Difficult GRE Words - Group 2
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azure 
1
 | to use something to one's benefit for advantage |
| intellectual rather than emotional |
| sky blue; light purplish-blue |
| scold mildly so as to correct or improve; express disapproval |
bacchanalian
2
| any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons |
| drunken; relating to reveling and drunkenness |
| difficult to work with; rude; unyielding; unmanageable |
| something enormous in size or power |
bellicose
3
| all commentators of the news media collectively |
| warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative |
| massive slaughter, as in war; massacre; corpses, especially of those killed in battle |
| grieve; express sympathy; speak sympathetically to one in pain, grief, or misfortune |
bitumen
4
| chuckle with delight; joyful laugh or chuckle; laugh quietly or with restraint |
| hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles |
| distasteful because excessive; excessively sweet or sentimental |
| any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons |
bridle
5
| headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins |
| support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion |
| chuckle with delight; joyful laugh or chuckle; laugh quietly or with restraint |
| something enormous in size or power |
cadaverous
6
| small box or case for tea, coffee, etc |
| absolute; having no exception; of using category or categories |
| like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body |
| remove parts of machine for use in other similar machines; consume another of one's own type or kind |
canister
7
| to use something to one's benefit for advantage |
| small box or case for tea, coffee, etc |
| support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence |
| something enormous in size or power |
cantata
8
| story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus |
| yielding to another; ceding or surrendering |
| intended to confuse in an argument |
| blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes |
captious
9
| chuckle with delight; joyful laugh or chuckle; laugh quietly or with restraint |
| being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude |
| scold mildly so as to correct or improve; express disapproval |
| intended to confuse in an argument |
careen
10
| lean to one side, as a ship under press of sail; sway from side to side |
| support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion |
| limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle |
| intended to confuse in an argument |