Difficult GRE Words - Group 9
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preponderance 
1
 | childish; belonging to childhood; immature |
| superiority in numbers or amount |
| absorbed; deeply moved or delighted |
| principal character in a work of fiction; main character in a drama; leader of a cause; champion |
prevalent
2
| childish; belonging to childhood; immature |
| storyteller; one who tells stories and anecdotes with skill and wit |
| widespread; widely or commonly occurring, existing, accepted |
| beat, as with the fists; hit or strike heavily and repeatedly |
proactive
3
| acting in advance to deal with an expected difficulty |
| renovate; make bright by polishing |
| hold oneself back; forbear; keep one's self from action or interference |
| violate; put to improper, unworthy, or degrading use; abuse |
profane
4
| inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative. |
| voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with |
| extreme dislike or aversion; opposition; conflict; resistance, in a physical sense |
| violate; put to improper, unworthy, or degrading use; abuse |
profligate
5
| send back; give up; surrender; resign; restore; transmit or send, especially as money in payment of a demand |
| member of working class; blue collar person |
| inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly; wildly immoral |
| storyteller; one who tells stories and anecdotes with skill and wit |
prohibitive
6
| give in; become more compassionate or forgiving; cause to soften in attitude or temper |
| related to the terminal part of the large intestine |
| bitter, long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will; hatred |
| tending to discourage; prohibiting; forbidding |
prominence
7
| transmitting money, bills, especially to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation |
| principal character in a work of fiction; main character in a drama; leader of a cause; champion |
| superiority in numbers or amount |
| something prominent, especially an area of land raised above its surroundings |
protuberance
8
| person with insane desire to set things on fire |
| capable of being repaired; admitting of repair |
| act of forming into military unit or large group of people; imposition of order or discipline; organization |
| something that bulges out; swelling or tumor on the body |
puerile
9
| act of forming into military unit or large group of people; imposition of order or discipline; organization |
| at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive |
| give or make available; provide; cause to become |
| childish; belonging to childhood; immature |
quiescent
10
| rafts man; originally, any rough and somewhat heavy piece of timber |
| give or make available; provide; cause to become |
| at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive |
| extreme dislike or aversion; opposition; conflict; resistance, in a physical sense |