Difficult GRE Words - Group 3

[Esc] (1)
a. quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy

[Esc] (2)
a. characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical

[Esc] (3)
n. a kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton

[Esc] (4)
v. expose as false, exaggerated, worthless; ridicule

[Esc] (5)
n. downward slope, as of a hill

[Esc] (6)
v. express strong disapproval of; disparage

[Esc] (7)
n. failure or falling off in amount or quality

[Esc] (8)
v. remove water from; dry out; lose water or bodily fluids

[Esc] (9)
n. process of making weaker or less concentrated; decrease in the equity position of a share of stock

[Esc] (10)
n. state of being discomposed; disorder; agitation; disturbance; inconsistency; disagreement