Difficult GRE Words - Group 12
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vigilant 
1
 | clear from blame; exonerate; maintain, uphold, or defend |
| related to spring; suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh |
| attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful |
| quality or state of being vulgar; mean condition of life; state of lower classes of society |
vilify
2
| make vicious and defamatory statements about; attempt to degrade by slander; defame |
| blow away; separate good parts from bad; sort or select desirable; extract |
| cause to go gently and smoothly through air or over water |
| agreeable; gracious; charming, often in childlike or naive way |
vindicate
3
| one who is bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service; devoted adherent of a cause or person or activity |
| resistance of a liquid to shear forces; physics coefficient of viscosity; quality of flowing slowly |
| ravenous; excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great quantities |
| clear from blame; exonerate; maintain, uphold, or defend |
virtuosity
4
| one who is bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service; devoted adherent of a cause or person or activity |
| decrease in size or strength; draw gradually to an end |
| appreciation for or interest in fine objects of art; lovers of the elegant arts collectively |
| highest point; apex or summit; common point of two lines of angle |
visceral
5
| Instinctive; having to do with the response of the body as opposed to the intellect |
| exaggerated or abnormal fear of strangers or foreigners |
| draw back or shrink involuntarily, as in pain or from blow |
| one who is bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service; devoted adherent of a cause or person or activity |
viscosity
6
| spread by word of mouth, with minimal intervention in order to create buzz and interest; caused by a virus |
| attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful |
| resistance of a liquid to shear forces; physics coefficient of viscosity; quality of flowing slowly |
| offensively loud; noisy; making outcry |
vitriolic
7
| harsh or corrosive in tone; sarcastic; bitterly scathing |
| make a boat heavy and in danger of sinking by flooding with water; saturate something with water |
| marked by harsh spoken or written abuse; scolding |
| common man, or one of the commonly of the first or most respectable class; freeholder; man free born |
vituperative
8
| marked by harsh spoken or written abuse; scolding |
| common man, or one of the commonly of the first or most respectable class; freeholder; man free born |
| resistance of a liquid to shear forces; physics coefficient of viscosity; quality of flowing slowly |
| one who is bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service; devoted adherent of a cause or person or activity |
vulgarity
9
| quality or state of being vulgar; mean condition of life; state of lower classes of society |
| one who is bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service; devoted adherent of a cause or person or activity |
| draw back or shrink involuntarily, as in pain or from blow |
| offensively loud; noisy; making outcry |
waggish
10
| witty, jocular, like a wag; humorous; tricky |
| unsteady; not firm, solid, or securely in place; unstable |
| crucial dividing point; ridge of high land dividing two areas that are drained by different river systems |
| appreciation for or interest in fine objects of art; lovers of the elegant arts collectively |