Difficult GRE Words - Group 2

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bailiff  Speak Example sentences
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legal officer to whom some degree of authority
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grieve; express sympathy; speak sympathetically to one in pain, grief, or misfortune
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hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
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to develop or grow rapidly
blench  Speak Example sentences
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draw back, from lack of courage or resolution; turn pale, as if in fear
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dull explosive sound, usually short and repeated, made by or as if by a laboring engine
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headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
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act of condescending; voluntary descent from one's rank or dignity in intercourse with an inferior; courtesy toward inferiors
boson  Speak Example sentences
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grieve; express sympathy; speak sympathetically to one in pain, grief, or misfortune
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hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
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sudden loud noise, as of an explosion; sudden loud blow or bump; sudden burst of action
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any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics but not the Pauli exclusion principle
bovine  Speak Example sentences
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in conjunction with; accompanying; associated with
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dull, slow-moving, and stolid, like an ox; placid and dull
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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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assemble; convene; gather
bridle  Speak Example sentences
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headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
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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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in manner of uncle, pertaining to uncle; kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant
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dull explosive sound, usually short and repeated, made by or as if by a laboring engine
brindled  Speak Example sentences
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trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
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of brownish, tawny colour, with streaks, spots, or patterns
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criticise for petty or frivolous reasons; raise trivial objections
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overturn or cause to overturn; turn over or upset
calumny  Speak Example sentences
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distasteful because excessive; excessively sweet or sentimental
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to develop or grow rapidly
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false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
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trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
captivity  Speak Example sentences
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state or period of being imprisoned, confined, or enslaved
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approximately, about; commonly abbreviated ca. -- used especially before dates and numerical measures.
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full to the brim; completely full; ready to overflow
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dull, slow-moving, and stolid, like an ox; placid and dull
cerebration  Speak Example sentences
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portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
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teasing conversation; good-humored, playful conversation
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anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment
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act of cerebrating; thinking, mental activity
chagrin  Speak Example sentences
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anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment
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draw back, from lack of courage or resolution; turn pale, as if in fear
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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
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to develop or grow rapidly