Difficult GRE Words - Group 11

dull; impassive; having or revealing little emotion or sensibility

not held in check; unrestrained; not examined for accuracy, efficiency

opinion, doctrine, or principle held as being true by person or organization

restrained; self-controlled; moderate in degree or quality

thin, flat slab of hard material such as baked clay or plastic, laid in rows to cover walls, floors, and roofs

severely criticize; reprimand; reprove sharply

idealistic but usually impractical social reformer

separate; break or wrench apart

idealistic but usually impractical social reformer

act evasively in order to gain time, avoid argument, or postpone a decision

thin, flat slab of hard material such as baked clay or plastic, laid in rows to cover walls, floors, and roofs

ask for humbly or earnestly, as by praying; make humble, earnest petition; beg

eat until excessively full; be more than full; feed someone to excess

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

marked by trembling, quivering, or shaking; timid or fearful; timorous

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

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

peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing

marked by trembling, quivering, or shaking; timid or fearful; timorous

ask for humbly or earnestly, as by praying; make humble, earnest petition; beg

situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed

thin, flat slab of hard material such as baked clay or plastic, laid in rows to cover walls, floors, and roofs

marked by trembling, quivering, or shaking; timid or fearful; timorous

needlessly repetitious; using repetition or excessive wordiness

separate; break or wrench apart

having parallel lines or grooves on surface

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

pass over or beyond; surpass

situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed

remaining only for a brief time

perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible; used for feeling

opinion, doctrine, or principle held as being true by person or organization

be placed in or take the room of; replace; make obsolete; make void or useless by superior power

capable of being held, maintained, or defended, as against an assailant or objector, or against attempts to take or process

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

obtaining pictures of the interior of the body

eat until excessively full; be more than full; feed someone to excess

wordy; using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words

cut the top off; make shorter as if by cutting off

status or position of a superstar