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 Test Questions
GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
aggravate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
put at a disadvantage; tie up; hamper; prevent the progress
settle down; sink to a lower level or form depression; wear off or die down
worsen; make worse or more troublesome
force to leave; remove from office
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bashful     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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opposition to progress or liberalism; extremely conservative
feeling or expressing sorrow or grief; sad; gloomy
mixed;  experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings
abashed; daunted; very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice
unable to be changed without exception; not mutable
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cannibal     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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an animal that eats other decaying organic matter; someone who collects things that others have discarded
a human being that eats human flesh; anything that devours its own kind
a model of something, or a very clear and typical example of something
covering; umbrella; a cover fixed over a seat or bed
disturbance; noise and confusion; a quarrel
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condescend     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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trouble; disturb; render uneasy; interfere with; vex
go through or across, often under difficult conditions
weaken; make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water
stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity
reduce or eliminate gradually, with a knife; cut small bits off
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crevice     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
gap; a long narrow opening
payment or expense; output
organization of performers and associated personnel
crime of pirate; robbery committed at sea; unauthorized use or reproduction of copyrighted or patented material
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dulcet     Speak
 
(6)
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excessively abundant or numerous; in widespread existence, practice, or use
morally or legally constraining; required; binding
sweet sounding; pleasing to ear; melodious
in name only; insignificantly small
produced under conditions involving intense heat
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entreat     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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make laws; create or pass laws
worsen; make worse or more troublesome
plead; make the earnest request of; ask for earnestly
any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae; one who wakes early
stir up fire; feed plentifully; supply a furnace with fuel
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feckless     Speak
 
(8)
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open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
having the form of a line; straight; consisting of lines; lineal
unconventional; strikingly unfamiliar; located far from civilized areas
separate; consisting of unconnected distinct parts
without skill, ineffective; worthless; lacking purpose
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hinder     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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roughly handle someone or something; cause serious physical wounds
put down by force or intimidation; restrain; crush; oppress; conceal or hide
put at a disadvantage; tie up; hamper; prevent the progress
walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches; move roughly or irregularly
shrink or recoil, as in fear, disgust or embarrassment; bend or crouch with base humility
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horticulture     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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aggressive entrance into foreign territory; raid or invasion
state of poor nutrition
cultivation of plants
representation of common ground between two things; extend over and cover a part of
book of synonyms, often including related and contrasting words and antonyms
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irrevocable     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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weakened, worn out, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use
solid; heavy and compact in form
inclined to interfere in other people's business; intrusive with the offensive manner
profoundly cruel or evil; fiendish; extremely malicious or wicked; infernal
unalterable; irreversible; impossible to retract or revoke
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monotonous     Speak
 
(12)
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unwilling or with reluctance; stingy
boring; dull; tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
behaving like slave; subordinate in capacity or function
of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable
exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
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nuance     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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dependence; certainty based on experience
a subtle or slight degree of difference; a small difference in meaning
text character used to mark the possessive or to show the omission of letters or numbers
truthfulness; unwillingness to tell lies
crime of pirate; robbery committed at sea; unauthorized use or reproduction of copyrighted or patented material
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parochial     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; not enough
narrow in outlook; related to a local church community
unrestrained by convention or morality; wasteful of health or possessions in pursuit of pleasure
of or about typhus; resembling typhus; of serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation
dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague
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portent     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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omen; forewarning; something that portends an event about to occur, especially unfortunate or evil event
lack of interest, or the attitude of not caring resulting from it; the indifference
rejection; an act of excluding or shutting out
cause of grief or distress; discomfort or pain
state of poor nutrition
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rejuvenate     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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pierce; kill by piercing with a spear or sharp
twist or interweave as not to be easily separated; make tangled, confused, and intricate; perplex; bewilder; puzzle
make young again; restore to youthful vigor or appearance
cry with a low, whining, broken voice; whine; complain
slip or glide away; pass away silently
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satanic     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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holding; having quality, power, or capacity of retaining, as to retain knowledge with ease
rash; moving rapidly and heedlessly; speeding headlong; occurring suddenly
of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing
profoundly cruel or evil; fiendish; extremely malicious or wicked; infernal
flowing, as writing letters joined one to another without raising pen; running
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sparse     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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without skill, ineffective; worthless; lacking purpose
circuitous; going round; indirect; encircling; enveloping; comprehensive
occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced intervals; not thick or dense
caring only about oneself; selfish; self-centered
disrespectful; showing lack of due respect; not revering god
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syllabus     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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cause of grief or distress; discomfort or pain
outline or a summary of the main points of a text, lecture, or course of study; abstract
school, especially a theological school for the training of priests; school of higher education, especially for girls
building for storing threshed grain; region yielding much grain
something given freely or without recompense; free gift; a present
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tremor     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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shaking or vibrating movement; slight quiver
honors conferred for some notable achievement; credit
a flock of geese; a cluster or group
colorless stone of high luster, made of paste, used as an inexpensive ornament
a kind of cup or drinking vessel having a foot or standard, but without a handle
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