Difficult GRE Words - Group 10

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v. attack with abusive language; vilify


Spelling Word: revile
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n. bully; lawless and cruel; cruel and brutal person or gangster


Spelling Word: ruffian
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a. perceptive; shrewd; having insight


Spelling Word: sagacious
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n. projecting or jutting beyond a line or surface; protruding


Spelling Word: salient
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n. release or discharge of bombs or firearms; forceful verbal or written assault


Spelling Word: salvo
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a. cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy


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


Spelling Word: schadenfreude
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n. discarded waste material, especially metal suitable for reprocessing; leftover bits of food; a small piece or bit; a fragment


Spelling Word: scrap
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n. burial vault; receptacle for sacred relics, especially in an altar


Spelling Word: sepulcher
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a. angelic; having sweet nature befitting an angel


Spelling Word: seraphic