Difficult GRE Words - Group 11

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stamp out  Speak Example sentences
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be placed in or take the room of; replace; make obsolete; make void or useless by superior power
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win by wide margin; beat thoroughly or heavily; punish or beat severely
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end or extinguish by forceful means; get rid of
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stop or check flow of liquid; stop flow of blood from wound
stolid  Speak Example sentences
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dull; impassive; having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
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hill; relatively flat highland
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situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed
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layer of soil on the surface
strangle  Speak Example sentences
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win by wide margin; beat thoroughly or heavily; punish or beat severely
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divide into classes; form, arrange, or deposit in layers
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walk or march with labor; jog along; move wearily
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cut off the oxygen supply of
strident  Speak Example sentences
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persuade to act unlawfully, especially to commit perjury
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layer of soil on the surface
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end or extinguish by forceful means; get rid of
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loud and harsh; insistent; high-pitched; rough-sounding
stymie  Speak Example sentences
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present obstacle; stump; cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck
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rhe crime of betraying one’s own country
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hill; relatively flat highland
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overcome or conquer; climb; place something above; be above or on top of
supersede  Speak Example sentences
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dullness owing to length or slowness; boredom
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of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants; living or growing on land; not aquatic
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be placed in or take the room of; replace; make obsolete; make void or useless by superior power
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divide into classes; form, arrange, or deposit in layers
timorous  Speak Example sentences
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fearful; demonstrating fear; weakly hesitant
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disposed to fight; belligerent; aggressively hostile
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hill; relatively flat highland
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political speech for campaigning
torpid  Speak Example sentences
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replace; usurp; displace and substitute for another
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silent or reserved in speech; saying little; not inclined to speak or converse
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person who flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons; yes man
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having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed
treason  Speak Example sentences
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treeless area between the icecap and the tree line of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil
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rhe crime of betraying one’s own country
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walk or march with labor; jog along; move wearily
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marked by trembling, quivering, or shaking; timid or fearful; timorous
tundra  Speak Example sentences
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treeless area between the icecap and the tree line of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil
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layer of soil on the surface
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person who flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons; yes man
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situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed