Difficult GRE Words - Group 7

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n. small leaf; leaf like organ or part


Spelling Word: leaflet
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a. readable; distinct; plainly discernible; apparent


Spelling Word: legible
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a. extremely small; very small person; trivial or petty


Spelling Word: lilliputian
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a. mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to exaggerated degree


Spelling Word: lugubrious
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a. clumsy, slow, or awkward


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a. abundant; rich and splendid; fertile


Spelling Word: luxuriant
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n. comic misuse of word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound


Spelling Word: malapropism
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a. insincerely emotional; showing a sickly excess of sentiment


Spelling Word: mawkish
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v. commit to memory; learn by heart; memorize


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a. lying; habitually dishonest; speaking falsely


Spelling Word: mendacious