Difficult GRE Words - Group 1

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n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension


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v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode


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a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.


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n. an old saying, that has obtained credit by long use


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v. to assert to be true


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v. collect; gather for oneself, as for one's pleasure or profit


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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. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited


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n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something


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n. funding; money set aside for a specific purpose


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