Difficult GRE Words - Group 10

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reverent  Speak Example sentences
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young plant or tree grown from seed; produced from seed
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mud, clay, or small rocks deposited by river or lake
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respectful; worshipful; impressed with veneration or deep respect
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become slower; loosen; become less vigorous, intense, or severe
reverie  Speak Example sentences
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lustful; suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
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daydream; state of abstracted musing; absent-minded dreaming while awake
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single-mast sailing boat
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bully; lawless and cruel; cruel and brutal person or gangster
sabotage  Speak Example sentences
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small metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation
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to destroy or damage something in order to prevent it from being successful
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by unexpected good fortune
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twisting about in a wriggling, snakelike motion
salacious  Speak Example sentences
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thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses; a list of candidates
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burial vault; receptacle for sacred relics, especially in an altar
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repair or unite by using fusible metal alloy, usually tin and lead
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lustful; suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
scads  Speak Example sentences
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a large number or quantity
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disdainful or ironically humorous; cynical; scornful and mocking
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thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses; a list of candidates
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bully; lawless and cruel; cruel and brutal person or gangster
scurrilous  Speak Example sentences
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act of seceding; withdrawal; withdrawal of 11 Southern states from the Union
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leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe; islamic religious clergy
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obscene; indecent; expressing offensive reproach
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hide away; generate and separate substance from cells or bodily fluids
secession  Speak Example sentences
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young plant or tree grown from seed; produced from seed
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act of seceding; withdrawal; withdrawal of 11 Southern states from the Union
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discarded waste material, especially metal suitable for reprocessing; leftover bits of food; a small piece or bit; a fragment
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bully; lawless and cruel; cruel and brutal person or gangster
sedentary  Speak Example sentences
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requiring sitting; accustomed to sitting or to taking little exercise; living in one area, not migratory
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smirk; smile in artificial way to make an impression
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possession of one's powers; calmness; self-command; presence of mind; composure
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regarded as sacred and inviolable
self-possession  Speak Example sentences
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thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses; a list of candidates
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stiffness; physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
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become slower; loosen; become less vigorous, intense, or severe
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possession of one's powers; calmness; self-command; presence of mind; composure
sequester  Speak Example sentences
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isolate; retire from public life; segregate; seclude
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disdainful or ironically humorous; cynical; scornful and mocking
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a chaotic or confusing situation
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possession of one's powers; calmness; self-command; presence of mind; composure