Difficult GRE Words - Group 11

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stolid  Speak Example sentences
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having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed
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dull; impassive; having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
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a flag having three colors
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easily managed or controlled; governable; easily handled or worked; docile
straitened  Speak Example sentences
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squeezed or confined
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pardonable; able to be forgiven; trivial
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one who or that which causes pain or anguish; a cause of suffering or great distress
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state of alarm or dread; nervous apprehension; involuntary trembling or quivering
summersault  Speak Example sentences
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remedy against poison; writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental; pale cane syrup
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cut the top off; make shorter as if by cutting off
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somersault;leap in which a person turns his heels over his head and lights upon his feet; turning end over end
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political speech for campaigning
tableland  Speak Example sentences
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rhe crime of betraying one’s own country
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pardonable; able to be forgiven; trivial
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place over something else; place on top of
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hill; relatively flat highland
teem  Speak Example sentences
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be abuzz; be full of; move in large numbers
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severely criticize; reprimand; reprove sharply
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silent or reserved in speech; saying little; not inclined to speak or converse
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hill; relatively flat highland
tick off  Speak Example sentences
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systematic, usually extensive written discourse on a subject
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sign with a tick; annoy or aggravate
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layer of soil on the surface
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dullness owing to length or slowness; boredom
topsoil  Speak Example sentences
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house roof made with a plant material
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state of alarm or dread; nervous apprehension; involuntary trembling or quivering
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layer of soil on the surface
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claw of a bird of prey; part of lock that key presses to shoot bolt
torpid  Speak Example sentences
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having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed
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restrained; self-controlled; moderate in degree or quality
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persuade to act unlawfully, especially to commit perjury
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beginner in learning something; novice
tractable  Speak Example sentences
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political speech for campaigning
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government ruled by or subject to religious authority
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squeezed or confined
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easily managed or controlled; governable; easily handled or worked; docile
treacle  Speak Example sentences
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remedy against poison; writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental; pale cane syrup
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systematic, usually extensive written discourse on a subject
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of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants; living or growing on land; not aquatic
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vote given in the choice of a man for an office or trust; formal expression of an opinion; testimony; attestation; witness; approval