Difficult GRE Words - Group 5

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n. trick; any distracting or deceptive maneuver


Spelling Word: feint
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n. savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty


Spelling Word: ferocity
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a. obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice


Spelling Word: flagrant
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n. expectation of misfortune; feeling of evil to come; unfavorable omen


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a. excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion


Spelling Word: frenetic
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n. bravery


Spelling Word: gallantry
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n. a mount for a traveling crane consisting of a large frame to move along a set of tracks; supporting framework for a barrel


Spelling Word: gantry
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n. beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as main horizontal support in building


Spelling Word: girder
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n. person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink


Spelling Word: gourmand
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v. make holy; set apart for holy or religious use; consecrate; treat or keep as sacred


Spelling Word: hallow