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GRE Vocabulary: Level 4
abstemious     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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lacking moral restraint; indulging in sensual pleasures or vices
stiff and artificially formal; inflated
extensive; significant; having a wide range, influence, or effect
having keen insight; mentally perceptive; astute
sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
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aseptic     Speak
 
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preventing infection; having cleansing effect
impatient under restraint or opposition; resisting control; difficult to control
grain-eating; plant-eating; feeding only on plants
departing from accepted beliefs or standards; oppositional
inactive; lacking the power to move; unable to move or act
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calumny     Speak
 
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n.  
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a place where one can live in seclusion; home of one isolated from society for religious reasons
false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
radically new or original; cutting edge
curse; evil-speaking; the utterance of curse or execration
small brook or stream; streamlet
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crustacean     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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dullness owing to length or slowness; boredom
building up, especially in a moral or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improvement
claw of a bird of prey; part of the lock that key presses to shoot bolt
of various predominantly aquatic arthropods of the class Crustacea, including lobsters, crabs, shrimps
something defends from assault or secures safety; defense
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disparate     Speak
 
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slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
having total knowledge; knowing everything
fundamentally distinct or different in kind; entirely dissimilar
of or pertaining to prostitutes; tastelessly showy; lustful; deceptive; misleading
deep-rooted; firmly and long-established; habitual
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egress     Speak
 
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n.  
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crucial dividing point; ridge of high land dividing two areas that are drained by different river systems
government by a few persons, especially by a small faction of persons or families
double-dealing; deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech; acting in bad faith.
property of being close together; kinship; nearness; similarity in nature
act of coming or going out; emergence; right to leave; path or opening for going out
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expurgate     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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ridicule; make fun of; laugh at with contempt
lose animation; be or become weak or feeble; lose strength or vigor
overcome or conquer; climb; place something above; be above or on top of
harm someone's reputation; degrade; bring into disrepute; make infamous
clean; remove offensive parts of book
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fulsome     Speak
 
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radiating; departing from the center
winding; bending in and out; not morally honest
opposite; reversed in order, nature, or effect; turned upside down
offensively flattering or insincere; offensive; disgusting
forceful, effective, and vigorous; sharp or keen
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impecunious     Speak
 
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without money; poor; penniless
penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass-through
hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
pompous; using inflated language; high-sounding but with little meaning
possessing congruity; suitable; agreeing; corresponding
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imperturbable     Speak
 
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absolute; having no exception; of using category or categories
consisting of or resembling grains; having grainy texture
partly transparent; transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to be distinctly seen
of isolated people, especially having a narrow viewpoint
unshakably calm; placid; incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted
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jeer     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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book of literary selections by various authors
gear; tackle; the combination of tackles for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship
alcoholic beverage taken before a meal as an appetizer
medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain; something that relieves emotions or causes inaction
superiority in numbers or amount
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macrocosm     Speak
 
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n.  
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elaborate discourse; delivered in public; treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner
the highest point; point in an orbit most distant from the body being orbited
trench in the earth made by a plow; any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; wrinkle on the face
the whole universe; complex structure, such as society, considered as a single entity containing smaller structures
fragment substance, as of glass or metal; a piece of broken pottery, especially found in an archaeological dig
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obtrude     Speak
 
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sparkle or shine, especially shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; emit a soft, scintillating light; gleam
rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude
severely criticize; reprimand; reprove sharply
make less severe or harsh; moderate
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pitfall     Speak
 
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n.  
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state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes, such as love and hate
hard outer layer that covers something
hidden danger; concealed trap; hidden hazard
scarcity; smallness of number; fewness
plundering; destructive action; predatory attack; damage or loss
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poignancy     Speak
 
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n.  
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small metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation
state of deeply felt distress or sorrow; keenness of emotion
beggar; religious friar forbidden to own personal property who begs for a living
comic misuse of a word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound
acting of a role or representation of a character in a play; passing of a law by a legislative body
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remittance     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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transmitting money, bills, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in the discharge of an obligation
thrift; prudent economy; sparing use
direct ancestor; originator of a line of descent; originator or founder
blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
business or practice of catching fish; fishing; a place for catching fish; the right to take fish at a certain place
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reprove     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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make uneasy or anxious; trouble
isolate; retire from public life; segregate; seclude
voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with
replace; usurp; displace and substitute for another
isolate; separate; divide from the main body
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solecism     Speak
 
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n.  
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one who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine contrary to the established faith or prevailing religion
error in the use of language, especially  intentional use of misspelling; violation of the conventional rules of society
dictionary; a stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; vocabulary
rejoicing; feeling of extreme joy
acting of a role or representation of a character in a play; passing of a law by a legislative body
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striated     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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untidy; careless in work habits
green; full of juice in vegetation
foul-smelling; offensive by arousing disgust; harmful or dangerous
apt to believe on slight evidence; easily imposed upon; unsuspecting; believed too readily
having parallel lines or grooves on surface
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turpitude     Speak
 
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n.  
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state or feeling of weariness, diminished energy, or listlessness
a large number or quantity
depravity; corrupt, depraved, or degenerate act
theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original
act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good; language intended to incite and encourage
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