Difficult GRE Words - Group 2

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a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.

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

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n. line traveled by a particle beam in an accelerator

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ad. in advance; early; at an earlier or preceding time

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n. large group; a group of animals or birds, especially larks or quail

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a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted

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n. children in one family; young of certain animals

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

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n. mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry