Difficult GRE Words - Group 2

to use something to one's benefit for advantage

adorn or ornament in a showy fashion

pipe or channel for conveying fluids; tube for enclosing electric wires or cable

cautious; sparing or restrained about giving

warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative

blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes

large group; a group of animals or birds, especially larks or quail

increase the status of something rapidly; shoot forth or launch

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

of brownish, tawny colour, with streaks, spots, or patterns

small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions

bowl-shaped strainer, used to wash or drain foods

think earnestly or studiously; meditate; ponder; think deeply

of brownish, tawny colour, with streaks, spots, or patterns

treasury, especially of a public institution or religious order; scholarship granted to a university student in need

small box or case for tea, coffee, etc

any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons

hollow; curved like inner surface of sphere

warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative

story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus

legal officer to whom some degree of authority

any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics but not the Pauli exclusion principle

limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle

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

anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment

small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions

to assemble something in a logical sequence

pipe or channel for conveying fluids; tube for enclosing electric wires or cable

cautious; sparing or restrained about giving

difficult to work with; rude; unyielding; unmanageable

small box or case for tea, coffee, etc

headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins

legal officer to whom some degree of authority

speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud

pipe or channel for conveying fluids; tube for enclosing electric wires or cable

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

portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.

rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof