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GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
amicable     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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left and abandoned; negligent in performing a duty
very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren
essential; requisite;  impossible to be omitted or remitted
indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain
exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
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approximate     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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dig the ground, as with spade; search deeply and laboriously
cancel out; make ineffective or invalid; deny
come near or nearer to something or someone in space, time, quality, or amount
speak about unimportant matters  rapidly and incessantly; talk artlessly and childishly
revoke or annul, especially by an official or formal act
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bolster     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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be balanced or held in suspension; hover; carry or hold in equilibrium; balance
incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
alter; change something such as a plan, opinion, law to improve
support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
keep from; stop; prevent or discourage from acting
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colt     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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severe dizziness; reeling sensation; feeling about to fall
young of the equine genus or horse kind of animals; a young, foolish fellow
face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal
an event that departs from expectations; permission to do something differently from the usual way
a representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
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crevice     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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a person dissatisfied with current conditions; a discontented person
collection of live wild animals on exhibition; enclosure in which wild animals are kept
gap; a long narrow opening
growth of minute powdery or webby fungi; state of decay produced in living and dead vegetable matter
the mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs
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dividend     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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the sum of money to be divided and distributed; share of a sum divided that falls to individuals; a distribute sum
ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
abnormal;  markedly different from an accepted norm
permission not to do something
singer, as opposed to an instrumental performer; vocal musician
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exhort     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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urge on or encourage, especially by shouts; make an urgent appeal
warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
make wider or larger; cause to expand; enlarge; widen
be full of; be plentiful
eat away; wear away by abrasion; become worn
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fledgling     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated
young and inexperienced; having just acquired its flight feathers
wholly absorbing one's attention
delightful; delicious; extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
capable of igniting and burning; easily aroused or excited
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hasten     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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drop in; pour in drop by drop; impart gradually; infuse slowly; cause to be imbibed
accelerate; make something happen sooner or more quickly
crush or crunch; crumple or squeeze; hunch
counterbalance, counteract, or compensate for; balance
digest; convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition
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humdrum     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
lacking variety or excitement; monotonous
tough; strong and firm; possessing physical strength and weight
extremely fat; grossly overweight
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jaunt     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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the decree, especially issued by a sovereign; official command
a member of the most developed mammals, including humans, monkeys, and apes; senior clergyman
short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; short journey
a place where different tree varieties are exhibited
token; figure on the bow of some sailing vessels
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magnify     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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make a pretense of; reproduce someone's behavior or looks
intensify; increase; make greater in size; enlarge
give off; send out; give out as a sound
burn superficially;  parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; affect painfully with heat; burn
arouse again; make someone have a feeling that they had in the past
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noxious     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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harmful to living things; injurious to health
having much beef; of the nature of beef; resembling beef; fleshy; muscular in build; strong or muscular
fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly
incapable of being described
not intended; not knowing; unaware; ignorant
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paradigm     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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the intensity of feeling; the warmth of feeling; intense, heated emotion
a model of something, or a very clear and typical example of something
rustic or countryman; especially a country bumpkin
a place where animals are kept
pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel; transverse bar connecting the opposite wheels
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quirk     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
sudden sharp turn or twist; strange attitude or habit; the peculiarity of behavior
crude figure or dummy representing a hated person or group; likeness or image, especially of a person
act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
animals of a period or region
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regimen     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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prescribed diet and habits; a systematic plan for therapy; governmental rule or control
favoring of relatives or friends because of their relationship rather than their abilities
space for the ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; the place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
traditional beliefs, myths, tales, and practices of a people, transmitted orally
fitness; correct conduct; quality of being proper; appropriateness
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shackle     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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give sanction or support to; tolerate or approve
offer illicit sex with the third party; tempt with or appeal to improper motivations
make whole; combine; make into one unit
applaud; announce with great approval
chain; fetter; restraint that confines or restricts freedom
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stalwart     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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marked by imposing physical strength; firmly built; firm, and resolute
moderately warm; lacking in emotional warmth or enthusiasm; halfhearted
inclined to eat; hungry; irritable
hard to understand; known only in a particular group
gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
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sustenance     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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act of sustaining; something, especially food, that sustains life or health
legend; wisdom; knowledge acquired through education or experience
the event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; disaster; misery
shallow place in a body of water; sandy elevation of the bottom of a body of water, sandbank, or sandbar
a strong wooden fence built around an area to defend it against attack; enclosure made with posts and stakes
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vivacious     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced intervals; not thick or dense
disagreeing, especially with a majority; rebellious
animated; lively; vigorous and active
friendly; of good appearance and manners; graceful
long and thin; slender; having little substance
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