Difficult GRE Words - Group 8

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n. making ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade


Spelling Word: ostentation
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v. exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote


Spelling Word: ostracize
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a. widespread; affecting majority of people


Spelling Word: pandemic
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n. sudden outburst of emotion or action; sudden attack, recurrence, or intensification of a disease


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n. inclination; favorable prejudice or bias; special fondness


Spelling Word: partiality
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a. capable of being perceived; cognizable; discernible; perceivable


Spelling Word: perceptible
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a. penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass through


Spelling Word: permeable
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n. any gain above stipulated salary; extra payment


Spelling Word: perquisite
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n. form, appearance, or belongings of a person; external appearance, stature, figure, air


Spelling Word: personage
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v. convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike


Spelling Word: petrify