Difficult GRE Words - Group 1

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a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate

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n. award of merit; expression of approval; praise

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v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

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n. several things grouped together or considered as a whole

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n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia

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ad. once more; again; in a new and different way

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n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey

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n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs

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n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge

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n. a large group of islands; a sea, containing a large number of scattered islands