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GRE Vocabulary: Level 4
abortive     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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awkward; lacking grace in movement or posture
unsuccessful; failing to accomplish an intended objective; fruitless
extensive; significant; having a wide range, influence, or effect
not allowing passage, especially of liquids; waterproof
matchless; not able to be imitated
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bacchanalian     Speak
 
(2)
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inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly; wildly immoral
reclining; lying down completely or in part
very thin especially from disease or hunger
drunken; relating to reveling and drunkenness
stiff and artificially formal; inflated
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cede     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude
settle oneself securely or comfortably; place or conceal in a secure place
yield or formally resign and surrender to another
expose as false, exaggerated, worthless; ridicule
steal, often in violation of trust; put away; remove
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convex     Speak
 
(4)
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slow; sluggish; wasting time
absorbed; deeply moved or delighted
foul-smelling; offensive by arousing disgust; harmful or dangerous
curving outward; having a surface that bulges outward, as the exterior of a sphere
deep-rooted; firmly and long-established; habitual
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dissemble     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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disguise or conceal behind a false appearance; make a false show of
foretell; serve as an omen or a warning of; indicate by prediction
aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
reduce in quality or value; lower in esteem; degrade
cause to experience shame or humiliation; embarrass
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emancipate     Speak
 
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v.  
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free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate
prevent by taking action in advance
swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure
declare to be true; affirm
contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term
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expurgate     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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make clear or plain, especially by explanation; clarify
push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude
prolong; draw out or lengthen in time
clean; remove offensive parts of book
inform; give notice to; make aware
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fishery     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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the highest point; point in an orbit most distant from the body being orbited
the temporary halting of usual operations of government or control; the time between two reigns
poise; self-confident assurance
business or practice of catching fish; fishing; a place for catching fish; the right to take fish at a certain place
someone who has withdrawn from his native land
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glower     Speak
 
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v.  
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speak loudly and vehemently; make formal speech
look at with a fixed gaze; angry stare
sparkle or shine, especially shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; emit a soft, scintillating light; gleam
make an island of; place in a detached situation or a state having no communication with surrounding objects
admit to rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote
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inert     Speak
 
(10)
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simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
dictatorial; domineering; authoritarian
formidable; arousing fear or awe; worthy of respect or honor
constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
inactive; lacking the power to move; unable to move or act
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irradiate     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
discuss fully; talk at great length about something of one's interest
expose to radiation; cast rays of light upon
frighten; abate the courage of; discourage
make watertight by filling in cracks
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misconstrue     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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deceive; take in by deceptive means; delude
interpret incorrectly; misjudge; mistake the meaning of
dispute or contradict, often in an insulting way; challenge
collect; gather for oneself, as for one's pleasure or profit
call together; cause to assemble in a meeting; convene
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nomenclature     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment
production by a gradual process; the act of working out with great care in detail
terminology; system of names used in an art or science
medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain; something that relieves emotions or causes inaction
burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity
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pantomime     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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communication using gesture and facial expression
region; remote and undeveloped area
greed; excessive desire, especially for wealth
belief in magical spells to produce unnatural effects; the communicating with spirits of dead ones to predict future
repudiation; self-sacrifice; renouncing your own interests in favor of interests of others
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primp     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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correspond; sing or play in harmony; go together
stop or check the flow of liquid; stop the flow of blood from a wound
give praise to; glorify; celebrate or honor
collect; gather for oneself, as for one's pleasure or profit
become formal or affected in dress or manners; give a neat appearance to
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qualm     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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an object that serves as a focal point of attention and admiration; something that strongly attracts attention
wandering from the main path of a journey; diversion
shortening something by omitting parts of it
relation or agreement between things; fitness; harmony; correspondence; consistency.
a sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
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salvo     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment
of various predominantly aquatic arthropods of the class Crustacea, including lobsters, crabs, shrimps
release or discharge of bombs or firearms; forceful verbal or written assault
essential premise; the underlying assumption
small  leaf; a leaf-like organ or part
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sodden     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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choosing at random; not marked by fine distinctions
aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious
carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
sealed by fusion so as to be airtight
thoroughly soaked; expressionless, stupid, or dull, especially from drink
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surreptitious     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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flowing or dropping like honey; sweetly or smoothly flowing, especially in sound
marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting; not straightforward; circuitous
secret; done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently
angelic; having sweet nature befitting an angel
distasteful because excessive; excessively sweet, or sentimental
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vacillate     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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make holy; set apart for holy or religious use; consecrate; treat or keep as sacred
smirk; smile in an artificial way to make an impression
sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate
separate; break or wrench apart
form into grains or small masses; make rough on the surface
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