Difficult GRE Words - Group 5
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fidget 
1
 | move uneasily one way and the other; behave or move nervously or restlessly |
| cause to sprout or grow; come into existence |
| cut with an ax; fell with a sharp instrument; form or shape with a sharp instrument; cut |
| not serious or sensible; acting like a clown; something of little value or significance |
fissure
2
| confuse; hot and rosy, as with drinking; be in a heat or bustle; be agitated |
| not serious or sensible; acting like a clown; something of little value or significance |
| long narrow opening ; long narrow depression in surface |
| free, without charge; costing nothing |
flagrant
3
| arousing fear, dread, or alarm |
| gray or white with or as if with age; covered with grayish hair |
| home of the Pope and the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church; achieved independence from Italy in 1929 |
| obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice |
foible
4
| weakness or failing of character |
| consisting of dissimilar elements or parts; completely different |
| free, without charge; costing nothing |
| restless; uneasy; nervous and unable to relax |
forbearance
5
| patience; restraint of passions; act of forbearing or waiting |
| move uneasily one way and the other; behave or move nervously or restlessly |
| consisting of dissimilar elements or parts; completely different |
| arousing fear, dread, or alarm |
fragmentary
6
| free, without charge; costing nothing |
| lacking proper seriousness; speaking freely; talkative; communicative |
| composed of fragments, or broken pieces; disconnected; not complete or entire |
| arousing fear, dread, or alarm |
frivolity
7
| steal, especially in a small, sly way; take from another on a petty scale, as by violation of trust |
| fill beyond capacity, especially with food; swallow greedlly |
| not serious or sensible; acting like a clown; something of little value or significance |
| weakness or failing of character |
germinate
8
| speaking or expressed in lofty style; using high sounding language; overly wordy |
| cause to sprout or grow; come into existence |
| confuse; hot and rosy, as with drinking; be in a heat or bustle; be agitated |
| composed of fragments, or broken pieces; disconnected; not complete or entire |
glossary
9
| brief explanation of words, often placed at back of book |
| not real or genuine; pretended; counterfeit; insincere; false |
| weakness or failing of character |
| feverish; intense emotion or activity |
grandiloquent
10
| apt; suitably expressed; well chosen |
| speaking or expressed in lofty style; using high sounding language; overly wordy |
| large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill |
| hesitant; faltering; imperfect or defective |