Difficult GRE Words - Group 11

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a. squeezed or confined


Spelling Word: straitened
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n. somersault;leap in which a person turns his heels over his head and lights upon his feet; turning end over end


Spelling Word: summersault
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v. eat until excessively full; be more than full; feed someone to excess


Spelling Word: surfeit
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v. give light as small wax candle; narrow toward the point; become small toward one end


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n. a heavy textile with a woven design


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n. boldness; rashness; foolhardy disregard of danger


Spelling Word: temerity
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n. government ruled by or subject to religious authority


Spelling Word: theocracy
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a. marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting; not straightforward; circuitous


Spelling Word: tortuous
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a. partly transparent; transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to be distinctly seen


Spelling Word: translucent
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n. a flag having three colors


Spelling Word: tricolor