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GRE Vocabulary: Level 4
amplify     Speak
 
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v.  
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pass over or beyond; surpass
equalize; become similar, as by mixing
blacken; defame; attack reputation of; degrade
broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make larger or more powerful; increase
make poor; reduce to poverty or indigence; exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of
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apostate     Speak
 
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common person, or one of the common of the first or most respectable class; freeholder; man free born
one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
period of depression or unhappy listlessness; slack period; state of inactivity
burial vault; a receptacle for sacred relics, especially in an altar
the act of believing that something is true without having any proof; belief upon incomplete proof
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circumspect     Speak
 
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developing; forming; capable of forming or molding
spacious and comfortable; fit; proper; convenient
tranquil; not varying; uniform; not easily disturbed
carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
childish; belonging to childhood; immature
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complaisant     Speak
 
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reddish; elaborately or excessively ornamented
dying; in a dying state; approaching death; about to die
trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive
oily; composed of oil or fat; characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness
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disseminate     Speak
 
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smirk; smile in an artificial way to make an impression
muddle; drive crazy; become confused
portray; depict; draw or trace the outline of; sketch out
distribute; spread; scatter like seeds
reject; mock; express contempt for rules by word or action; behave with contempt
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engross     Speak
 
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occupy exclusively; absorb; acquire most or all of; write or print the final draft of; make large or larger
increase the scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
save money or resource; cut back; be thrifty
assume the existence of; put forward, as for consideration or study; suggest
teach and impress by frequent repetitions
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excoriate     Speak
 
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look on or treat a person as a celebrity; visit famous places in order to revere them
cross; meet; meet at a point
increase the scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
scold with biting harshness; strip the skin off; abrade
be earlier in time; go back further
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florid     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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very liberal in giving; showing great generosity
marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others
poor; experiencing want or need; impoverished
varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; lustrous
reddish; elaborately or excessively ornamented
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grimace     Speak
 
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the principal character in a work of fiction; the main character in a drama;  leader of a cause; champion
act of emptying, reducing, or exhausting
an animal, plant, or person that lives in or is often in a particular place, a regular visitor
refusal of any compromise; stubbornness
facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust
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ineffable     Speak
 
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warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having the impulse to be combative
radiating; departing from the center
unutterable; cannot be expressed in speech
belong to noble origin; having high birth
in the manner of an uncle, about uncle; kind, genial, benevolent, or tolerant
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jocund     Speak
 
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pertaining to bishop or pope; having dignity or authority of the bishop
drunken; relating to reveling and drunkenness
sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness
merry; cheerful; gay; airy; lively; sportive
belong to noble origin; having high birth
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malapropism     Speak
 
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trick; any distracting or deceptive maneuver
comic misuse of a word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound
one who is very reluctant to spend money; a miser; a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
bird too young to leave its nest; young child
the interdependent relationship between groups or species, often mutually beneficial
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nauseate     Speak
 
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walk or march with labor; jog along; move wearily
cajole; coax; deceive by flattery
run with speed; run or move in a quick, hurried manner; hasten away
cause to become sick; fill with disgust
assent; agree without protesting
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pastiche     Speak
 
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the expectation of misfortune; feeling of evil to come; unfavorable omen
restraint, limit, or restriction; adverse remark or criticism
the layer of soil on the surface
imitation of another's style in musical composition or writing
opinion, doctrine, or principle held as being true by person or organization
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proletarian     Speak
 
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the feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
teaching; the art of education; the science of teaching
solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
forerunner; an indication of the approach of something or someone
member of working class; blue collar person
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redoubtable     Speak
 
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antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
formidable; arousing fear or awe; worthy of respect or honor
strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting light as a result of being heated
marked by precise accordance with details
unable to compromise about points of doctrine; unyielding
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ribald     Speak
 
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quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy
half asleep; inclined to drowsiness; tending to induce sleep
coarse or indecent; humorously vulgar or offensive
supposed to be accurate; reasonable as a supposition
witty, jocular, like a wag; humorous; tricky
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sententious     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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spacious and comfortable; fit; proper; convenient
having or producing full, loud, or deep sound; impressive in the style of speech; easy to feel
concise and full of meaning; using as few words as possible
light as air; heavenly; unusually refined
quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy
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tantalize     Speak
 
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v.  
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charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to an enemy
disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of
oversee with the power of direction; take care of with authority; supervise
entertain; provide with great enjoyment
tease; torture with disappointment; bait someone by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
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utopian     Speak
 
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n.  
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one that expounds or interprets; one that speaks for represents, or advocates
something defends from assault or secures safety; defense
storyteller; one who tells stories and anecdotes with skill and wit
bowl-shaped strainer used to wash or drain foods
idealistic but usually impractical social reformer
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