Difficult GRE Words - Group 11

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 Difficult GRE Words - Group 11View Group Words   
strain  Speak Example sentences
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political speech for campaigning
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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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pass over or beyond; surpass
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kind or sort; a particular breed or race of animal, microbe etc
strident  Speak Example sentences
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loud and harsh; insistent; high-pitched; rough-sounding
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pompous array of words; overabundance of words
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stop or check flow of liquid; stop flow of blood from wound
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tease; torture with disappointment; bait someone by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
summersault  Speak Example sentences
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remaining only for a brief time
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overcome or conquer; climb; place something above; be above or on top of
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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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tease; torture with disappointment; bait someone by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
supersede  Speak Example sentences
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silent or reserved in speech; saying little; not inclined to speak or converse
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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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overcome or conquer; climb; place something above; be above or on top of
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remedy against poison; writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental; pale cane syrup
supplant  Speak Example sentences
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be abuzz; be full of; move in large numbers
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thin, flat slab of hard material such as baked clay or plastic, laid in rows to cover walls, floors, and roofs
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replace; usurp; displace and substitute for another
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smoothly agreeable and courteous; charming, confident and elegant
surmount  Speak Example sentences
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depository for goods
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walk or march with labor; jog along; move wearily
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political speech for campaigning
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overcome or conquer; climb; place something above; be above or on top of
taciturn  Speak Example sentences
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smoothly agreeable and courteous; charming, confident and elegant
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silent or reserved in speech; saying little; not inclined to speak or converse
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untidy; dirty; uncared for in appearance
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streaked, spotted, or marked with a variety of color; very colorful
topsoil  Speak Example sentences
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of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants; living or growing on land; not aquatic
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streaked, spotted, or marked with a variety of color; very colorful
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layer of soil on the surface
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a small statue; a statue or image in the round much smaller than nature
totter  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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walk unsteadily or feebly; stagger; sway, as if about to fall
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easily influenced or affected; especially sensitive
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one who or that which causes pain or anguish; a cause of suffering or great distress
transgress  Speak Example sentences
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pass over or beyond; surpass
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cut off the oxygen supply of
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be abuzz; be full of; move in large numbers
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overcome or conquer; climb; place something above; be above or on top of