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GRE Vocabulary: Level 4
acerbity     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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the bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
act of positioning close together; side-by-side position
forerunner; one who precedes an event and indicates its approach
growth or increase in size by gradual external addition, fusion, or inclusion
plundering; destructive action; predatory attack; damage or loss
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attainment     Speak
 
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n.  
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something, such as an accomplishment or achievement; achievement
building up, especially in a moral or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improvement
a chemical used to kill pests
curse; the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil
domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by political group or nation over others
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cession     Speak
 
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n.  
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burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity
state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility; sluggishness; dormancy
yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
single-mast sailing boat
study of language; investigation of language and its literature
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debauch     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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corrupt; seduce from virtue
confuse; muddle; cause confusion; make needlessly complex
steal, especially in a small, sly way; take from another on a petty scale, as by violation of trust
disguise or conceal behind a false appearance; make a false show of
cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
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disinter     Speak
 
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turn upside down or inside out; reverse the position, order, or condition of
assemble; convene; gather
dig up; unearth; dig up or remove from grave or tomb; bring to public notice
make impossible, as by action taken in advance; prevent; eliminate
divide into classes; form, arrange or deposit in layers
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encompass     Speak
 
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make liquids murky by stirring up sediment
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; vex
direct or impose with urgent appeal; order with emphasis
cause; bring into existence; give rise to
surround; form a circle or ring around; enclose; envelop
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espy     Speak
 
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clear from blame; exonerate; maintain, uphold, or defend
cut down; reduce; restrict; economize
isolate; separate; keep away from others
divide into classes; form, arrange or deposit in layers
catch sight of; glimpse; discover at a distance
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foible     Speak
 
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n.  
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lazy person; person habitually lazy, idle, and slow; sluggish; lazy
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
one who harasses others; one who tries to embarrass others with questions and objections
award of merit; expression of approval; praise
moral weakness; failing; weak point; slight fault
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histrionic     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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deep-rooted; firmly and long-established; habitual
difficult to work with; rude; unyielding; unmanageable
difficult to manage or govern; stubborn; unyielding
characteristic of acting or stage performance
fearful; demonstrating fear; weakly hesitant
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incongruity     Speak
 
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n.  
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appearance of truth; probability; likelihood
quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate
discord; disagreeable sounds; a harsh, disagreeable combination of sounds
uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment
collection of various items, parts, or ingredients, especially one composed of diverse literary works
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irksome     Speak
 
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radiating; departing from the center
causing annoyance, weariness, or vexation; tedious
poor; experiencing want or need; impoverished
capable of being repaired; admitting of repair
in great quantity or abundance; bountiful; exceedingly liberal
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mollify     Speak
 
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v.  
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make less rigid or softer; calm in temper or feeling
separate; break or wrench apart
grow forth; send out buds; grow or develop rapidly
win by a wide margin; beat thoroughly or heavily; punish or beat severely
discuss fully; talk at great length about something of one's interest
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nettle     Speak
 
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v.  
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speak against; contradict; oppose in words; deny or declare not to be true
condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; vex
teach with biased or one-sided ideology; teach doctrines to; teach uncritically
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palatial     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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lying; habitually dishonest; speaking falsely
winding; twisting; curving in alternate directions; having the shape or form of a snake
lacking self-restraint; lacking sexual restraint; unchaste
of nature of palace, as in spaciousness or ornateness
unshakably calm; placid; incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted
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protagonist     Speak
 
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n.  
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superiority or decisive advantage; domination
noisy speech; speech or piece of writing with strong feeling or expression
the principal character in a work of fiction; the main character in a drama;  leader of a cause; champion
pure, highly concentrated essence of a thing
building up, especially in a moral or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improvement
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refractory     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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stubborn; unmanageable; obstinately resistant to authority or control
carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
offensively loud; noisy; making outcry
idealistic without regard to practicality
obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice
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rote     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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the behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
dictator; ruler having unlimited power
memorizing process using routine or repetition; the sound of surf breaking on the shore
a person who flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons; yes man
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snowdrift     Speak
 
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n.  
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a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone
a mass of snow heaped up by the wind
act of emptying, reducing, or exhausting
vitality and energy; healthy capacity for vigorous activity
of various predominantly aquatic arthropods of the class Crustacea, including lobsters, crabs, shrimps
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tantalize     Speak
 
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v.  
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tease; torture with disappointment; bait someone by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
wear away by friction; scrape; erode
clean; remove offensive parts of book
mold or carve in relief; decorate with or as if with a raised design
overwhelm;  cover with water, especially floodwaters
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wane     Speak
 
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v.  
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expose to radiation; cast rays of light upon
decrease in size or strength; draw gradually to an end
retire from military service
surround with armed forces; harass with requests
renounce upon oath; abandon forever
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