Difficult GRE Words - Group 9

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v. become formal or affected in dress or manners; give neat appearance to

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v. violate; put to improper, unworthy, or degrading use; abuse

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v. hold forth so that a person may take; offer for acceptance

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n. one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk

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v. prolong; draw out or lengthen in time

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v. beat, as with the fists; hit or strike heavily and repeatedly

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a. cowardly; lacking strength and firmness of mind

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a. habitually complaining; expressing complaint or grievance

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v. summarize; repeat in concise form

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n. expression of protest, complaint, or reproof, especially formal statement of grievances