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GRE Vocabulary: Level 4
abstemious     Speak
 
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difficult to perceive senses or mind
occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time
lacking proper seriousness; speaking freely; talkative; communicative
sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
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beatific     Speak
 
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lacking self-restraint; lacking sexual restraint; unchaste
completely happy and contented; showing or producing exalted joy
relating to, or produced by motion; dynamic
beginning to exist or appear; in an early stage
amoral; unrestrained; lacking moral discipline or ignoring legal restraint
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chary     Speak
 
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twisted; knotty; made rough by age or hard work
worried or concerned; full of desire; expressing care or concern
completely happy and contented; showing or producing exalted joy
done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; ready or fluent
cautious; sparing or restrained about giving
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cogent     Speak
 
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reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
relating to the near future; limited to short distances
departing from accepted beliefs or standards; oppositional
requiring sitting; involving little exercise or physical activity; living in one area, not migratory
stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proven beliefs; inflexible, rigid
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discordant     Speak
 
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not harmonious; conflicting; disagreeable in sound; harsh or dissonant
coarse or indecent; humorously vulgar or offensive
aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious
slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading intentionally
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egress     Speak
 
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appearance of truth; probability; likelihood
act of coming or going out; emergence; right to leave; path or opening for going out
self-propelled movement; power or ability to move
earthwork or other strong defense; a person who defends
clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes
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enunciate     Speak
 
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speak distinctly; state or set forth precisely or systematically; pronounce; articulate
cause to experience shame or humiliation; embarrass
cut down; reduce; restrict; economize
persuade to act unlawfully, especially to commit perjury
walk or march with labor; jog along; move wearily
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feigned     Speak
 
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apt to believe on slight evidence; easily imposed upon; unsuspecting; believed too readily
not real or genuine; pretended; counterfeit; insincere; false
versatile; able to take on many shapes; readily taking on varied shapes
liberal in charity; disposed to give freely; generously liberal; beneficent; free in bestowing gifts
calm; not easily disturbed; not easily excited to action or passion
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grimace     Speak
 
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something that has a noticeable and positive effect on something you are trying to achieve
plundering; destructive action; predatory attack; damage or loss
facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust
opinion, doctrine, or principle held as being true by person or organization
dullness owing to length or slowness; boredom
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impoverish     Speak
 
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look on or treat a person as a celebrity; visit famous places in order to revere them
discharge; release liquid in drops or small quantities
prolong; draw out or lengthen in time
make poor; reduce to poverty or indigence; exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of
portray; depict; draw or trace the outline of; sketch out
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laggard     Speak
 
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having keen insight; mentally perceptive; astute
relating to, or produced by motion; dynamic
extremely small; very small person; trivial or petty
green; full of juice in vegetation
slow; sluggish; wasting time
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miasma     Speak
 
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crucial dividing point; ridge of high land dividing two areas that are drained by different river systems
bowl-shaped strainer used to wash or drain foods
earthwork or other strong defense; a person who defends
person of no importance; something that does not exist or that exists only in the imagination
swamp gas; heavy, vaporous atmosphere, often emanating from decaying matter; pervasive corrupting influence
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nestling     Speak
 
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the whole universe; complex structure, such as society, considered as a single entity containing smaller structures
a sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones
remedy against poison; writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental; pale cane syrup
bird too young to leave its nest; young child
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pantomime     Speak
 
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author or compiler of dictionary; one employed in the making of vocabulary or wordbook of language
communication using gesture and facial expression
a plant of the genus Linum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers
one who does not hold the same religious beliefs as another
pleasantry or slight satire; banter; jesting language; satirical merriment
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precis     Speak
 
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concise summing up of main points
nickname; familiar name for person, typically shortened version of the given name
award of merit; expression of approval; praise
the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
fern leaf, especially compound leaf; palm or banana leaf
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rebuff     Speak
 
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make liquids murky by stirring up sediment
take in marriage; marry; give one's loyalty or support to; adopt
offer sudden or harsh resistance; turn down or shut out; repel or drive back
divide into branches or subdivisions; subordinate branchlike parts
rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
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roil     Speak
 
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repay; revenge; make repayment for or return something
avoid; refuse to use or participate in; stand aloof from
deprive of oxygen to the extent of producing death or severe symptoms; suffocate
make liquids murky by stirring up sediment
weaken; lessen or attempt to lessen the seriousness of, especially by providing partial excuses
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sporadic     Speak
 
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obscure; profound; difficult to understand
apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
obscure; puzzling; not easily explained or accounted for
awkward; lacking grace in movement or posture
occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time
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striated     Speak
 
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bitingly painful; harshly ironic or sinister; serving to fix colors in dyeing
striking one object against another sharply
talkative; given to continual talking; chattering
having parallel lines or grooves on surface
marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others
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tyrannical     Speak
 
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concise and full of meaning; using as few words as possible
stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate
dictatorial; domineering; authoritarian
grain-eating; plant-eating; feeding only on plants
without money; poor; penniless
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