Difficult GRE Words - Group 12
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vernal 
1
 | related to spring; suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh |
| witty, jocular, like a wag; humorous; tricky |
| unsteady; not firm, solid, or securely in place; unstable |
| harsh or corrosive in tone; sarcastic; bitterly scathing |
vigilant
2
| draw back or shrink involuntarily, as in pain or from blow |
| cause to revolve or writhe; twist about; turn; twist |
| attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful |
| ravenous; excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great quantities |
vim
3
| vitality and energy; healthy capacity for vigorous activity |
| make vicious and defamatory statements about; attempt to degrade by slander; defame |
| resistance of a liquid to shear forces; physics coefficient of viscosity; quality of flowing slowly |
| cause to go gently and smoothly through air or over water |
viral
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visceral
5
| clear from blame; exonerate; maintain, uphold, or defend |
| vitality and energy; healthy capacity for vigorous activity |
| exaggerated or abnormal fear of strangers or foreigners |
| Instinctive; having to do with the response of the body as opposed to the intellect |
viscosity
6
| witty, jocular, like a wag; humorous; tricky |
| resistance of a liquid to shear forces; physics coefficient of viscosity; quality of flowing slowly |
| cause to revolve or writhe; twist about; turn; twist |
| agreeable; gracious; charming, often in childlike or naive way |
vitriolic
7
| exaggerated or abnormal fear of strangers or foreigners |
| cause to revolve or writhe; twist about; turn; twist |
| resistance of a liquid to shear forces; physics coefficient of viscosity; quality of flowing slowly |
| harsh or corrosive in tone; sarcastic; bitterly scathing |
vituperative
8
| vitality and energy; healthy capacity for vigorous activity |
| common man, or one of the commonly of the first or most respectable class; freeholder; man free born |
| crucial dividing point; ridge of high land dividing two areas that are drained by different river systems |
| marked by harsh spoken or written abuse; scolding |
waft
9
| fanatically committed person; person who shows excessive zeal |
| cause to go gently and smoothly through air or over water |
| decrease in size or strength; draw gradually to an end |
| one who wastes, especially one who wastes money; idler or loafer |
waggish
10
| witty, jocular, like a wag; humorous; tricky |
| vitality and energy; healthy capacity for vigorous activity |
| make a boat heavy and in danger of sinking by flooding with water; saturate something with water |
| animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column |