Difficult GRE Words - Group 12

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a. related to spring; suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh

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n. highest point; apex or summit; common point of two lines of angle

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n. act of vexing, or state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation

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v. clear from blame; exonerate; maintain, uphold, or defend

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a. spread by word of mouth, with minimal intervention in order to create buzz and interest; caused by a virus

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a. Instinctive; having to do with the response of the body as opposed to the intellect

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a. harsh or corrosive in tone; sarcastic; bitterly scathing

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a. marked by harsh spoken or written abuse; scolding

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n. quality or state of being vulgar; mean condition of life; state of lower classes of society

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v. cause to go gently and smoothly through air or over water