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GRE Vocabulary: Level 4
abet     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
dispute or contradict, often in an insulting way; challenge
gather; collect; pick up
aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
interpret incorrectly; misjudge; mistake the meaning of
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aver     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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declare to be true; affirm
endure; be persistent, refuse to stop
the drawback or shrink involuntarily, as in pain or from a blow
assault; attack with or as if with violent blows
give vigor to; give life and energy to; strengthen; animate
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calumny     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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having a softening or soothing effect, especially on skin
unexpected acceleration or hastening; the quantity of water falling to earth
self-control; self-restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
terminology; system of names used in an art or science
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debilitate     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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lessen the violence of disease; moderate intensity; gloss over with excuses
move back; retreat; withdraw a claim or pretension
mislead; delude; deceive by guile
expose to radiation; cast rays of light upon
make weak; enfeeble; impair the strength of
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dispassionate     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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calm; impartial; unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice
aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious
deserving of praise; worthy of high praise
muddy; having sediment disturbed; heavy, dark, or dense, like smoke or fog
not identical on both sides of a dividing central line
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doleful     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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fit for growing crops, as by plowing
warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having the impulse to be combative
sorrowful; filled with or expressing grief; mournful
silently resentful; disposed to keep aloof from society, or to repel the friendly advances of others
heavy; difficult to handle because of weight or bulk
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extirpate     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of
surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
appeal to or entreat earnestly; command or enjoin solemnly, as under oath
teach and impress by frequent repetitions
root out; eradicate, literally or figuratively; destroy wholly
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frugality     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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downward slope, as of a hill
one of the superior courts of law; the government department that receives and gives out public money
travel or journey, especially by foot, notably by pilgrim
one who is bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service; devoted adherent of a cause or person or activity
thrift; prudent economy; sparing use
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impecunious     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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without money; poor; penniless
dull, slow-moving, and stolid, like an ox; placid and dull
supposed to be accurate; reasonable as a supposition
foul-smelling; having bad or offensive odor
slow; sluggish; wasting time
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iniquitous     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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wicked or sinful; immoral; unrighteous
regarded as sacred and inviolable
excessively unwilling to spend; excessively sparing or frugal
sociable; seeking and enjoying the company of others
preventing infection; having cleansing effect
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invert     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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repair or unite by using fusible metal alloy, usually tin and lead
burn the surface of; roast over the fire, as dry grain; dry to extremity
lessen the violence of disease; moderate intensity; gloss over with excuses
follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction
turn upside down or inside out; reverse the position, order, or condition of
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mordant     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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bitingly painful; harshly ironic or sinister; serving to fix colors in dyeing
demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; binding; rigid
marked by or given to doubt; questioning
abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown
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ostentation     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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one who harasses others; one who tries to embarrass others with questions and objections
making ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade
the interdependent relationship between groups or species, often mutually beneficial
sign of something coming; art or practice of foretelling events by signs or omens
the warmth of disposition and manners; kindliness; sympathy
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peculate     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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cause to feel happily refreshed and energetic; fill with emotion
combine; fuse; grow together; come together to form one whole; unite
declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
make senseless or dizzy; be a mystery or bewildering to
embezzle;  appropriate fraudulently to one's own use; steal public money entrusted to one's care
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proliferate     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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grow rapidly; propagate; reproduce
foretell; serve as an omen or a warning of; indicate by prediction
treat ill; abuse; treat roughly.
make invalid; make null; invalidate; counteract force or effectiveness of
be or go before something or someone in time or space
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purloin     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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steal, often in violation of trust; put away; remove
sparkle or shine, especially shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; emit a soft, scintillating light; gleam
please intensely; fill with great delight or joy
make shiny by rubbing; polish
rejoice; feel extreme happiness
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rivet     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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pure, highly concentrated essence of a thing
metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together
travel or journey, especially by foot, notably by pilgrim
one who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine contrary to the established faith or prevailing religion
study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words
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shirk     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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fertilize by transferring pollen
avoid or neglect duty or responsibility; malinger
make holy; set apart for holy or religious use; consecrate; treat or keep as sacred
think earnestly or studiously; meditate; ponder; think deeply
cause disgrace to by malicious and false statements; hold up or expose to ridicule or calumny; defame
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tractable     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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concise and full of meaning; using as few words as possible
agreeable; gracious; charming, often in a childlike or naive way
done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; ready or fluent
bringing disgrace; shameful or infamous
easily managed or controlled; governable; easily handled or worked; docile
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utilitarian     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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mocking; exposing human folly to ridicule
awkward; lacking grace in movement or posture
absolute; having no exception; of using category or categories
seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading intentionally
practical and functional, not just for show
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