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 Test Questions
GRE Vocabulary: Level 4
ambidextrous     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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daily; relating to or occurring in a 24-hour period
not harmonious; conflicting; disagreeable in sound; harsh or dissonant
capable of using either hand with equal ease
impossible to overcome; unbeatable
stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate
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beatific     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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liberal in charity; disposed to give freely; generously liberal; beneficent; free in bestowing gifts
argumentative; fond of arguing; inclined to dispute
foul-smelling; offensive by arousing disgust; harmful or dangerous
easily managed or controlled; governable; easily handled or worked; docile
completely happy and contented; showing or producing exalted joy
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circumlocution     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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strong dislike, contempt, or aversion; hatefulness; disrepute
comparison of one thing with another,  in English generally using like or as
the warmth of disposition and manners; kindliness; sympathy
something, such as an accomplishment or achievement; achievement
indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
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crochet     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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backward in book learning; child or another person dull or weak in intellect; dullard or dolt
a kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton
burial vault; a receptacle for sacred relics, especially in an altar
any form of art that borrows from multiple other styles
a sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
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dissonance     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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discord; disagreeable sounds; a harsh, disagreeable combination of sounds
breakdown or decay of organic materials; act or result of decomposing
a body suspended from a fixed point as to swing freely to and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum
shameless or brazen boldness; insolent and shameless audacity
monarch;  ruler who is unconstrained by law
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enervate     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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interpret incorrectly; misjudge; mistake the meaning of
make less severe or harsh; moderate
act evasively in order to gain time, avoid an argument, or postpone a decision
weaken or destroy strength or vitality of; remove a nerve or part of a nerve
cut the surface of something carefully with a sharp tool; carve
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excavate     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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root out; eradicate, literally or figuratively; destroy wholly
unearth; dig out; make a hole in; hollow out
decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine
drive forward; cause to move forward or onward; push
explain; make clear the meaning of; unfold meaning or sense of
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foible     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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moral weakness; failing; weak point; slight fault
act of seceding; withdrawal; withdrawal of 11 Southern states from the Union
person with insane desire to set things on fire
state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility; sluggishness; dormancy
power of proving or of producing belief; quality of being highly probable or convincing; force; credibility
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granulate     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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foretell; tell in advance; indicate likelihood of; portend
cut with an ax; fell with a sharp instrument; form or shape with a sharp instrument; cut
dance and skip about in sport; leap playfully
rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
form into grains or small masses; make rough on the surface
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incontinent     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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divested of a body; ceased to be corporal; incorporeal.
obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice
lacking self-restraint; lacking sexual restraint; unchaste
formidable; arousing fear or awe; worthy of respect or honor
prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous
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interpose     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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take in marriage; marry; give one's loyalty or support to; adopt
inform; give notice to; make aware
stockpile; accumulate for future use
show or demonstrate clearly; overcome; conquer
place between; thrust; intrude; be between, either for aid or for troubling
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mendicant     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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state or feeling of weariness, diminished energy, or listlessness
study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words
beggar; religious friar forbidden to own personal property who begs for a living
downward slope, as of a hill
restraint, limit, or restriction; adverse remark or criticism
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odium     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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combativeness; inclination or readiness to fight; quarrelsomeness
strong dislike, contempt, or aversion; hatefulness; disrepute
the principal character in a work of fiction; the main character in a drama;  leader of a cause; champion
an outer, protective layer of skin of vertebrates
alcoholic beverage taken before a meal as an appetizer
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palpitate     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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speak loudly and vehemently; make formal speech
beat rapidly; shake with fast, tremulous movements
make liquids murky by stirring up sediment
cause to become sick; fill with disgust
extend out or project in space; stick out
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proletarian     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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act of positioning close together; side-by-side position
house roof made with a plant material
solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
member of working class; blue collar person
mental disorder  with delusions of grandeur
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redolent     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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fragrant; odorous; suggestive of odor
versatile; able to take on many shapes; readily taking on varied shapes
flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped
having a harmful effect; injurious; having the quality of destroying life; noxious; poisonous
impervious to moral persuasion; of hard heart
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resplendent     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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easily influenced; flexible; pliable
in conjunction with; accompanying; associated with
thoroughly soaked; expressionless, stupid, or dull, especially from drink
dazzling; glorious; shining with brilliant luster; very bright
recently begun; imperfectly formed or developed; elementary
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spurn     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
catch sight of; glimpse; discover at a distance
follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction
reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn
make weak; enfeeble; impair the strength of
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temerity     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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advancing of a claim; assertion; a false or unsupportable quality
boldness; rashness; foolhardy disregard of danger
elaborate discourse; delivered in public; treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner
hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
philosophy or science of law; a division or department of law
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wane     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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gallop slowly; run or ride with steady, easy gait; travel at an easy pace with long strides
decrease in size or strength; draw gradually to an end
shrink; reduce in size; become less
ridicule; make fun of; laugh at with contempt
cut the top off; make something shorter as if by cutting off
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