Difficult GRE Words - Group 3
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coup 
1
 | a sudden take-over of leadership or power |
| quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy |
| outcome; final resolution or clarification of dramatic or narrative plot |
| object that serves as a focal point of attention and admiration; something that strongly attracts attention; center of attraction |
crochet
2
| difference; deviation; separation; the act of moving away in different direction |
| harm someone's reputation; degrade; bring into disrepute; make infamous |
| a kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton |
| act or practice of tilling land and preparing it for crops; the agricultural management of land; husbandry in general |
cultivation
3
| act or practice of tilling land and preparing it for crops; the agricultural management of land; husbandry in general |
| unable to compromise about points of doctrine; unyielding |
| process of making weaker or less concentrated; decrease in the equity position of a share of stock |
| characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical |
cynosure
4
| object that serves as a focal point of attention and admiration; something that strongly attracts attention; center of attraction |
| manner of deporting or demeaning one's self; manner of acting; conduct; carriage |
| downward slope, as of a hill |
| frighten; abate the courage of; discourage |
daunt
5
| portray; depict; draw or trace outline of; sketch out |
| frighten; abate the courage of; discourage |
| to defeat completely,to make perplex or uneasy |
| to take apart, disassemble |
debilitate
6
| object that serves as a focal point of attention and admiration; something that strongly attracts attention; center of attraction |
| make weak; enfeeble; impair the strength of |
| act or art of writing in code or secret characters; also, secret characters, codes or ciphers, or messages written in a secret code |
| a fundamental or central component |
declaim
7
| a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone |
| speak loudly and vehemently; make formal speech |
| a kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton |
| study of nutrition as it relates to health |
dejected
8
| being in low spirits; depressed |
| object that serves as a focal point of attention and admiration; something that strongly attracts attention; center of attraction |
| a sudden take-over of leadership or power |
| corrupt; seduce from virtue |
denouement
9
| a sudden take-over of leadership or power |
| of or relating to the heart |
| outcome; final resolution or clarification of dramatic or narrative plot |
| manner of deporting or demeaning one's self; manner of acting; conduct; carriage |
despoil
10
| funding by many individuals pooling their money together for a common goal, usually via the Internet. |
| study of nutrition as it relates to health |
| deprive of something valuable by force; rob; take as spoils |
| retire from military service |