Difficult GRE Words - Group 12

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


Spelling Word: vernal
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n. animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column


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a. attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful


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n. appreciation for or interest in fine objects of art; lovers of the elegant arts collectively


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a. offensively loud; noisy; making outcry


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a. ravenous; excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great quantities


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n. one who wastes, especially one who wastes money; idler or loafer


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v. play or move to and fro; move one way and the other; swing; be unsettled in opinion


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v. cajole; coax; deceive by flattery


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v. draw back or shrink involuntarily, as in pain or from blow


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