Difficult GRE Words - Group 9

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a. childish; belonging to childhood; immature


Spelling Word: puerile
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a. marked by precise accordance with details


Spelling Word: punctilious
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a. supposed, reputed, generally regarded as such


Spelling Word: putative
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n. person with insane desire to set things on fire


Spelling Word: pyromania
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v. drink with relish; swallow hurriedly or greedily


Spelling Word: quaff
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v. divide into branches or subdivisions; subordinate branchlike parts


Spelling Word: ramify
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n. quality of or possession of agreement with reason


Spelling Word: rationality
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v. scold harshly; criticize severely


Spelling Word: rebuke
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v. move back; retreat; withdraw a claim or pretension


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a. fragrant; odorous; suggestive of odor


Spelling Word: redolent