Difficult GRE Words - Group 1

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n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension

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a. disgusting, loathsome

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n. repudiation; self-sacrifice; renouncing your own interests in favor of interests of others

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a. unsuccessful; failing to accomplish an intended objective; fruitless

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n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause

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v. hear and settle a case by judicial procedure

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v. to assert to be true

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n. book of literary selections by various authors

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a. fit for growing crops, as by plowing

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