Difficult GRE Words - Group 8
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onslaught 
1
 | suitable for drinking; drinkable |
| making ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade |
| exceed or surpass; leave behind |
| violent attack; sudden and severe onset of trouble |
onus
2
| flexible; easily influenced; easily bent or flexed; pliable |
| a chemical used to kill pests |
| burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
| suitable for drinking; drinkable |
opalescent
3
| extreme poverty; lack of something; barrenness; insufficiency |
| confined; cramped. |
| a chemical used to kill pests |
| varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; lustrous |
ornithology
4
| examination; inspection; repair |
| violent attack; sudden and severe onset of trouble |
| throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; obscure; cover with a superior influence |
| branch of zoology that deals with the study of birds |
ossify
5
| confined; cramped. |
| extreme poverty; lack of something; barrenness; insufficiency |
| ornate tent; light, sometimes ornamental roofed structure, used for amusement or shelter, as at parks or fairs |
| change or form into bone; become set in a rigidly conventional pattern; change from soft tissue to hard bony tissue |
pavilion
6
| situation, especially an unpleasant, troublesome, or trying one, from which extrication is difficult |
| a body suspended from fixed point as to swing freely to and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum |
| ornate tent; light, sometimes ornamental roofed structure, used for amusement or shelter, as at parks or fairs |
| throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; obscure; cover with a superior influence |
pellet
7
| violent attack; sudden and severe onset of trouble |
| bullet or piece of small shot |
| calm; not easily disturbed; not easily excited to action or passion |
| impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster |
pendulum
8
| spread or flow throughout; pervade |
| excessively unwilling to spend; excessively sparing or frugal |
| calm; not easily disturbed; not easily excited to action or passion |
| a body suspended from fixed point as to swing freely to and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum |
perforate
9
| excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; acting like stuffed shirt |
| bullet or piece of small shot |
| pierce, punch, or bore hole or holes in; penetrate |
| monarch; ruler who is unconstrained by law |
perspicacious
10
| having keen insight; mentally perceptive; astute |
| full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through |
| green crust on old bronze works; tone slowly taken by varnished painting |
| a body suspended from fixed point as to swing freely to and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum |