Difficult GRE Words - Group 11

painful labor; work, especially when arduous or involving painful effort

fixed and regular payment, such as salary for services or allowance.

boldness; rashness; foolhardy disregard of danger

oversee with power of direction; take care of with authority; supervise

dull; impassive; having or revealing little emotion or sensibility

squeezed or confined

easily influenced or affected; especially sensitive

act evasively in order to gain time, avoid argument, or postpone a decision

idealistic but usually impractical social reformer

of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants; living or growing on land; not aquatic

muddy; having sediment disturbed; heavy, dark, or dense, as smoke or fog

squeezed or confined

walk unsteadily or feebly; stagger; sway, as if about to fall

dull; impassive; having or revealing little emotion or sensibility

having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed

loud and harsh; insistent; high-pitched; rough-sounding

nominal holding of title without obligations; existing in name only; nominal

make senseless or dizzy; be mystery or bewildering to

fearful; demonstrating fear; weakly hesitant

act evasively in order to gain time, avoid argument, or postpone a decision

walk unsteadily or feebly; stagger; sway, as if about to fall

of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants; living or growing on land; not aquatic

eat until excessively full; be more than full; feed someone to excess

restraint, limit, or restriction; adverse remark or criticism

forceful; intensely emotional; inclined to react violently

awkward; lacking grace in movement or posture

move in a sudden sweep; fly or glide downwards suddenly

branch that flows into the main stream; tending to bring about; being partly responsible for

walk or march with labor; jog along; move wearily

give light as small wax candle; narrow toward the point; become small toward one end

oversee with power of direction; take care of with authority; supervise

nominal holding of title without obligations; existing in name only; nominal

having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed

cause disgrace to by malicious and false statements; hold up or expose to ridicule or calumny; defame

dull; impassive; having or revealing little emotion or sensibility

loud and harsh; insistent; high-pitched; rough-sounding

cause disgrace to by malicious and false statements; hold up or expose to ridicule or calumny; defame

rhe crime of betraying one’s own country

silent or reserved in speech; saying little; not inclined to speak or converse

partly transparent; transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to be distinctly seen