Difficult GRE Words - Group 2

yielding to another; ceding or surrendering

pompous; using inflated language; high-sounding but with little meaning

dull, slow-moving, and stolid, like an ox; placid and dull

an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water

any of various succulent, spiny, usually leafless plants native mostly to arid regions

carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious

overturn or cause to overturn; turn over or upset

liberal in charity; disposed to give freely; generously liberal; beneficent; free in bestowing gifts

liberal in charity; disposed to give freely; generously liberal; beneficent; free in bestowing gifts

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

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

an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water

any of various succulent, spiny, usually leafless plants native mostly to arid regions

liberal in charity; disposed to give freely; generously liberal; beneficent; free in bestowing gifts

completely happy and contented; showing or producing exalted joy

carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious

crime, especially theft, or a narrative about such a crime

legal officer to whom some degree of authority

surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply

dull, slow-moving, and stolid, like an ox; placid and dull

increase the status of something rapidly; shoot forth or launch

swiftness of action or motion; speed

overturn or cause to overturn; turn over or upset

handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and graceful

mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry

fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative

charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy

liberal in charity; disposed to give freely; generously liberal; beneficent; free in bestowing gifts

increase the status of something rapidly; shoot forth or launch

yielding to another; ceding or surrendering

capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy

hollow; curved like inner surface of sphere

liberal in charity; disposed to give freely; generously liberal; beneficent; free in bestowing gifts

absolute; having no exception; of using category or categories

dull, slow-moving, and stolid, like an ox; placid and dull

in certain societies, such as imperial China, a woman contracted to a man as a secondary wife, often having few legal rights and low social status

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

pompous; using inflated language; high-sounding but with little meaning

yield or formally resign and surrender to another

an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water