Difficult GRE Words - Group 10

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revelry  Speak Example sentences
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intended to arouse strong curiosity, interest, or reaction, especially by exaggeration of details
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merrymaking, especially, festivity or jollity
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angelic; having sweet nature befitting an angel
reverent  Speak Example sentences
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respectful; worshipful; impressed with veneration or deep respect
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give off sparks; shine as if emanating sparks; twinkle or glow
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a mass of snow heaped up by the wind
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manner as Stalin; -esque: in the style or manner of
rote  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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heir or descendant
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memorizing process using routine or repetition; sound of surf breaking on the shore
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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
rout  Speak Example sentences
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diligent; hardworking; persevering and constant in effort or application
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manner as Stalin; -esque: in the style or manner of
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reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn
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put to disorderly flight or retreat; drive out; cause to flee; defeat overwhelmingly
sacrosanct  Speak Example sentences
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played in abrupt manner; marked by abrupt sharp sound
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temporary stay; brief period of residence; place of temporary stay
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regarded as sacred and inviolable
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run with speed; run or move in a quick, hurried manner; hasten away
secession  Speak Example sentences
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merrymaking, especially, festivity or jollity
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rise or fall with steady acceleration; increase continually
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act of seceding; withdrawal; withdrawal of 11 Southern states from the Union
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half asleep; inclined to drowsiness; tending to induce sleep
secrete  Speak Example sentences
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hide away; generate and separate substance from cells or bodily fluids
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destruction of a ship, as by storm or collision; complete failure or ruin
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a mixture of rain and snow or hail; rain which freezes before reaching the ground
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heir or descendant
servile  Speak Example sentences
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memorizing process using routine or repetition; sound of surf breaking on the shore
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bully; lawless and cruel; cruel and brutal person or gangster
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slavish; suitable to slave or servant; relating to servitude or forced labor
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state of being satiated or glutted; fullness of gratification, either of the appetite or of any sensual desire
silt  Speak Example sentences
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hide away; generate and separate substance from cells or bodily fluids
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mud, clay, or small rocks deposited by river or lake
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intended to arouse strong curiosity, interest, or reaction, especially by exaggeration of details
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bully; lawless and cruel; cruel and brutal person or gangster
slaver  Speak Example sentences
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vessel engaged in the slave trade; slave ship; person engaged in the purchase and sale of slaves; slave merchant
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a mass of snow heaped up by the wind
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sober; serious, organized, and professional; characterized by dignity and propriety
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memorizing process using routine or repetition; sound of surf breaking on the shore