Difficult GRE Words - Group 9
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preponderance 
1
 | superiority in numbers or amount |
| tending to discourage; prohibiting; forbidding |
| bitter, long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will; hatred |
| foretell or predict; indicate or warn of in advance |
presumption
2
| superiority in numbers or amount |
| act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; act of assuming; belief upon incomplete proof |
| suggesting puzzlement; mocking; curious |
| voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with |
primp
3
| introduction, usually to a poem or play |
| become formal or affected in dress or manners; give neat appearance to |
| tending to discourage; prohibiting; forbidding |
| likely to become or be, anticipated in the future |
progenitor
4
| matter; point; particular; consideration; condition; respect |
| direct ancestor; originator of a line of descent; originator or founder |
| compensating; rewarding; profitable or paying |
| grow rapidly; propagate; reproduce |
proliferate
5
| introduction, usually to a poem or play |
| clothing; garments; dress; garb; costume |
| sacrificing; giving up; state of having rejected your religious beliefs |
| grow rapidly; propagate; reproduce |
prologue
6
| introduction, usually to a poem or play |
| induce someone to convert to one's own religious faith |
| act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; act of assuming; belief upon incomplete proof |
| send back; give up; surrender; resign; restore; transmit or send, especially as money in payment of a demand |
proselytize
7
| induce someone to convert to one's own religious faith |
| suggesting puzzlement; mocking; curious |
| powerful; mighty; strong; vigorous; forcible |
| habitual return to crime; committing new offenses after being punished for crime |
prospective
8
| cause something to multiply or breed; cause to extend to broader area or larger number |
| principal character in a work of fiction; main character in a drama; leader of a cause; champion |
| likely to become or be, anticipated in the future |
| in great quantity or abundance; bountiful; exceedingly liberal |
pulchritude
9
| compensating; rewarding; profitable or paying |
| transmitting money, bills, especially to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation |
| great physical beauty and appeal; attractive moral excellence; moral beauty |
| revive or renew; inflame again; rouse anew |
raiment
10
| act of putting something in working order again; act or process of making amends; compensation |
| clothing; garments; dress; garb; costume |
| superiority in numbers or amount |
| revive or renew; inflame again; rouse anew |