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GRE Vocabulary: Level 4
amorphous     Speak
 
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mutually destructive; equally devastating to both sides
formless; lacking shape or definition
falling off as of leaves; falling off or shed at specific season or stage of growth
most frequent or common; having superior power and influence
capable of being held, maintained, or defended, as against an assailant or objector
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ascendancy     Speak
 
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calmness of temperament; steadiness of mind under stress.
solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
highest point; apex or summit; common point of two lines of the angle
complication; complexity; state or quality of being intricate or entangled; perplexity; involution
superiority or decisive advantage; domination
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cantankerous     Speak
 
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insincerely emotional; showing a sickly excess of sentiment
free, without charge; costing nothing
ill-humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious
impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster
pompous; using inflated language; high-sounding but with little meaning
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conifer     Speak
 
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thrift; prudent economy; sparing use
any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones
house roof made with a plant material
large group; a group of animals or birds, especially larks or quail
moving at an easy pace; walk slowly or leisurely
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disinter     Speak
 
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wear away by friction; scrape; erode
dig up; unearth; dig up or remove from grave or tomb; bring to public notice
charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to an enemy
cook by direct exposure to heat over fire; subject to great heat; be subjected to the action of heat; be greatly heated
foretell; serve as an omen or a warning of; indicate by prediction
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ductile     Speak
 
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of or pertaining to prostitutes; tastelessly showy; lustful; deceptive; misleading
full of unspecifiable significance; exciting wonder and awe; wonderful
handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and graceful
easily influenced; flexible; pliable
striking one object against another sharply
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equanimity     Speak
 
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calmness of temperament; steadiness of mind under stress.
imitation; act, practice, or art of mimicking
failure to conform; lack of harmony or correspondence
group of closely located islands
act of forming into a military unit or a large group of people; imposition of order or discipline;  organization
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fatuous     Speak
 
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agreeable; gracious; charming, often in a childlike or naive way
marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting; not straightforward; circuitous
lacking moral restraint; indulging in sensual pleasures or vices
foolish or silly, especially in self-satisfied way
hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to a persuasion
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herdsman     Speak
 
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one who speaks in dialogue or takes part in a conversation
owner or keeper of a herd or herds; one employed in tending a herd of cattle
advance forces; leading units at the front of army or fleet; persons at the forefront of any group or movement
design or tendency; meaning; import; disguise; covering
tendon or tendon tissue; muscle; nerve
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imperceptible     Speak
 
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penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass-through
impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses
swollen; distended; excessively ornate or complex in style or language
winding; bending in and out; not morally honest
effectively concise; appearing as if wiped or rubbed, as smooth
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jocose     Speak
 
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flowing or dropping like honey; sweetly or smoothly flowing, especially in sound
affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; periodic
diligent; hardworking; persevering, and constant in effort or application
drunken; relating to reveling and drunkenness
given to joking; merry; humorous
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marsupial     Speak
 
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any mammal of which the female typically has a pouch in which it rears young, such as kangaroo or koala
state or feeling of weariness, diminished energy, or listlessness
house roof made with a plant material
story or poem set to music that a chorus can sing
habitual return to crime; committing new offenses after being punished for a crime
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nebulous     Speak
 
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ravenous; excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great quantities
lacking definite form or limits; hazy; cloudy
developing; forming; capable of forming or molding
pleasantly tart-tasting; stimulating; charming or attractive
calm; impartial; unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice
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pervade     Speak
 
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grow forth; send out buds; grow or develop rapidly
lose animation; be or become weak or feeble; lose strength or vigor
pass or flow through, as an aperture; permeate; pass or spread through the whole extent of
besiege or attack; harass; surround with troops
give in; become more compassionate or forgiving; cause to soften in attitude or temper
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protagonist     Speak
 
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a large number or quantity
activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
the principal character in a work of fiction; the main character in a drama;  leader of a cause; champion
belief in magical spells to produce unnatural effects; the communicating with spirits of dead ones to predict future
small metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation
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relegate     Speak
 
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wear away by friction; scrape; erode
adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
cut down; reduce; restrict; economize
assign to obscure place, position, or condition; delegate; assign
root out; eradicate, literally or figuratively; destroy wholly
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restive     Speak
 
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harsh or corrosive in tone; sarcastic; bitterly scathing
dissatisfied; restlessly unhappy; uneasy in mind
in the early stage of development; of an organism before birth; related to embryo
harsh and rough-sounding; disturbing public peace; loud and rough
impatient under restraint or opposition; resisting control; difficult to control
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shanty     Speak
 
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n.  
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an abbreviation consisting of the first letters of each word in the name of something
an exaggerated or abnormal fear of strangers or foreigners
retort; comeback; answer to a reply
a small, badly built house, usually made from pieces of wood or cardboard, in which poor people live
undoubted or self-evident truth; obvious truth
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taciturn     Speak
 
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hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
being an artificial and inferior substitute or imitation
stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate
silent or reserved in speech; saying little; not inclined to speak or converse
impatient under restraint or opposition; resisting control; difficult to control
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vertex     Speak
 
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omission of words from a text; mark or series of marks used in writing to indicate omission
facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust
blessedness; state of extreme happiness
the chemical combination brought about by the action of light
highest point; apex or summit; common point of two lines of the angle
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