Difficult GRE Words - Group 2

n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander

n. small box or case for tea, coffee, etc

n. corroding or sloughing ulcer; anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy; disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off

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

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

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

a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy

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

v. to use something to one's benefit for advantage

v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply

v. overturn or cause to overturn; turn over or upset

a. intended to confuse in an argument

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

n. state or period of being imprisoned, confined, or enslaved

n. hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles

a. of, relating to, or involving the heart and the blood vessels

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

n. large reindeer native to northern North America

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

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