Difficult GRE Words - Group 8

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n. violent attack; sudden and severe onset of trouble

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n. burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity

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a. varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; lustrous

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a. prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous

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n. making ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade

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v. exceed or surpass; leave behind

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a. of nature of palace, as in spaciousness or ornateness

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n. remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all

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n. bullet or piece of small shot

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n. a body suspended from fixed point as to swing freely to and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum