Difficult GRE Words - Group 1

n. moving at an easy pace; walk slowly or leisurely

n. pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions

a. formless; lacking shape or definition

v. broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make larger or more powerful; increase

n. a person who has had one or more limbs removed by amputation

a. serving to reduce sensibility to pain without loss of consciousness

a. comparable; similar or alike

n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse

a. serving as aid or accessory; auxiliary

ad. once more; again; in a new and different way

n. feeling of animosity

v. comment; make explanatory notes

v. adjust or calculate so as to reflect a rate that is based on a full year

n. source of relaxation or comfort; medicine that relieves pain

a. deviating from normal or common order, form, or rule

n. one who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; opponent

v. be earlier in time; go back further

a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times

n. book of literary selections by various authors

a. manlike; resembling a human, especially in shape or outward appearance