Difficult GRE Words - Group 9

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n. advancing of a claim; assertion; a false or unsupportable quality


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a. inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly; wildly immoral


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n. direct ancestor; originator of a line of descent; originator or founder


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n. property of being close together; kinship; nearness; similarity in nature


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v. command against; banish; outlaw


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a. versatile; able to take on many shapes; readily taking on varied shapes


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a. powerful; mighty; strong; vigorous; forcible


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a. marked by precise accordance with details


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v. steal, often in violation of trust; put away; remove


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n. any species of very large snakes of the genus Python


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