernation     Speak
 
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n.  
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market consisting of a street lined with shops and stalls, especially one in the Middle East
suggestion without proof that someone has done something wrong
soft wet boggy land; complex or dangerous situation from which it isn't easy to free oneself
time of animals sleep through the winter
dominant theme or central idea; repeated figure or design in architecture or decoration
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indescribable     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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magnificent and splendid, suggesting abundance and great expense; luxurious
reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
incapable of being described
joking ,often inappropriately; humorous
having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific
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interminable     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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being or seeming to be without an end; endless; tedious; continual
leading a wandering life with no fixed abode; changeable; unsettled
darkened with smoke and grime; dirty or discolored
invulnerable; able to withstand attack
weighting authority; peremptory and dictatorial
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menagerie     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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collection of live wild animals on exhibition; enclosure in which wild animals are kept
disloyal person; traitor or rebel
corrosion; a gradual decline of something
crude figure or dummy representing a hated person or group; likeness or image, especially of a person
lack of sophistication, experience, judgment or worldliness; simplicity; artlessness; gullibility
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omnipotent     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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all-powerful; having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force
left and abandoned; negligent in performing a duty
consisting of, relating to, or being in the water
detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
brief and compact; expressing much in few words
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pillage     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; plunder; take as spoils
offer illicit sex with the third party; tempt with or appeal to improper motivations
belittle;  speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; reduce in esteem or rank
extinguish; put down forcibly; suppress;  pacify or quiet
cause to be interested or curious; captivate
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quandary     Speak
 
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roof-like cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind
dilemma; state of uncertainty or perplexity
inscription on a tombstone in memory
a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
upward slope or grade; movement upward
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respite     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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a strong wooden fence built around an area to defend it against attack; enclosure made with posts and stakes
mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe; an opening
mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
usually a short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
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semblance     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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seeming; outward or token appearance; show; figure; form
treating all parts or aspects without omission; comprehensive
exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
feeling or expressing sorrow or grief; sad; gloomy
rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
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stupor     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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humanistic study of language and literature
picture; drawing; showing by example
state of reduced or suspended sensibility; daze; lack of awareness
a larval frog or toad
deceptive or false appearance; false notion; deception
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succinct     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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attempting to win favor by flattering; flattering
impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed
light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift
brief or compact; by clear, precise expression in few words
extremely disturbed from emotion
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trickle     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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kindle; cause to start burning; set fire to
extend; stretch; spread; sit or lie with the body and limbs spread out awkwardly
flow in drops; run or flow slowly; drip
put out a fire; extinguish;  put an end to; destroy
grieve or protest loudly and bitterly; express sorrow by a mournful vocal sound; moan; cry
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