Difficult GRE Words - Group 2

mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry

fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative

ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious

portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.

rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

all commentators of the news media collectively

critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure

pompous; using inflated language; high-sounding but with little meaning

a collection of compromised computers that is slowly built up then unleashed as a DDOS attack or used to send very large quantities of spam

mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry

a combination of independent business organizations formed to regulate production, pricing, and marketing of goods by the members

besiege or attack; harass; surround with troops

power of proving or of producing belief; quality of being highly probable or convincing; force; credibility

lean to one side, as a ship under press of sail; sway from side to side

influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering

ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious

a combination of independent business organizations formed to regulate production, pricing, and marketing of goods by the members

related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function

massive slaughter, as in war; massacre; corpses, especially of those killed in battle

relation or agreement between things; fitness; harmony; correspondence; consistency.

disease of the eye causing its opacity and, unless treated, leading to blindness

simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time

relation or agreement between things; fitness; harmony; correspondence; consistency.

a combination of independent business organizations formed to regulate production, pricing, and marketing of goods by the members

rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious

mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry

overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride

of, relating to, or involving the heart and the blood vessels

fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative

to use something to one's benefit for advantage

intellectual rather than emotional

relation or agreement between things; fitness; harmony; correspondence; consistency.

ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious

reservoir or water tank; vessel to hold water for household uses

sky blue; light purplish-blue

overturn or cause to overturn; turn over or upset

a large group of relatives, friends, or associates; a traditional social unit, consisting of a number of families claiming a common ancestor

sudden loud noise, as of an explosion; sudden loud blow or bump; sudden burst of action

handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and graceful