Difficult GRE Words - Group 11
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statuette 
1
 | advance forces; leading units at front of army or fleet; persons at forefront of any group or movement |
| forceful, effective, and vigorous; sharp or keen |
| a small statue; a statue or image in the round much smaller than nature |
| sink; immerse; put under water |
straitened
2
| one who or that which causes pain or anguish; a cause of suffering or great distress |
| ask for humbly or earnestly, as by praying; make humble, earnest petition; beg |
| squeezed or confined |
| dullness owing to length or slowness; boredom |
striated
3
| hill; relatively flat highland |
| having parallel lines or grooves on surface |
| stiff and artificially formal; inflated |
| empty; showing lack of thought or intelligence; vacant |
succor
4
| claw of a bird of prey; part of lock that key presses to shoot bolt |
| a small statue; a statue or image in the round much smaller than nature |
| aid; assist and deliver from suffering; relieve |
| opinion, doctrine, or principle held as being true by person or organization |
surfeit
5
| peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing |
| eat until excessively full; be more than full; feed someone to excess |
| ask for humbly or earnestly, as by praying; make humble, earnest petition; beg |
| tease; torture with disappointment; bait someone by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied |
tableland
6
| not alloyed; not reduced by foreign admixture; unmixed; unqualified; pure |
| restraint, limit, or restriction; adverse remark or criticism |
| remaining only for a brief time |
| hill; relatively flat highland |
tangential
7
| wound or injure a tissue, as in a surgical operation |
| severely criticize; reprimand; reprove sharply |
| move in a sudden sweep; fly or glide downwards suddenly |
| peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing |
tantalize
8
| a small statue; a statue or image in the round much smaller than nature |
| secret; done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently |
| silently resentful; disposed to keep aloof from society, or to repel the friendly advances of others |
| tease; torture with disappointment; bait someone by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied |
teem
9
| be abuzz; be full of; move in large numbers |
| one who or that which causes pain or anguish; a cause of suffering or great distress |
| peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing |
| office or rank of one who manages another's property and affairs |
tenet
10
| dullness owing to length or slowness; boredom |
| not availing; ineffectual or useless |
| opinion, doctrine, or principle held as being true by person or organization |
| remaining only for a brief time |