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GRE Vocabulary: Level 4
antediluvian     Speak
 
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bold; incapable of being discouraged; fearless
relating to outline or diagram; represented simply, as using symbols
tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects
antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
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apocryphal     Speak
 
(2)
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learned; scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books
untrue; of questionable authorship or authenticity; erroneous; fictitious
echoing; strong and deep in tone; resounding; having lasting presence or effect
silently resentful; disposed to keep aloof from society, or to repel the friendly advances of others
serving as aid or accessory; auxiliary
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bovine     Speak
 
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constituting or acting as a single, often in rigid or uniform
suffering from indigestion; appearing as if affected by disorder; sickly
feverish; intense emotion or activity
disposed to fight; belligerent; aggressively hostile
dull, slow-moving, and stolid, like an ox; placid and dull
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cumbersome     Speak
 
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free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
absorbed; deeply moved or delighted
heavy; difficult to handle because of weight or bulk
fragrant or sweet-smelling; caused by fragrant odor
matchless; not able to be imitated
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decry     Speak
 
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combine; fuse; grow together; come together to form one whole; unite
make senseless or dizzy; be a mystery or bewildering to
express strong disapproval of; disparage
sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate
overrun; invade in great numbers; occupy in large numbers or live on a host
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emboss     Speak
 
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a drawback, from lack of courage or resolution; turn pale, as if in fear
drive or force onward; drive forward; urge to action through moral pressure
mold or carve in relief; decorate with or as if with a raised design
grow forth; send out buds; grow or develop rapidly
reject; mock; express contempt for rules by word or action; behave with contempt
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expropriate     Speak
 
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teach with biased or one-sided ideology; teach doctrines to; teach uncritically
beat rapidly; shake with fast, tremulous movements
distribute; spread; scatter like seeds
take possession of; transfer another's property to oneself
allege, or think, to be like; represent as like; make or cause to be like
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flout     Speak
 
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foretell; serve as an omen or a warning of; indicate by prediction
grow forth; send out buds; grow or develop rapidly
exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote
blow away; separate good parts from bad; sort or select desirable; extract
reject; mock; express contempt for rules by word or action; behave with contempt
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gregarious     Speak
 
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occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time
secure from corruption, attack, or violation; unassailable
foul-smelling; having bad or offensive odor
sociable; seeking and enjoying the company of others
sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
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inchoate     Speak
 
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coarse or indecent; humorously vulgar or offensive
slightly sour in taste or manner; sharp; caustic
recently begun; imperfectly formed or developed; elementary
silently resentful; disposed to keep aloof from society, or to repel the friendly advances of others
bold; incapable of being discouraged; fearless
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intersect     Speak
 
(11)
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be disturbed; boil; be in a state of turmoil or ferment
pass or flow through, as an aperture; permeate; pass or spread through the whole extent of
swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure
produce; give rise to
cross; meet; meet at a point
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malodorous     Speak
 
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marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others
foul-smelling; having bad or offensive odor
ancient; primitive; belonging to the first or earliest age; original or ancient
easily approachable; warmly friendly
very fat; large in the body; overweight
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obtrude     Speak
 
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become formal or affected in dress or manners; give a neat appearance to
push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude
lessen the violence of disease; moderate intensity; gloss over with excuses
stand idly about; linger aimlessly; proceed slowly or with many stops
starve, kill, or destroy with hunger; exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger
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paean     Speak
 
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n.  
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waste or impure matter; worthless, commonplace, or trivial matter
combativeness; inclination or readiness to fight; quarrelsomeness
forerunner; one who precedes an event and indicates its approach
song of praise or joy;  loud and joyous song; the song of triumph
forerunner; an indication of the approach of something or someone
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privation     Speak
 
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region; remote and undeveloped area
one who is bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service; devoted adherent of a cause or person or activity
greed; excessive desire, especially for wealth
hardship; state of extreme poverty
poem or song expressing lamentation;  mournful poem
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protrude     Speak
 
(16)
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criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to the publication
extend out or project in space; stick out
eat until excessively full; be more than full; feed someone to excess
speak foolishly; talk idly and at length; chatter
overwhelm;  cover with water, especially floodwaters
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rind     Speak
 
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external covering or coat, as of flesh, fruit, trees; skin; hide; bark; peel; shell
great physical beauty and appeal; attractive moral excellence; moral beauty
act of throwing or shooting out; darting or casting forth; uttering of exclamations, or of brief exclamatory phrases
state of alarm or dread; nervous apprehension;  involuntary trembling or quivering
pompous array of words; overabundance of words
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sodden     Speak
 
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thoroughly soaked; expressionless, stupid, or dull, especially from drink
talking much and repetition of unimportant or trivial details
flexible; easily influenced; easily bent or flexed; pliable
outstanding; superior to or notable above all others
capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable
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topsoil     Speak
 
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act or process of branching out or dividing into branches; subdivision or branch
the layer of soil on the surface
a sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
omission of words from a text; mark or series of marks used in writing to indicate omission
calculation; the act or process of calculating an answer or amount by using a machine
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voracious     Speak
 
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talkative; given to continual talking; chattering
exhibiting or giving out colors like those of rainbow; gleaming or shimmering with rainbow colors
ravenous; excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great quantities
nominal holding of the title without obligations; existing in name only; nominal
lacking definite form or limits; hazy; cloudy
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