Difficult GRE Words - Group 2

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baleful  Speak Example sentences
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mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry
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fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative
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ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious
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portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
bombastic  Speak Example sentences
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rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
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all commentators of the news media collectively
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critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
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pompous; using inflated language; high-sounding but with little meaning
botnet  Speak Example sentences
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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
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mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry
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a combination of independent business organizations formed to regulate production, pricing, and marketing of goods by the members
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besiege or attack; harass; surround with troops
careen  Speak Example sentences
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power of proving or of producing belief; quality of being highly probable or convincing; force; credibility
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lean to one side, as a ship under press of sail; sway from side to side
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influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
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ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious
carnage  Speak Example sentences
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a combination of independent business organizations formed to regulate production, pricing, and marketing of goods by the members
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related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
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massive slaughter, as in war; massacre; corpses, especially of those killed in battle
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relation or agreement between things; fitness; harmony; correspondence; consistency.
cataract  Speak Example sentences
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disease of the eye causing its opacity and, unless treated, leading to blindness
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simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
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relation or agreement between things; fitness; harmony; correspondence; consistency.
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a combination of independent business organizations formed to regulate production, pricing, and marketing of goods by the members
chicanery  Speak Example sentences
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rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
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ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious
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mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry
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overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
chimerical  Speak Example sentences
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of, relating to, or involving the heart and the blood vessels
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fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative
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to use something to one's benefit for advantage
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intellectual rather than emotional
cistern  Speak Example sentences
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relation or agreement between things; fitness; harmony; correspondence; consistency.
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ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious
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reservoir or water tank; vessel to hold water for household uses
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sky blue; light purplish-blue
clan  Speak Example sentences
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overturn or cause to overturn; turn over or upset
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a large group of relatives, friends, or associates; a traditional social unit, consisting of a number of families claiming a common ancestor
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sudden loud noise, as of an explosion; sudden loud blow or bump; sudden burst of action
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handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and graceful