Difficult GRE Words - Group 2

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avuncular  Speak Example sentences
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relation or agreement between things; fitness; harmony; correspondence; consistency.
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in manner of uncle, pertaining to uncle; kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant
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corroding or sloughing ulcer; anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy; disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off
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massive slaughter, as in war; massacre; corpses, especially of those killed in battle
bailiff  Speak Example sentences
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legal officer to whom some degree of authority
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limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
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rustic; pastoral; agricultural; relating to country affairs, or to shepherd's life and occupation
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dull explosive sound, usually short and repeated, made by or as if by a laboring engine
bovine  Speak Example sentences
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a Christian ceremony involving baptizing and naming an infant
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being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course; going round in a circuit; not direct
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dull, slow-moving, and stolid, like an ox; placid and dull
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legal officer to whom some degree of authority
bulwark  Speak Example sentences
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remove parts of machine for use in other similar machines; consume another of one's own type or kind
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earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
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liberality in giving; something that is given liberally; goodness, kindness
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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
buttress  Speak Example sentences
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support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
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produce; give rise to
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small enclosed compartment with a window, used to separate the occupant from others; small stall for the display and sale of goods
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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
cadaverous  Speak Example sentences
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cook by direct exposure to heat over fire; subject to great heat; be subjected to the action of heat; be greatly heated
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like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
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cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
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liberality in giving; something that is given liberally; goodness, kindness
canker  Speak Example sentences
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corroding or sloughing ulcer; anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy; disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off
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a Christian ceremony involving baptizing and naming an infant
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cook by direct exposure to heat over fire; subject to great heat; be subjected to the action of heat; be greatly heated
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spacious and comfortable; fit; proper; convenient
caper  Speak Example sentences
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crime, especially theft, or a narrative about such a crime
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like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
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any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons
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cook by direct exposure to heat over fire; subject to great heat; be subjected to the action of heat; be greatly heated
capitalize  Speak Example sentences
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dull explosive sound, usually short and repeated, made by or as if by a laboring engine
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like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
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to use something to one's benefit for advantage
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a Christian ceremony involving baptizing and naming an infant
carapace  Speak Example sentences
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hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
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crime, especially theft, or a narrative about such a crime
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act of condescending; voluntary descent from one's rank or dignity in intercourse with an inferior; courtesy toward inferiors
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critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure