Difficult GRE Words - Group 8
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onlooker 
1
 | one that looks on; spectator |
| extreme poverty; lack of something; barrenness; insufficiency |
| communication by means of gesture and facial expression |
| musical composition for voices and orchestra based on religious text |
pandemic
2
| spread gradually; cause liquid to pass through small holes; filter |
| religious devotion and reverence to God; devout act, thought, or statement; godliness |
| fertilize by transferring pollen |
| widespread; affecting majority of people |
paroxysm
3
| speaking, writing, written in, or composed of several languages |
| glass vessel or bottle, especially a small bottle for medicines; vial |
| a chemical used to kill pests |
| sudden outburst of emotion or action; sudden attack, recurrence, or intensification of a disease |
pastoral
4
| most frequent or common; having superior power and influence |
| pervading; spread throughout every part |
| rural; relating to shepherds or herders; relating to the country or country life |
| glass vessel or bottle, especially a small bottle for medicines; vial |
pecuniary
5
| relating to money; requiring payment of money |
| a body suspended from fixed point as to swing freely to and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum |
| chemical combination brought about by the action of light |
| communication by means of gesture and facial expression |
pedigree
6
| varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; lustrous |
| feeling or expressing deep regret for misdeeds |
| after death, as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death |
| list of ancestors; family tree |
pellet
7
| covering of feathers on bird; feathers used ornamentally; elaborate dress |
| chemical combination brought about by the action of light |
| effort or inclination to increase the well-being of humankind, as by charitable aid or donations |
| bullet or piece of small shot |
perennially
8
| continually; without ceasing; year after year |
| one that looks on; spectator |
| extreme poverty; lack of something; barrenness; insufficiency |
| a moth of the genus Lithophane; feather; wing; joint of bird's wing most remote from the body |
piety
9
| continually; without ceasing; year after year |
| communication by means of gesture and facial expression |
| religious devotion and reverence to God; devout act, thought, or statement; godliness |
| musical composition for voices and orchestra based on religious text |
pliant
10
| fertilize by transferring pollen |
| sudden outburst of emotion or action; sudden attack, recurrence, or intensification of a disease |
| flexible; easily influenced; easily bent or flexed; pliable |
| spread gradually; cause liquid to pass through small holes; filter |