Difficult GRE Words - Group 10

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a. regarded as sacred and inviolable


Spelling Word: sacrosanct
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v. walk at a leisurely pace; stroll


Spelling Word: saunter
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n. scholar; man of learning or science; one eminent for learning


Spelling Word: savant
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n. a large number or quantity


Spelling Word: scads
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n. pleasure in another person's misfortune


Spelling Word: schadenfreude
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n. obscene; indecent; expressing offensive reproach


Spelling Word: scurrilous
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a. intended to arouse strong curiosity, interest, or reaction, especially by exaggeration of details


Spelling Word: sensational
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n. fragment of brittle substance, as of glass or metal; piece of broken pottery, especially one found in archaeological dig


Spelling Word: shard
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n. leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe; islamic religious clergy


Spelling Word: sheik
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n. tendon or tendon tissue; muscle; nerve


Spelling Word: sinew