Difficult GRE Words - Group 12
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vernal 
1
 | any of many types of stinging flying insect |
| vitality and energy; healthy capacity for vigorous activity |
| attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful |
| related to spring; suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh |
vertebrate
2
| animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column |
| marked by harsh spoken or written abuse; scolding |
| act of vexing, or state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation |
| large in volume or bulk; large in number or quantity, especially of discourse |
visceral
3
| Instinctive; having to do with the response of the body as opposed to the intellect |
| offensively loud; noisy; making outcry |
| act of vexing, or state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation |
| highest point; apex or summit; common point of two lines of angle |
viscosity
4
| act of vexing, or state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation |
| resistance of a liquid to shear forces; physics coefficient of viscosity; quality of flowing slowly |
| blow away; separate good parts from bad; sort or select desirable; extract |
| enthusiastic; filled with or motivated by zeal |
vitriolic
5
| harsh or corrosive in tone; sarcastic; bitterly scathing |
| marked by harsh spoken or written abuse; scolding |
| related to spring; suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh |
| one who is bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service; devoted adherent of a cause or person or activity |
voluminous
6
| large in volume or bulk; large in number or quantity, especially of discourse |
| make vicious and defamatory statements about; attempt to degrade by slander; defame |
| cajole; coax; deceive by flattery |
| Instinctive; having to do with the response of the body as opposed to the intellect |
voracious
7
| related to spring; suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh |
| ravenous; excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great quantities |
| unsteady; not firm, solid, or securely in place; unstable |
| act of vexing, or state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation |
votary
8
| quality or state of being vulgar; mean condition of life; state of lower classes of society |
| cajole; coax; deceive by flattery |
| one who is bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service; devoted adherent of a cause or person or activity |
| make vicious and defamatory statements about; attempt to degrade by slander; defame |
wane
9
| witty, jocular, like a wag; humorous; tricky |
| decrease in size or strength; draw gradually to an end |
| draw back or shrink involuntarily, as in pain or from blow |
| any of many types of stinging flying insect |
wasp
10
| unsteady; not firm, solid, or securely in place; unstable |
| any of many types of stinging flying insect |
| decrease in size or strength; draw gradually to an end |
| spread by word of mouth, with minimal intervention in order to create buzz and interest; caused by a virus |