Difficult GRE Words - Group 2
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| Difficult GRE Words - Group 2 | View Group Words |
baleful 
1
 | anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment |
| portending evil; harmful in intent or effect. |
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| children in one family; young of certain animals |
beatific
2
| completely happy and contented; showing or producing exalted joy |
| handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and graceful |
| to use something to one's benefit for advantage |
| disease of the eye causing its opacity and, unless treated, leading to blindness |
behemoth
3
| charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy |
| ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious |
| bowl-shaped strainer, used to wash or drain foods |
| something enormous in size or power |
blithe
4
| large group; a group of animals or birds, especially larks or quail |
| large reindeer native to northern North America |
| gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted |
| bowl-shaped strainer, used to wash or drain foods |
brood
5
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| small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions |
| children in one family; young of certain animals |
| earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends |
bulwark
6
| scold mildly so as to correct or improve; express disapproval |
| earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends |
| dull, slow-moving, and stolid, like an ox; placid and dull |
| warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative |
carapace
7
| an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water |
| portending evil; harmful in intent or effect. |
| hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles |
| draw back, from lack of courage or resolution; turn pale, as if in fear |
cataract
8
| disease of the eye causing its opacity and, unless treated, leading to blindness |
| large reindeer native to northern North America |
| lean to one side, as a ship under press of sail; sway from side to side |
| charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy |
caulk
9
| large reindeer native to northern North America |
| any of various succulent, spiny, usually leafless plants native mostly to arid regions |
| handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and graceful |
| make watertight by filling in cracks |
chagrin
10
| anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment |
| in manner of uncle, pertaining to uncle; kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant |
| rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline |
| mislead; delude; deceive by guile |