Difficult GRE Words - Group 2

increase the status of something rapidly; shoot forth or launch

sudden loud noise, as of an explosion; sudden loud blow or bump; sudden burst of action

yielding to another; ceding or surrendering

in manner of uncle, pertaining to uncle; kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant

bowl-shaped strainer, used to wash or drain foods

hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger

besiege or attack; harass; surround with troops

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

place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion; secluded, quiet place

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

rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

in manner of uncle, pertaining to uncle; kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant

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

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

besiege or attack; harass; surround with troops

surround with hostile forces; crowd around; cause to feel distressed or worried

yielding to another; ceding or surrendering

support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion

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

being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course; going round in a circuit; not direct

handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and graceful

reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive

bowl-shaped strainer, used to wash or drain foods

difficult to work with; rude; unyielding; unmanageable

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

ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious

sudden loud noise, as of an explosion; sudden loud blow or bump; sudden burst of action

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

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

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

lean to one side, as a ship under press of sail; sway from side to side

bowl-shaped strainer, used to wash or drain foods

completely happy and contented; showing or producing exalted joy

lean to one side, as a ship under press of sail; sway from side to side

intended to confuse in an argument

surround with hostile forces; crowd around; cause to feel distressed or worried

cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass

ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious

lean to one side, as a ship under press of sail; sway from side to side