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GRE Vocabulary: Level 4
accede     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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correct; improve by critical editing; free from fault; alter for the better
cancel; revoke command or order; order or direct in opposition to; prohibit; forbid
agree; give consent, often at the insistence of another; concede
confuse; muddle; cause confusion; make needlessly complex
accuse; condemn; mark as wicked
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arbiter     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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recent convert to a belief; one newly initiated
one of two equal parts; a half
person with power to decide a dispute; judge
small metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation
someone who has withdrawn from his native land
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celerity     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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swiftness of action or motion; speed
essential premise; the underlying assumption
show of skill or deceitful cleverness, considered magical by naive observers
superiority or decisive advantage; domination
painful labor; work, especially when arduous or involving painful effort
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cogitate     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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accuse; condemn; mark as wicked
divide into classes; form, arrange or deposit in layers
think earnestly or studiously; meditate; ponder; think deeply
rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
a drawback, from lack of courage or resolution; turn pale, as if in fear
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dispassionate     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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related to spring; suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
calm; impartial; unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice
capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable
tied in knots; covered with knots or knobs; difficult to understand or solve
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efface     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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shrink; reduce in size; become less
rub or wipe out; make indistinct as if by rubbing
pretend; hide feelings from other people
place between; thrust; intrude; be between, either for aid or for troubling
become formal or affected in dress or manners; give a neat appearance to
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excavate     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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unearth; dig out; make a hole in; hollow out
overrun; invade in great numbers; occupy in large numbers or live on a host
renovate; make bright by polishing
make uneasy or perplexed;  cause to lose one's composure; disconcert
blacken; defame; attack reputation of; degrade
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gambol     Speak
 
(8)
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expose to radiation; cast rays of light upon
dance and skip about in sport; leap playfully
stop or check the flow of liquid; stop the flow of blood from a wound
make a sound quieter and less clear
drink with relish; swallow hurriedly or greedily
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gnarled     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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lacking in spirit or energy to exert effort
penetrating, clear, and sharp, as in operation or expression
talking much and repetition of unimportant or trivial details
twisted; knotty; made rough by age or hard work
relating to the near future; limited to short distances
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indoctrinate     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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sink; immerse; put underwater
cancel; remove; erase or strike out
make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
please intensely; fill with great delight or joy
teach with biased or one-sided ideology; teach doctrines to; teach uncritically
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inverse     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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opposite; reversed in order, nature, or effect; turned upside down
having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed
incompatible; not able to be resolved
slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through
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misconstrue     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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place over something else; place on top of
debase; degrade; spread negative information about
interpret incorrectly; misjudge; mistake the meaning of
spread gradually; cause the liquid to pass through small holes; filter
burn without flame; be liable to break out at any moment
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numismatist     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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slight offense; small sin or fault
an exaggerated or abnormal fear of strangers or foreigners
collector and student of money, in particular of coins
withdrawing support; the act of abandoning something to which one is bound by allegiance or duty; failure in duty
elaborate discourse; delivered in public; treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner
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panegyric     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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scratch; friction; the process of rubbing away the surface of something
single-mast sailing boat
formal or high praise; formal eulogistic composition intended as a public compliment
earthwork or other strong defense; a person who defends
omission of words from a text; mark or series of marks used in writing to indicate omission
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proletarian     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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waste or impure matter; worthless, commonplace, or trivial matter
member of working class; blue collar person
raftsman; originally, any rough and somewhat heavy piece of timber
text of dramatic musical work, such as opera
act of forming into a military unit or a large group of people; imposition of order or discipline;  organization
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relent     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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turn into a god; idolize or idealize; worship or revere as a god
be lazy or idle; move, stand, or recline in a relaxed manner
give in; become more compassionate or forgiving; cause to soften in attitude or temper
enclose; place in something; fix firmly in surrounding mass
mislead; delude; deceive by guile
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retinue     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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dullness owing to length or slowness; boredom
mental disorder  with delusions of grandeur
philosophy or science of law; a division or department of law
following members; attendants accompanying high-ranking person
elaborate discourse; delivered in public; treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner
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spurn     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn
condescend to give or grant; esteem worthy; consider worth notice
shrink; reduce in size; become less
make poor; reduce to poverty or indigence; exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of
wash or flow against; wash one's face and hands
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surmount     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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play or move to and fro; move one way and the other; swing; be unsettled in opinion
speak foolishly; talk idly and at length; chatter
isolate; separate; keep away from others
adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
overcome or conquer; climb; place something above; be above or on top of
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vilify     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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catch sight of; glimpse; discover at a distance
debase; degrade; spread negative information about
hide away; generate and separate substance from cells or bodily fluids
discharge; release liquid in drops or small quantities
make watertight by filling in cracks
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