Difficult GRE Words - Group 1

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a. disgusting, loathsome

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n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone

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n. the act of acquiring or gaining possession

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a. easily approachable; warmly friendly

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n. a combination of many different things; an alloy of mercury and other metals

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v. collect; gather for oneself, as for one's pleasure or profit

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

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

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

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n. South Africa's policy of racial separation, in place from 1948 to 1990.