Difficult GRE Words - Group 1
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 | pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions |
| greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain |
| ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease |
| humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem |
abdication
2
| the act of giving up or renouncing a right, office, or position of power etc. |
| declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly |
| underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc |
| aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage |
abortive
3
| unsuccessful; failing to accomplish an intended objective; fruitless |
| eye defect that prevents proper focus |
| temptation; enticement; any real or apparent good held forth, or operating, as a motive to action |
| declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly |
aggrandize
4
| pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions |
| increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation |
| aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage |
| serving as aid or accessory; auxiliary |
aghast
5
| strong feelings of aversion or dislike |
| solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse |
| struck by shock, terror, or amazement |
| greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain |
ambidextrous
6
| manlike; resembling a human, especially in shape or outward appearance |
| capable of using either hand with equal ease |
| fall or slide of a large mass, as of snow or rock, down a mountainside |
| eye defect that prevents proper focus |
ambivalence
7
| struck by shock, terror, or amazement |
| greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain |
| upward slope, as of hill |
| state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes, such as love and hate |
amenity
8
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| serving to reduce sensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent |
| pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions |
analgesic
9
| serving to reduce sensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc |
| upward slope, as of hill |
| temptation; enticement; any real or apparent good held forth, or operating, as a motive to action |
apartheid
10
| South Africa's policy of racial separation, in place from 1948 to 1990. |
| comment; make explanatory notes |
| renounce upon oath; abandon forever |
| strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited |