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GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
acorn     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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cultivation of plants
fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup; a cone-shaped piece of wood
ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune; buoyancy
house in which nuns reside; cloister or convent in which women reside for life, under religious vows
radiation; discharge; an act of emitting
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belie     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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contradict; give a false impression
renew; repair; return to life
scatter; drive away; cause to vanish
pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; beset with cruelty or malignity; harass; annoy
make very hot and dry; become superficially burned
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choppy     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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insignificant; lacking in importance or worth; worthless
relating to drama and acting; dramatic, theatrical
invigorating; refreshing; strengthening; imparting vitality and energy
astonishing; wonderful; amazing, especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation
having many small waves; rough with small waves
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combustible     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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having no adverse effect; harmless
occupying lower rank; inferior; submissive
large enough to be noticed or to affect; perceptible
capable of igniting and burning; easily aroused or excited
boring; dull; tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
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deterrent     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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quality of endurance and courage; good temperament and character
a substance that kills germs or viruses; agent for removing the causes of infection, as chlorine
a highly skilled artist, as a musician; one who is dazzlingly skilled in his field
lizard that changes color in different situations
something that discourages; tending to deter
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ebb     Speak
 
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v.  
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pass gradually or leak through, as if through small openings
leave to someone by a will; hand down
fall away or back; decline or recede; fall back from the flood stage
emphasize; stress; pronounce with stress or accent; mark with an accent
submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in
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expulsion     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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one who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people; bootlicker; yes man
small mug or cup; unit of liquid measure equal to one-quarter of a pint; human head
a passage from one form or state to another; change
a little bite or bit of food; a small quantity; a little piece; a fragment
expelling; driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership or association
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fortuitous     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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compatible; friendly, and pleasant
dull, unimaginative, and commonplace; old-fashioned; stuffy
accidental; by chance; coming or occurring without any cause
insignificant; lacking importance; not following from premises or evidence; illogical
in name only; insignificantly small
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harrowing     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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in a position that is turned toward one side; away from the correct course
free from disturbance; pacific
giving out or shedding light, as sun or fire; reflecting light; having a brilliant surface
agonizing; distressing extremely painful
scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; not enough
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ideology     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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small mug or cup; unit of liquid measure equal to one-quarter of a pint; human head
faint, cloudlike, self-luminous mass of matter situated beyond the solar system among the stars
study of origin and nature of ideas
completely undeveloped form; an animal organism in the early stages of growth
lack of seriousness; the lightness of manner or speech, especially when inappropriate
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ineligible     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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unsuitable; disqualified by law, rule, or provision; unworthy of being chosen
boring; dull; tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
actuated or characterized by passion or zeal; showing the warmth of feeling; ardent; animated; excited
obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
of or about the art of healing or treating the diseases of domestic animals
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modicum     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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limited quantity; small or moderate amount; any small thing
act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god
excess; over-fullness in any respect; superabundance
wise saying; brief familiar proverb;  expression of popular wisdom
gold and silver in the form of bars
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negate     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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remove from one country or state to another for residence; migrate from home
soil, smear so as to make dirty or stained
mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
alter; change something such as a plan, opinion, law to improve
cancel out; make ineffective or invalid; deny
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placate     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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appease or pacify; bring peace to
reduce or eliminate gradually, with a knife; cut small bits off
burn with hot liquid or steam; pain or injure by contact with, or immersion in, any hot fluid
give  right to; authorize; furnish with a right or claim to something; designate; give a title to
free, as from difficulties or perplexities; cause to be emitted or evolved
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prosaic     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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rash; marked by unthinking boldness
brief and compact; expressing much in few words
compatible; friendly, and pleasant
prickly; barbed; having or covered with protective thorns
dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact; factual
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requiem     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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mass for dead; song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as memorial
process of planning, implementing, and controlling flow and storage of goods to satisfy customer requirements
a little bite or bit of food; a small quantity; a little piece; a fragment
artificial obstruction; a heavy curtain of artillery fire; rapid, concentrated discharge of missiles
all the animals and plants, which live at or near-surface of waters; a collection of small or microscopic organisms
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scorch     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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read or examine, typically with great care
grieve or protest loudly and bitterly; express sorrow by a mournful vocal sound; moan; cry
walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches; move roughly or irregularly
persuade or try to persuade by pleading or flattery; move to or adjust toward the desired end
burn superficially;  parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; affect painfully with heat; burn
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spiny     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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prickly; barbed; having or covered with protective thorns
weeping or inclined to weep; tearful; showing sorrow
inclined to eat; hungry; irritable
warm and extremely humid; moist; damp; moldy
open to view; not secret or hidden
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thrifty     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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brief or compact; by clear, precise expression in few words
unpopulated; providing no shelter or sustenance; devoid of inhabitants
marked by or having equity; just and impartial
holding; having quality, power, or capacity of retaining, as to retain knowledge with ease
careful about money; economical
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untoward     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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rude; sullenly ill-humored; gloomy; threatening, as of weather conditions
springing back; having the power of rebounding; able to return quickly to a former state or condition
dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague
contrary to your interests or welfare; inconvenient; troublesome
one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party
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