Difficult GRE Words - Group 8

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n. act of admitting to holy orders; disposition as in ranks or rows; formal arrangement


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v. change or form into bone; become set in a rigidly conventional pattern; change from soft tissue to hard bony tissue


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n. examination; inspection; repair


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a. abnormally pale; lacking intensity of color or luminousness


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a. relating to money; requiring payment of money


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n. travel or journey, especially by foot, notably by pilgrim


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n. a chemical used to kill pests


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a. calm; not easily disturbed; not easily excited to action or passion


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n. chemical combination brought about by the action of light


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n. a moth of the genus Lithophane; feather; wing; joint of bird's wing most remote from the body


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