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GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
accrue     Speak
 
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v.  
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increase, accumulate, or come about as a result of growth; accumulate over time
remove or force out from a position of dwelling previously occupied
bring out; arouse; call forth
cover completely or make imperceptible; overcome by superior force; charge someone with too many tasks
guess;  infer something without sufficiently conclusive evidence
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bequest     Speak
 
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n.  
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state of poor nutrition
one who, or that which, defends or protects; defense; protection
prescribed diet and habits; a systematic plan for therapy; governmental rule or control
the intensity of feeling; the warmth of feeling; intense, heated emotion
inheritance; legacy; the act of giving, leaving by will, or passing on to another
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cheetah     Speak
 
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n.  
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school, especially a theological school for the training of priests; school of higher education, especially for girls
face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal
long-legged, swift-running wild cat tamed and used for hunting in India
arrangement of parts or elements; outline
a highly skilled artist, as a musician; one who is dazzlingly skilled in his field
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cleave     Speak
 
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provide for or supply inadequately; deal with hastily, carelessly, or with poor material
behave arrogantly or pompously; walk with a swaying motion
split with or as if with a sharp instrument; pierce or penetrate; remain faithful to
increase severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate
engage in merrymaking, joking, or teasing
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digress     Speak
 
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turn aside, especially from the main subject in writing or speaking
increase, accumulate, or come about as a result of growth; accumulate over time
bring up out of the earth; dig up; bring to public notice; uncover
charm by sorcery; get control of by magical words and rites
spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely
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discern     Speak
 
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detect; perceive, recognize, or understand something that is not clear
arouse to action; motivate; induce to exist
mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
give a bodily form to; represent in a bodily or material form; incorporate
speak indistinctly; pass over carelessly or with little notice
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encephalitis     Speak
 
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lasting indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; remaining active throughout all the time
anxiety; extreme emotional disturbance
inflammation of the brain, usually caused by a virus
monosaccharide sugar, occurring widely in most plant and animal tissue
large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
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fern     Speak
 
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tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings
house in which nuns reside; cloister or convent in which women reside for life, under religious vows
any of numerous flowerless, seedless vascular plants having roots, stems, and fronds and reproducing by spores
a very small portion or allowance assigned, whether of food or money
remedy; compensation; an act of correcting error or fault
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grumble     Speak
 
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utter or emit low, dull rumbling sounds
accelerate; make something happen sooner or more quickly
charge; accuse formally of a crime
bring out; arouse; call forth
add as something seems insufficient; complement; extension; addition
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illumination     Speak
 
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n.  
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long-handled stewing pan or saucepan sometimes having legs; a vessel for stewing meat
degree of visibility of your environment
board on which the painter mixes pigments
a formal, lengthy discussion of a subject; verbal exchange; conversation
a small, circular tower that is part of a castle; a part of a military vehicle that contains a large gun
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linoleum     Speak
 
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unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
degree of visibility of your environment
inexpensive waterproof covering used for floors; a stiff, smooth material that is used for covering floors
outline or a summary of the main points of a text, lecture, or course of study; abstract
opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion
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manifold     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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deprived of; lacking; desolate because of loss
greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; exceeding proper limits
solid; heavy and compact in form
various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated
looking back on, or directed to the past; applying to or influencing the past
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muffler     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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germ; minute life form; microorganism, especially a bacterium that causes disease
a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders
heavy scarf worn around the neck for warmth; part of the exhaust pipe of a car that dampens the noise
mass for dead; song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as memorial
time of animals sleep through the winter
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parochial     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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narrow in outlook; related to a local church community
urgent or pressing; able to deal authoritatively; dictatorial
precisely meaningful; forceful and brief
caused by an earthquake or earth vibration; earthshaking
sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow
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quandary     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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germ; minute life form; microorganism, especially a bacterium that causes disease
coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
manual computing device consisting of a frame holding parallel rods strung with movable counters
concave cut into a surface or edge; small hollow or depression
dilemma; state of uncertainty or perplexity
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retrograde     Speak
 
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v.  
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draw out; bring forth or to light;  generate or provoke as response or answer
disprove; prove to be false or incorrect
lay out, apply, or employ in any way; consume by use; use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations
increase rapidly; rise quickly; soar
go backwards;  decline to inferior state; degenerate
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safeguard     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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deep opening in the earth surface
one who, or that which, defends or protects; defense; protection
usually a short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
wise saying; brief familiar proverb;  expression of popular wisdom
entire range; all notes in musical scale
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spartan     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined
causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; troublesome; irritating
agonizing; distressing extremely painful
turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis
relating to basic facts or principles; being in the earliest stages of development; incipient
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succulent     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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stubbornly adhering to an attitude or opinion; hard to control or treat
crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar
unwilling or with reluctance; stingy
full of juicy; full of richness; highly interesting or enjoyable; delectable
profoundly cruel or evil; fiendish; extremely malicious or wicked; infernal
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untoward     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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contrary to your interests or welfare; inconvenient; troublesome
complex or bizarre, especially in ornamentation; irregular in shape
extremely poor; utterly lacking; devoid
moderately warm; lacking in emotional warmth or enthusiasm; halfhearted
arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive; hateful
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