Difficult GRE Words - Group 5

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a. unpleasant-smelling; having offensive smell; stinking


Spelling Word: fetid
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v. steal, especially in a small, sly way; take from another on a petty scale, as by violation of trust


Spelling Word: filch
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a. covered or smeared with filth; disgustingly dirty; very unpleasant or disagreeable


Spelling Word: filthy
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n. long narrow opening ; long narrow depression in surface


Spelling Word: fissure
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v. foretell; tell in advance; indicate likelihood of; portend


Spelling Word: forebode
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a. developing; forming; capable of forming or molding


Spelling Word: formative
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n. noisy, disorderly fight or quarrel; disturbance


Spelling Word: fracas
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a. full of high-spirited fun; gay; given to merry


Spelling Word: frolicsome
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v. treat with fumes; apply smoke to; expose to smoke or vapor, especially to disinfect or eradicate pests


Spelling Word: fumigate
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v. speak against; contradict; oppose in words; deny or declare not to be true


Spelling Word: gainsay