Difficult GRE Words - Group 7
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layman 
1
 | impose tax or fine to collect monies |
| someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person; generally ignorant person |
| hypnotize; attract strongly, as if with magnet; bring into a state of mesmeric sleep |
| a powerful whirlpool that can suck in objects; events with similar degree of impact as a maelstrom |
lexicographer
2
| compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion |
| destitute of nerves; lacking vigor; weak; powerless |
| author or compiler of dictionary; one employed in making of vocabulary or wordbook of language |
| failure to conform; lack of harmony or correspondence |
libertine
3
| harmonious; euphonic; agreeable to hear; producing agreeable, especially musical, sounds |
| free thinker, usually used disparagingly; one without moral restraint |
| authoritative command or instruction; contract by which one employs another to manage any business for him |
| compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion |
lionize
4
| impose tax or fine to collect monies |
| suggesting the horror of death and decay; gruesome |
| look on or treat a person as celebrity; visit famous places in order to revere them |
| mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to exaggerated degree |
lope
5
| gallop slowly; run or ride with steady, easy gait; travel an easy pace with long strides |
| hardly or never to happen |
| petty details; small particular or detail; a minute or trivial matter of fact |
| long and overextended, especially in time rather than dimension; rather long or too long |
luminary
6
| environment; person’s social setting or environment |
| celebrity; person who is an inspiration to others; person who has achieved eminence in specific field |
| compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion |
| author or compiler of dictionary; one employed in making of vocabulary or wordbook of language |
lustre
7
| a powerful whirlpool that can suck in objects; events with similar degree of impact as a maelstrom |
| be lazy or idle; move, stand, or recline in relaxed manner |
| compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion |
| brilliancy; splendor; brightness; glitter |
macabre
8
| petty details; small particular or detail; a minute or trivial matter of fact |
| lacking definite form or limits; hazy; cloudy |
| compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion |
| suggesting the horror of death and decay; gruesome |
mandate
9
| push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude |
| aspect; air; manner; demeanor; carriage; bearing |
| impose tax or fine to collect monies |
| authoritative command or instruction; contract by which one employs another to manage any business for him |
marsupial
10
| authoritative command or instruction; contract by which one employs another to manage any business for him |
| text of dramatic musical work, such as opera |
| any mammal of which the female typically has a pouch in which it rears its young, such as kangaroo or koala |
| look on or treat a person as celebrity; visit famous places in order to revere them |