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 Test Questions
GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
amicable     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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extremely poisonous; hostile; bitter
exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
present at birth; inborn; innate
holding; having quality, power, or capacity of retaining, as to retain knowledge with ease
obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
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autonomy     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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lack of gratitude; forgetfulness of kindness or favors received
a fixed point supporting something that turns or balances; focus or center
independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
school, especially a theological school for the training of priests; school of higher education, especially for girls
supplement or appendix, especially to a will
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bilingual     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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tunnel; hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter; moving through by or as by digging
long life; great duration of life; long duration or continuance, as in an occupation
dignified or magnificent display; splendor
using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
sharp, shrill outcry or scream; shrill wild crying such as is caused by sudden or extreme terror or pain
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conjecture     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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deceive mind or judgment of; lead from truth or into error; frustrate or disappoint
cut or clip hair; a strip of something; remove by cutting or clipping
renew; repair; return to life
pierce; kill by piercing with a spear or sharp
believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
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dampen     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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say, state, or perform again or repeatedly
negate; act against
moisten; lessen in force or effect
destroy or kill a large part of; select by lot and kill one in every ten of
make whole; combine; make into one unit
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elastic     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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contrary to your interests or welfare; inconvenient; troublesome
springing back; having the power of rebounding; able to return quickly to a former state or condition
high; lofty; bold; arrogant; overbearing
brief and compact; expressing much in few words
particularly; specifically; in an explicit manner
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fallacy     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars; any small vessel on the water
bringing or coming to an end; cease
harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill
deadlock; the situation in which further action is blocked
deceptive or false appearance; false notion; deception
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fresco     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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inclination; natural tendency; readiness; facility of learning
cool, refreshing state of the air; the art of painting on freshly spread plaster before it dries
rejection; an act of excluding or shutting out
a short, simple story teaching moral or religious lesson
shack; small, wretched house
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garnish     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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reprove severely, especially in a formal or official way; rebuke formally; censure severely or angrily
renew; repair; return to life
cover completely or make imperceptible; overcome by superior force; charge someone with too many tasks
decorate with ornamental appendages
flow in drops; run or flow slowly; drip
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hubris     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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holding with the feet; firm standing; something on which one may tread or rest securely
sudden sharp turn or twist; strange attitude or habit; the peculiarity of behavior
excessive pride or self-confidence
massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color of a gray to black, breaking with fracture and sharp edge
independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
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lachrymose     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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weeping or inclined to weep; tearful; showing sorrow
lacking pity or compassion; cruel and savage
dull and unimaginative; lacking taste or flavor
with one's identity disguised or concealed; in disguise; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title
looking back on, or directed to the past; applying to or influencing the past
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mince     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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deny; go back on; fail to fulfill promise or obligation
cut into very small pieces; chop fine; suppress or weaken the force of
kindle; cause to start burning; set fire to
goad or urge forward; provoke; incite
proceed slowly; waste time
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outlandish     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy
extremely poisonous; hostile; bitter
unconventional; strikingly unfamiliar; located far from civilized areas
composed of elements from a variety of sources
difficult to please; having complicated requirements; excessively particular demanding about details
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pivot     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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the open square in a European town, especially an Italian town
a hard or severe blow; ability to strike a powerful blow; capacity to create a forceful effect
a fixed point supporting something that turns or balances; focus or center
faint, cloudlike, self-luminous mass of matter situated beyond the solar system among the stars
inexpensive waterproof covering used for floors; a stiff, smooth material that is used for covering floors
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prolific     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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harmful to living things; injurious to health
present at birth; inborn; innate
in waves; fluctuate; having curls
producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile
huge; of a tremendous size, volume, degree
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reminisce     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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leave to someone by a will; hand down
renew; repair; return to life
sway; walk as if unable to control one's movements
restrain with U-shaped bar for ankles or feet; impede; hamper
recollect and tell of past experiences or events; talk or write about memories of the past, delightful ones
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seismic     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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extremely poor; utterly lacking; devoid
periodic; on and off; stopping and starting at intervals
unmarried; abstaining from sexual intercourse
caused by an earthquake or earth vibration; earthshaking
marked by imposing physical strength; firmly built; firm, and resolute
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smithereens     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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soft wet boggy land; complex or dangerous situation from which it isn't easy to free oneself
fragments; atoms; splintered pieces; bits
manual computing device consisting of a frame holding parallel rods strung with movable counters
small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin
small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
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thrall     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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freeing someone from the control of another
slave; bondman; slavery; bondage
excuse; something serving to conceal plans; the fictitious reason
hammer-like tool; small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge
list of works of music or drama; class of compositions in a genre; range or number of skills
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transient     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
flexible; moving and bending with ease
sweet sounding; pleasing to ear; melodious
not to be taken away; nontransferable
momentary; temporary; staying for a short time
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