Difficult GRE Words - Group 12

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spread by word of mouth, with minimal intervention in order to create buzz and interest; caused by a virus
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highest point; apex or summit; common point of two lines of angle
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animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column
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make a boat heavy and in danger of sinking by flooding with water; saturate something with water
vexation  Speak Example sentences
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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
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act of vexing, or state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation
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vitality and energy; healthy capacity for vigorous activity
vigilant  Speak Example sentences
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play or move to and fro; move one way and the other; swing; be unsettled in opinion
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marked by harsh spoken or written abuse; scolding
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attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful
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common man, or one of the commonly of the first or most respectable class; freeholder; man free born
vilify  Speak Example sentences
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witty, jocular, like a wag; humorous; tricky
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spread by word of mouth, with minimal intervention in order to create buzz and interest; caused by a virus
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common man, or one of the commonly of the first or most respectable class; freeholder; man free born
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make vicious and defamatory statements about; attempt to degrade by slander; defame
viral  Speak Example sentences
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spread by word of mouth, with minimal intervention in order to create buzz and interest; caused by a virus
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cajole; coax; deceive by flattery
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marked by harsh spoken or written abuse; scolding
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Instinctive; having to do with the response of the body as opposed to the intellect
vitriolic  Speak Example sentences
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harsh or corrosive in tone; sarcastic; bitterly scathing
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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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cajole; coax; deceive by flattery
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large in volume or bulk; large in number or quantity, especially of discourse
vociferous  Speak Example sentences
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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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exaggerated or abnormal fear of strangers or foreigners
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offensively loud; noisy; making outcry
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witty, jocular, like a wag; humorous; tricky
vulgarity  Speak Example sentences
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ravenous; excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great quantities
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related to spring; suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
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quality or state of being vulgar; mean condition of life; state of lower classes of society
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marked by harsh spoken or written abuse; scolding
waggish  Speak Example sentences
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act of vexing, or state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation
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harsh or corrosive in tone; sarcastic; bitterly scathing
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witty, jocular, like a wag; humorous; tricky
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make vicious and defamatory statements about; attempt to degrade by slander; defame
watershed  Speak Example sentences
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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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common man, or one of the commonly of the first or most respectable class; freeholder; man free born
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Instinctive; having to do with the response of the body as opposed to the intellect
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marked by harsh spoken or written abuse; scolding