Difficult GRE Words - Group 11

idealistic but usually impractical social reformer

beginner in learning something; novice

accuse; condemn; mark as wicked

kind or sort; a particular breed or race of animal, microbe etc

dullness owing to length or slowness; boredom

kind or sort; a particular breed or race of animal, microbe etc

walk unsteadily or feebly; stagger; sway, as if about to fall

fearful; demonstrating fear; weakly hesitant

sink; immerse; put under water

status or position of a superstar

claw of a bird of prey; part of lock that key presses to shoot bolt

person who flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons; yes man

providing general overview; summary

modest; not bold or forward; not arrogant

grantee of a fief, feud, or fee; one who holds land of superior; feudatory; feudal tenant

present obstacle; stump; cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck

having or marked by a strong tendency

advance forces; leading units at front of army or fleet; persons at forefront of any group or movement

secret; done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently

branch that flows into the main stream; tending to bring about; being partly responsible for

polite, refined, courteous and elegant in manner

marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting; not straightforward; circuitous

hinder or prevent of ; frustrate

nominal holding of title without obligations; existing in name only; nominal

remaining only for a brief time

of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants; living or growing on land; not aquatic

not alloyed; not reduced by foreign admixture; unmixed; unqualified; pure

kind or sort; a particular breed or race of animal, microbe etc

kind or sort; a particular breed or race of animal, microbe etc

branch that flows into the main stream; tending to bring about; being partly responsible for

person who flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons; yes man

of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants; living or growing on land; not aquatic

undoubted or self-evident truth; obvious truth

beginner in learning something; novice

branch that flows into the main stream; tending to bring about; being partly responsible for

providing general overview; summary

a small statue; a statue or image in the round much smaller than nature

not alloyed; not reduced by foreign admixture; unmixed; unqualified; pure

status or position of a superstar

pass over or beyond; surpass