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GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
accentuate     Speak
 
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v.  
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emphasize; stress; pronounce with stress or accent; mark with an accent
fall away or back; decline or recede; fall back from the flood stage
negate; act against
flow in drops; run or flow slowly; drip
lay out, apply, or employ in any way; consume by use; use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations
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bauble     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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picture; drawing; showing by example
reply, especially to answer in a quick, caustic, or witty manner
degree of visibility of your environment
dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality
small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
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chink     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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pendent spear of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water
gap or crack; short, sharp sound; money; cash
the feeling of great happiness and well-being, sometimes exaggerated
large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
a person who hides aboard a ship or other conveyance to obtain free passage
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cipher     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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the power of a country to control its own government
game; play; curling-match; talk
last stop of a railroad; final point or end; boundary or border
secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
novelty; creativity; capacity to act or think independently
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diffuse     Speak
 
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spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely
stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
give over something to another for care, protection, or performance; give as a trust to someone;
digest; convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition
revoke or annul, especially by an official or formal act
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dissipate     Speak
 
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v.  
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separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the course; examine critically or minutely; scrutinize
spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse
throw overboard; eject from boat, submarine, aircraft, or spaceship
make whole; combine; make into one unit
give an imitation that ridicules; imitate mockingly or humorously
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erosion     Speak
 
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n.  
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corrosion; a gradual decline of something
one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
song for two or three unaccompanied voices; short poem, often about love, suitable for being set to music
state of extreme confusion and disorder; very noisy place
aggressive entrance into foreign territory; raid or invasion
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foliage     Speak
 
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n.  
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masses of leaves; a cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches
wasting away; decrease in size; reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease
crude figure or dummy representing a hated person or group; likeness or image, especially of a person
rejection; an act of excluding or shutting out
rubber or plastic nipple or teething ring for a baby to suck or chew on
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gull     Speak
 
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n.  
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inheritance; legacy; the act of giving, leaving by will, or passing on to another
excess in eating; the extravagant indulgence of the appetite for food; voracity
state of being transported by a lofty emotion; ecstasy; violent taking and carrying away; seizure; forcible removal
the mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs
opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion
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incarcerate     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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imprison; put into jail; shut up or enclose
condemn openly; criticize; make known in a formal manner
reprove severely, especially in a formal or official way; rebuke formally; censure severely or angrily
border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
free of; rid; remove all of one's clothing
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lachrymose     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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weeping or inclined to weep; tearful; showing sorrow
not to be taken away; nontransferable
caring only about oneself; selfish; self-centered
attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous
below the threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response
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madrigal     Speak
 
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n.  
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song for two or three unaccompanied voices; short poem, often about love, suitable for being set to music
a subtle or slight degree of difference; a small difference in meaning
isolation; solitude; secluded place; shutting out or keeping apart
board on which the painter mixes pigments
corrosion; a gradual decline of something
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noxious     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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looking back on, or directed to the past; applying to or influencing the past
good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly
existing only in imagination; feigned; not true or real
equivalent in effect or value
harmful to living things; injurious to health
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perch     Speak
 
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n.  
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state of being transported by a lofty emotion; ecstasy; violent taking and carrying away; seizure; forcible removal
firmness of hold or of purpose; persistence
hugeness in a bad sense; the act of extreme evil or wickedness
a place high up; an elevated place serving as a seat
a metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes sound by hitting side; someone who applauds
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pseudonym     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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something that is required in advance; necessity; required as a prior condition
braid, especially of hair; flat fold; doubling, as of cloth
pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role
a place, such as a branch of a tree, where birds rest or sleep
science of God or religion
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regenerate     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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force to leave; remove from office
cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout
renew; repair; return to life
submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in
stop short and refuse to go on; refuse obstinately or abruptly
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seminary     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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ceremonial procession or display; succession or series
school, especially a theological school for the training of priests; school of higher education, especially for girls
sacred song; poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God
process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline; falling off or away; decay
symbol; sign; distinctive badge, design, or device
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sovereignty     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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ambition; something that you hope to achieve
the power of a country to control its own government
long-handled stewing pan or saucepan sometimes having legs; a vessel for stewing meat
introductory statement; introductory paragraph or division of discourse or writing
harm; damage; injury; something that causes damage, harm, or loss
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subterfuge     Speak
 
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n.  
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an abnormal fear of being in narrow or enclosed spaces
mechanical appliance using which a vessel is guided or steered when in motion
fragments; atoms; splintered pieces; bits
pretense; something intended to misrepresent
goat's horn overflowing with fruit and grain; a symbol of abundance
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ventilate     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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be responsible for; commit; do execute or perform, generally in a bad sense
settle accounts to pay them off; clear up
spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely
freshen; circulate through and freshen
speak indistinctly; pass over carelessly or with little notice
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