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GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
alchemy     Speak
 
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n.  
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picture; drawing; showing by example
picture design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into the surface
sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; waste or worthless matter
medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
defamatory statement; the act of writing something that smears a person's character
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beefy     Speak
 
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prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
incapable of failure or error
brief and compact; expressing much in few words
indecent; obscene; humorously coarse
having much beef; of the nature of beef; resembling beef; fleshy; muscular in build; strong or muscular
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capricious     Speak
 
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dull; lacking color; lacking in liveliness, charm, or surprise
able to see differences; showing careful judgment or fine taste
most frequent; widespread; predominant
open to view; not secret or hidden
fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly
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convoluted     Speak
 
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coiled around; highly involved; intricate
below the average size; very small; little
profoundly cruel or evil; fiendish; extremely malicious or wicked; infernal
existing, happening, or done at the same time
derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
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digress     Speak
 
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scatter; drive away; cause to vanish
turn aside, especially from the main subject in writing or speaking
give  right to; authorize; furnish with a right or claim to something; designate; give a title to
goad or urge forward; provoke; incite
crush or crunch; crumple or squeeze; hunch
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emancipation     Speak
 
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a substance believed to cure all ills
freeing someone from the control of another
time of animals sleep through the winter
representative or perfect example of a class or type; brief summary, as of a book or article
the figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis; overstatement
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exemption     Speak
 
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small signboard outside the office; coarse beach gravel of little water; worn stones and pebbles
a very small portion or allowance assigned, whether of food or money
process of planning, implementing, and controlling flow and storage of goods to satisfy customer requirements
permission not to do something
necessary requirement; indispensable item
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fledgling     Speak
 
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young and inexperienced; having just acquired its flight feathers
most frequent; widespread; predominant
large enough to be noticed or to affect; perceptible
crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar
delightful; delicious; extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
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hoist     Speak
 
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raise; lift; elevate; raise to one's mouth to drink
force to leave; remove from office
behave arrogantly or pompously; walk with a swaying motion
moisten; lessen in force or effect
make into a ruff; disturb the surface of; make uneven by agitation; throw into disorder or confusion
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impetuous     Speak
 
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occupying lower rank; inferior; submissive
impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed
hateful; arousing strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure
rude; sullenly ill-humored; gloomy; threatening, as of weather conditions
marked by sudden and violent force; hasty; impulsive and passionate
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lark     Speak
 
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cause to turn white or become pale; take color from; bleach
flow forth suddenly in great volume; make an excessive display
make or declare void or invalid; reduce to nothing
introduce;  bring up for discussion or debate; announce
any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae; one who wakes early
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mangle     Speak
 
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cut or bruise with repeated blows or strokes, making a ragged or torn wound, or covering with wounds; tear in cutting
give sanction or support to; tolerate or approve
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
happen at the same time; arrange or represent events so that they co-occur
outsmart; trick; beat through cleverness and wit
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negligible     Speak
 
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leading a wandering life with no fixed abode; changeable; unsettled
so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may be easily disregarded
becoming to brothers; brotherly
actuated or characterized by passion or zeal; showing the warmth of feeling; ardent; animated; excited
advanced in development; appearing or developing early
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pester     Speak
 
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cry with a low, whining, broken voice; whine; complain
trouble; disturb; annoy; harass with petty vexations
search thoroughly; search every place or part of
resolve or settle differences by working with all conflicting parties
reduce level; lower grade of something
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plummet     Speak
 
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condemn openly; criticize; make known in a formal manner
injure or hurt; become worse; affect negatively
postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness
force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force
fall straight down; plunge; decline suddenly and steeply
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retort     Speak
 
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revolving stone disk used for grinding, polishing, or sharpening tools; millstone
reply, especially to answer in a quick, caustic, or witty manner
a short poem of songlike; expressing deep personal emotion
class, society, or collection of individuals called by the same name; specifically, a religious sect
shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
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shun     Speak
 
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avoid deliberately; keep away from
block legislation by making long speeches
turn aside, especially from the main subject in writing or speaking
the drawback, as with fear or pain; spring back
make a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; plot together
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spool     Speak
 
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n.  
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young deer; buck or doe of the first year; young of an animal
animals of a period or region
something similar to such a cylinder in shape; the amount of wire, thread, or string wound on such a cylinder
assault; an initial attempt; a sudden short attack
part or region remote from a central district, as of a city or town; fringe; outer border
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supposition     Speak
 
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shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
brink; the very top edge of a container
the fine granular substance produced in flowers; fine bran or flour
act of supposing; something supposed; assumption
filthy and wretched condition or quality; dirty or neglected state
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vivacious     Speak
 
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friendly; of good appearance and manners; graceful
modest and reserved in manner or behavior
unwilling or with reluctance; stingy
springing back; having the power of rebounding; able to return quickly to a former state or condition
animated; lively; vigorous and active
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