Difficult GRE Words - Group 8

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n. place of orisons, or prayer; chapel or small room set apart for private devotions

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n. branch of zoology that deals with the study of birds

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v. swing back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm; vibrate pendulum like; waver

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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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v. burn surface of; roast over fire, as dry grain; dry to extremity

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n. slight offense; small sin or fault

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n. list of ancestors; family tree

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n. piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass

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a. pervading; spread throughout every part

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v. fertilize by transferring pollen