Difficult GRE Words - Group 1

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v. subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity

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a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement

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n. temptation; enticement; any real or apparent good held forth, or operating, as a motive to action

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n. an indirect reference

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a. comparable; similar or alike

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n. contrast; direct contrast; opposition

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n. South Africa's policy of racial separation, in place from 1948 to 1990.

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a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited

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a. curved or hooked like an eagle's beak

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