Difficult GRE Words - Group 2

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v. hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows

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

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

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v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering

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n. 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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v. remove parts of machine for use in other similar machines; consume another of one's own type or kind

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n. disease of the eye causing its opacity and, unless treated, leading to blindness

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

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

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v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle