Difficult GRE Words - Group 10

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reverie  Speak Example sentences
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hide away; generate and separate substance from cells or bodily fluids
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daydream; state of abstracted musing; absent-minded dreaming while awake
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slender and elongated, especially in a way that suggests weakness; disproportionately long and slender or slim
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tendon or tendon tissue; muscle; nerve
roil  Speak Example sentences
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make liquids murky by stirring up sediment
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speak or write in exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner
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having or producing full, loud, or deep sound; impressive in style of speech; easy to feel
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satisfy fully; overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
satiety  Speak Example sentences
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state of being satiated or glutted; fullness of gratification, either of the appetite or of any sensual desire
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halt the motion or progress of; bring to a standstill; stick fast in mud or snow
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run with speed; run or move in a quick, hurried manner; hasten away
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haphazard; careless; done hastily
scamper  Speak Example sentences
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diligent; hardworking; persevering and constant in effort or application
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run with speed; run or move in a quick, hurried manner; hasten away
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isolate; separate; keep away from others
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manner as Stalin; -esque: in the style or manner of
sedulous  Speak Example sentences
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produce offspring in large numbers; deposit eggs; produce spawn
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act of saluting, or paying respect or reverence, by the customary words or actions; act of greeting, or expressing good will or courtesy
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one who is very reluctant to spend money; miser; selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
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diligent; hardworking; persevering and constant in effort or application
shard  Speak Example sentences
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fragment of brittle substance, as of glass or metal; piece of broken pottery, especially one found in archaeological dig
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false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
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make solid, compact, or hard; make strong or united
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haphazard; careless; done hastily
simile  Speak Example sentences
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make liquids murky by stirring up sediment
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comparison of one thing with another, in English generally using like or as
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tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health
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error in use of language, especially intentional use of misspelling or incorrect grammar ; violation of the conventional rules of society
sinew  Speak Example sentences
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bully; lawless and cruel; cruel and brutal person or gangster
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tendon or tendon tissue; muscle; nerve
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having or producing full, loud, or deep sound; impressive in style of speech; easy to feel
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cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy
skinflint  Speak Example sentences
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thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses; a list of candidates
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one who is very reluctant to spend money; miser; selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
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by unexpected good fortune
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reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn
slovenly  Speak Example sentences
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untidy; careless in work habits
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tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health
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isolate; retire from public life; segregate; seclude
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a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return