Difficult GRE Words - Group 12

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vigilant  Speak Example sentences
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fanatically committed person; person who shows excessive zeal
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decrease in size or strength; draw gradually to an end
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cajole; coax; deceive by flattery
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attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful
vilify  Speak Example sentences
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resistance of a liquid to shear forces; physics coefficient of viscosity; quality of flowing slowly
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make vicious and defamatory statements about; attempt to degrade by slander; defame
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highest point; apex or summit; common point of two lines of angle
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agreeable; gracious; charming, often in childlike or naive way
vindicate  Speak Example sentences
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animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column
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offensively loud; noisy; making outcry
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crucial dividing point; ridge of high land dividing two areas that are drained by different river systems
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clear from blame; exonerate; maintain, uphold, or defend
viral  Speak Example sentences
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any of many types of stinging flying insect
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unsteady; not firm, solid, or securely in place; unstable
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fanatically committed person; person who shows excessive zeal
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spread by word of mouth, with minimal intervention in order to create buzz and interest; caused by a virus
viscosity  Speak Example sentences
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act of vexing, or state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation
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one who wastes, especially one who wastes money; idler or loafer
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unsteady; not firm, solid, or securely in place; unstable
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resistance of a liquid to shear forces; physics coefficient of viscosity; quality of flowing slowly
vitriolic  Speak Example sentences
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harsh or corrosive in tone; sarcastic; bitterly scathing
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agreeable; gracious; charming, often in childlike or naive way
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ravenous; excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great quantities
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cause to go gently and smoothly through air or over water
vituperative  Speak Example sentences
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blow away; separate good parts from bad; sort or select desirable; extract
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cajole; coax; deceive by flattery
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large in volume or bulk; large in number or quantity, especially of discourse
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marked by harsh spoken or written abuse; scolding
voracious  Speak Example sentences
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clear from blame; exonerate; maintain, uphold, or defend
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harsh or corrosive in tone; sarcastic; bitterly scathing
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ravenous; excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great quantities
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unsteady; not firm, solid, or securely in place; unstable
waft  Speak Example sentences
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highest point; apex or summit; common point of two lines of angle
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large in volume or bulk; large in number or quantity, especially of discourse
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unsteady; not firm, solid, or securely in place; unstable
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cause to go gently and smoothly through air or over water
wane  Speak Example sentences
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decrease in size or strength; draw gradually to an end
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one who wastes, especially one who wastes money; idler or loafer
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one who is bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service; devoted adherent of a cause or person or activity
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animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column