Difficult GRE Words - Group 2
Match Quiz
| Tools to study difficult words | Show Helper |
Click the above button to load......
| Difficult GRE Words - Group 2 | View Group Words |
axiom 
1
 | blessedness; state of extreme happiness |
| drunken; relating to reveling and drunkenness |
| self-evident truth requiring no proof |
| increase the status of something rapidly; shoot forth or launch |
beamline
2
| line traveled by a particle beam in an accelerator |
| surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply |
| blessedness; state of extreme happiness |
| drunken; relating to reveling and drunkenness |
bevy
3
| draw back, from lack of courage or resolution; turn pale, as if in fear |
| large group; a group of animals or birds, especially larks or quail |
| dull explosive sound, usually short and repeated, made by or as if by a laboring engine |
| fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative |
bitumen
4
| any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons |
| surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply |
| produce; give rise to |
| corroding or sloughing ulcer; anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy; disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off |
canker
5
| absolute; having no exception; of using category or categories |
| an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water |
| corroding or sloughing ulcer; anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy; disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off |
| overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride |
cantankerous
6
| ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious |
| think earnestly or studiously; meditate; ponder; think deeply |
| increase the status of something rapidly; shoot forth or launch |
| intended to confuse in an argument |
capitulate
7
| state or period of being imprisoned, confined, or enslaved |
| portending evil; harmful in intent or effect. |
| surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply |
| large reindeer native to northern North America |
castigate
8
| spacious and comfortable; fit; proper; convenient |
| self-evident truth requiring no proof |
| criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication |
| indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing |
cataclysm
9
| ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious |
| an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water |
| surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply |
| small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions |
circumscribe
10
| limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle |
| line traveled by a particle beam in an accelerator |
| produce; give rise to |
| increase the status of something rapidly; shoot forth or launch |