Difficult GRE Words - Group 2

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n. line traveled by a particle beam in an accelerator


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n. an opening or tear; breaking of waves; a gap or rift


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n. treasury, especially of a public institution or religious order; scholarship granted to a university student in need


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v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence


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a. healthily plump and ample of figure; full-bosomed; vigorous; jolly


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a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body


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


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n. massive slaughter, as in war; massacre; corpses, especially of those killed in battle


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n. a combination of independent business organizations formed to regulate production, pricing, and marketing of goods by the members


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v. criticise for petty or frivolous reasons; raise trivial objections


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