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GRE Vocabulary: Level 4
abstemious     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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impossible to remove, erase, or wash away; permanent
calm; impartial; unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice
sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
being beyond the normal course of nature; differing from natural
having keen insight; mentally perceptive; astute
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augury     Speak
 
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n.  
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forerunner; one who precedes an event and indicates its approach
reasoning; the act of concluding from premises
teasing conversation; good-humored, playful conversation
burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity
sign of something coming; art or practice of foretelling events by signs or omens
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buttress     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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walk unsteadily or feebly; stagger; sway, as if about to fall
support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
become formal or affected in dress or manners; give a neat appearance to
overwhelm;  cover with water, especially floodwaters
isolate; separate; keep away from others
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crabbed     Speak
 
(4)
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impossible to overcome; unbeatable
very liberal in giving; showing great generosity
full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through
stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate
characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical
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dissimulate     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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satisfy fully; overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
starve, kill, or destroy with hunger; exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger
endure; be persistent, refuse to stop
pretend; hide feelings from other people
make uneasy or anxious; trouble
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emboss     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
become formal or affected in dress or manners; give a neat appearance to
show or demonstrate clearly; overcome; conquer
mold or carve in relief; decorate with or as if with a raised design
steal, especially in a small, sly way; take from another on a petty scale, as by violation of trust
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execrable     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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relating to outline or diagram; represented simply, as using symbols
very bad; extremely inferiorl; intolerable; very hateful
in the manner of an uncle, about uncle; kind, genial, benevolent, or tolerant
not real or genuine; pretended; counterfeit; insincere; false
excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion
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galvanize     Speak
 
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v.  
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stimulate by shock; stir up; spur to action
run with speed; run or move in a quick, hurried manner; hasten away
free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate
cause to feel happily refreshed and energetic; fill with emotion
gather; collect; pick up
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ignominy     Speak
 
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n.  
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swiftness of action or motion; speed
loss of speech due to injury or illness
deep disgrace; shame or dishonor
patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable; quack medicine
bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together
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inordinate     Speak
 
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pertaining to bishop or pope; having dignity or authority of the bishop
learned; scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books
no longer usable or practical; obsolete;  not in fashion
very thin especially from disease or hunger
exceeding reasonable limits; excessive; not regulated; disorderly
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laggard     Speak
 
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sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having the impulse to be combative
free, without charge; costing nothing
unfriendly; hostile; harmful; detrimental
slow; sluggish; wasting time
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loquacious     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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like a corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
talkative; given to continual talking; chattering
put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown
impatient under restraint or opposition; resisting control; difficult to control
not essential;  coming from outside
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nauseate     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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lie; stray from or evade the truth; behave in an evasive way such as to delay action
direct or impose with urgent appeal; order with emphasis
send back; give up; surrender; resign; restore; transmit or send, especially as money in payment of a demand
severely criticize; reprimand; reprove sharply
cause to become sick; fill with disgust
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panacea     Speak
 
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n.  
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remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all
unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity; impurity in thought and deed
one that expounds or interprets; one that speaks for represents, or advocates
restraint, limit, or restriction; adverse remark or criticism
storyteller; one who tells stories and anecdotes with skill and wit
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precipitation     Speak
 
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n.  
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strong dislike, contempt, or aversion; hatefulness; disrepute
one who argues in support of something; advocate; backer
a group that meets socially; an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
unexpected acceleration or hastening; the quantity of water falling to earth
scholar; man of learning or science; one eminent for learning
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rebuff     Speak
 
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v.  
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offer sudden or harsh resistance; turn down or shut out; repel or drive back
call together; cause to assemble in a meeting; convene
aid; assist and deliver from suffering; relieve
dig up; unearth; dig up or remove from grave or tomb; bring to public notice
tone down in intensity; regulate; change from one key to another
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rivet     Speak
 
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n.  
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rejoicing; feeling of extreme joy
subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
shameless or brazen boldness; insolent and shameless audacity
a layer of earth's surface; a layer of society
metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together
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solder     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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foretell; tell in advance; indicate likelihood of; portend
repair or unite by using fusible metal alloy, usually tin and lead
foretell or predict; indicate or warn of in advance
treat with fumes; apply smoke to; expose to smoke or vapor, especially to disinfect or eradicate pests
belong; have a connection with or dependence on
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supplant     Speak
 
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v.  
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replace; usurp; displace and substitute for another
lie; stray from or evade the truth; behave in an evasive way such as to delay action
lean to one side, as a ship under a press of sail; sway from side to side
inspire or influence thoroughly;  stain or dye deeply or completely
isolate; retire from public life; segregate; seclude
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wastrel     Speak
 
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n.  
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animal, such as an insect that lacks backbone or spinal column
dictionary; a stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; vocabulary
one who wastes, especially one who wastes money; idler or loafer
a sudden outburst of emotion or action; sudden attack, recurrence, or intensification of a disease
definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
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