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 Test Questions
GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
accentuate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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pollute; make dirty or spotty
melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
emphasize; stress; pronounce with stress or accent; mark with an accent
make young again; restore to youthful vigor or appearance
engage in merrymaking, joking, or teasing
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barometer     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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outline or a summary of the main points of a text, lecture, or course of study; abstract
short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; short journey
an instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
standstill resulting from the opposition of two forces or factions; stalemate
recklessly bold person; a person who risks life and limb for a living or to be seen
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blunder     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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a person who refuses to see the beauty or the value of art or culture.
catching with the teeth; long, pointed tooth
serious mistake typically caused by ignorance or confusion
suggestion without proof that someone has done something wrong
representative or perfect example of a class or type; brief summary, as of a book or article
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coincide     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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decay, or to cause something to decay
cause to emit a flash of light
occur at the same time as; correspond
give more force or effectiveness to; strengthen; enhance
attract with something desirable; be highly, often subtly attractive
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delve     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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dig the ground, as with spade; search deeply and laboriously
speak evil of; bad-mouth; defame
decrease fullness of; use up or empty out
cut off part of the body, especially by surgery; prune
act contrary to, as a law, right, or obligation; annul or hinder
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dorsal     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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near the back or upper surface
in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
flexible; moving and bending with ease
warm and extremely humid; moist; damp; moldy
lacking protection or a guard; vulnerable
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entitle     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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give  right to; authorize; furnish with a right or claim to something; designate; give a title to
stir up fire; feed plentifully; supply a furnace with fuel
raze; destroy; do away with completely; put an end to
restore to proper condition; help to re-adapt, as to the former state of health or good repute
be superior; distinguish oneself
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fleece     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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make a pretense of; reproduce someone's behavior or looks
fall away or back; decline or recede; fall back from the flood stage
belittle;  speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; reduce in esteem or rank
rob; a strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; ask an unreasonable price
trouble; disturb; render uneasy; interfere with; vex
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hoarse     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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indecent; obscene; humorously coarse
used for feeling; relating to a sense of touch; perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible
relating to marriage or wedding ceremony
shining intensely and blindingly; staring with anger or fierceness
having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound
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hubris     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
reparation; getting something back again; restoring something to its original state
the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates
suggestion without proof that someone has done something wrong
excessive pride or self-confidence
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inscrutable     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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giving pleasure or satisfaction of the senses; having strong sexual appeal
full of initiative; marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative
having a tendency to loosen or relax.
tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable
impenetrable; not readily understood; mysterious
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maul     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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extinguish; put down forcibly; suppress;  pacify or quiet
roughly handle someone or something; cause serious physical wounds
shake with a slight, rapid, tremulous movement
block legislation by making long speeches
speak evil of; bad-mouth; defame
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ore     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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the practice of eating the flesh of your kind
a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
the extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow
one who executes or performs; doer
state of being unmarried; single life
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plait     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas; emit a cloud of fine particles
knitted garment, such as a sweater or jacket that opens down the full length of the front
any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory insects of the family Acrididae
braid, especially of hair; flat fold; doubling, as of cloth
deadlock; the situation in which further action is blocked
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precipitate     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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rash; moving rapidly and heedlessly; speeding headlong; occurring suddenly
bottomless; very profound; limitless; very bad
tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable
likely to fail or be inaccurate
existing, happening, or done at the same time
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regenerate     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
say, state, or perform again or repeatedly
restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb
be a match or counterpart for; eager to equal or excel
renew; repair; return to life
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seminal     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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unable to be changed without exception; not mutable
flexible; moving and bending with ease
mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
influential in an original way; providing the basis for further development; creative
located in outer boundary; unimportant; auxiliary
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snarl     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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recollect and tell of past experiences or events; talk or write about memories of the past, delightful ones
kindle; cause to start burning; set fire to
plunge into anything, especially a fluid; sink; dip
growl viciously while baring the teeth; utter with anger or hostility
force to leave; remove from office
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tempest     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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tunnel; hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter; moving through by or as by digging
follower; adherent; a person who learns from another, especially one who then teaches others
a highly skilled artist, as a musician; one who is dazzlingly skilled in his field
the extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow
ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune; buoyancy
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vapid     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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spotless; flawless; absolutely clean
located in outer boundary; unimportant; auxiliary
abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
dull and unimaginative; lacking taste or flavor
extremely disturbed from emotion
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