Difficult GRE Words - Group 2

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

v. scold mildly so as to correct or improve; express disapproval

a. fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative

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

v. chuckle with delight; joyful laugh or chuckle; laugh quietly or with restraint

n. a Christian ceremony involving baptizing and naming an infant

v. dull explosive sound, usually short and repeated, made by or as if by a laboring engine

a. difficult to work with; rude; unyielding; unmanageable

ad. approximately, about; commonly abbreviated ca. -- used especially before dates and numerical measures.

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

n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing

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

a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious

n. reservoir or water tank; vessel to hold water for household uses

a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud

a. loud outcry; loud sustained noise

n. a large group of relatives, friends, or associates; a traditional social unit, consisting of a number of families claiming a common ancestor

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

a. distasteful because excessive; excessively sweet or sentimental

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