Difficult GRE Words - Group 12

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

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n. animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column

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

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n. vitality and energy; healthy capacity for vigorous activity

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

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

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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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a. witty, jocular, like a wag; humorous; tricky

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

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v. make a boat heavy and in danger of sinking by flooding with water; saturate something with water