Difficult GRE Words - Group 2
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bolster 
1
 | anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment |
| support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion |
| rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof |
| casket, chest, or trunk, especially, one used for keeping money or other valuables |
capsize
2
| chuckle with delight; joyful laugh or chuckle; laugh quietly or with restraint |
| cook by direct exposure to heat over fire; subject to great heat; be subjected to the action of heat; be greatly heated |
| overturn or cause to overturn; turn over or upset |
| youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers |
captivity
3
| state or period of being imprisoned, confined, or enslaved |
| make shiny by rubbing; polish |
| depressing, sombre, cold |
| fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative |
carapace
4
| combine; fuse; grow together; come together so as to form one whole; unite |
| dull, slow-moving, and stolid, like an ox; placid and dull |
| hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles |
| chuckle with delight; joyful laugh or chuckle; laugh quietly or with restraint |
caribou
5
| large reindeer native to northern North America |
| anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment |
| combine; fuse; grow together; come together so as to form one whole; unite |
| ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious |
cavil
6
| fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative |
| limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle |
| criticise for petty or frivolous reasons; raise trivial objections |
| to develop or grow rapidly |
cede
7
| yield or formally resign and surrender to another |
| teasing conversation; good-humored, playful conversation |
| support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence |
| a large group of relatives, friends, or associates; a traditional social unit, consisting of a number of families claiming a common ancestor |
chasten
8
| rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof |
| indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing |
| place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion; secluded, quiet place |
| limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle |
chimerical
9
| a Christian ceremony involving baptizing and naming an infant |
| fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative |
| large reindeer native to northern North America |
| make shiny by rubbing; polish |
circumlocution
10
| a Christian ceremony involving baptizing and naming an infant |
| blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes |
| yield or formally resign and surrender to another |
| indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing |