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GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
accentuate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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emphasize; stress; pronounce with stress or accent; mark with an accent
melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
be responsible for; commit; do execute or perform, generally in a bad sense
injure or hurt; become worse; affect negatively
violate with violence, especially to a sacred place
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bask     Speak
 
(2)
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flow in drops; run or flow slowly; drip
dig the ground, as with spade; search deeply and laboriously
make laws; create or pass laws
luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
fall straight down; plunge; decline suddenly and steeply
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buoy     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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a float, especially a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark a channel or to point out the position
the drug that temporarily quickens some vital process; acts to arouse action
natural inclination; tendency or preference; predilection
a formal, lengthy discussion of a subject; verbal exchange; conversation
a place where things may be put for safekeeping, as storehouse, warehouse, museum, or tomb
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contrived     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift
situated down or below; lying beneath, or in the lower part; having a lower position; lower; under;
instant; immediate; occurring with no delay
secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated
artificially formal; obviously planned or calculated; not natural
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deplete     Speak
 
(5)
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cause to turn white or become pale; take color from; bleach
drop in; pour in drop by drop; impart gradually; infuse slowly; cause to be imbibed
force with the thumb; make a groove in
stop short and refuse to go on; refuse obstinately or abruptly
decrease fullness of; use up or empty out
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dilute     Speak
 
(6)
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cause to emit a flash of light
be full of; be plentiful
appropriate, seize, or take for oneself before others; gain possession of by prior right or opportunity
weaken; make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water
degrade; debase, as in dignity or social standing
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esoteric     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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hard to understand; known only in a particular group
of or about the art of healing or treating the diseases of domestic animals
cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to the practice of fraud
large enough to be noticed or to affect; perceptible
inclined to interfere in other people's business; intrusive with the offensive manner
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firefly     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect
a kind of cup or drinking vessel having a foot or standard, but without a handle
one derived from another; offspring or descendant; the result of creative effort, as product
component or part; citizen, voter
any luminous winged insect, as luminous beetles of the family Lampyridae
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gratuity     Speak
 
(9)
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composition for orchestra and a soloist
enthusiastic, prolonged applause; show of public homage or welcome
something given freely or without recompense; free gift; a present
merry or joyful activity; festivity; bright color or showiness, as of dress; finery
gap or crack; short, sharp sound; money; cash
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incoherent     Speak
 
(10)
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giving pleasure or satisfaction of the senses; having strong sexual appeal
complex or bizarre, especially in ornamentation; irregular in shape
actuated or characterized by passion or zeal; showing the warmth of feeling; ardent; animated; excited
in disrepair, run-down; of very poor quality or condition
lacking cohesion, connection, or harmony; unable to think in a clear manner
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laurels     Speak
 
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honors conferred for some notable achievement; credit
standstill resulting from the opposition of two forces or factions; stalemate
large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
harm; damage; injury; something that causes damage, harm, or loss
quality of endurance and courage; good temperament and character
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lurk     Speak
 
(12)
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write or draw carelessly and in a hurry; doodle; meaningless marks and lines
stealthily lie in waiting; exist unperceived
seize and hold  power or rights of another by force or without legal authority
gradually deprive infants of mother's milk; detach affections of
rob; a strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; ask an unreasonable price
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obliterate     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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emphasize; stress; pronounce with stress or accent; mark with an accent
destroy completely; do away with completely so as to leave no trace
accelerate; make something happen sooner or more quickly
quiet or bring under control by physical force or persuasion; make less intense; tone down
decide upon and express in words;  develop all the details of something
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palette     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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an animal that eats other decaying organic matter; someone who collects things that others have discarded
ghostly apparition; phantom; haunting or disturbing image or prospect
board on which the painter mixes pigments
effort; expenditure of much physical work
predecessor; one who goes before or announces the coming of another
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procession     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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wood or collection of trees, shrubs
act of proceeding, moving on, advancing, or issuing; regular, orderly, or ceremonious progress; continuous course
pretense; something intended to misrepresent
agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
god; divinity; supernatural things
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retentive     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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equivalent in effect or value
agonizing; distressing extremely painful
holding; having quality, power, or capacity of retaining, as to retain knowledge with ease
very precise and formal; exceedingly proper
able to float; cheerful and optimistic
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sacrilegious     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred; violating sacred things; profane
causing damage or harm; injurious
lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay
lacking flavor or zest; not tasty; dull
sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow
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stuntman     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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man who substitutes for a performer in scenes requiring physical daring or involving physical risk
a large group or crowd; wandering troop or gang; a moving crowd
vain man; one who wants to get admiration by dress; man excessively concerned with his clothes and appearance
ceremonial procession or display; succession or series
theory of numerical calculations
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tableau     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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traditional beliefs, myths, tales, and practices of a people, transmitted orally
something appended to or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it
striking and vivid representation; picture
independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
limited quantity; small or moderate amount; any small thing
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usurp     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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remove outer covering or skin with a knife or similar instrument
free, as from difficulties or perplexities; cause to be emitted or evolved
border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
seize and hold  power or rights of another by force or without legal authority
close tightly; grasp or grip tightly; fasten with a clinch
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