Difficult GRE Words - Group 12
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| Difficult GRE Words - Group 12 | View Group Words |
vernal 
1
 | v. play or move to and fro; move one way and the other; swing; be unsettled in opinion |
| v. make vicious and defamatory statements about; attempt to degrade by slander; defame |
| a. related to spring; suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh |
| a. Instinctive; having to do with the response of the body as opposed to the intellect |
vim
2
| a. unsteady; not firm, solid, or securely in place; unstable |
| n. fanatically committed person; person who shows excessive zeal |
| n. exaggerated or abnormal fear of strangers or foreigners |
| n. vitality and energy; healthy capacity for vigorous activity |
virtuosity
3
| n. appreciation for or interest in fine objects of art; lovers of the elegant arts collectively |
| a. agreeable; gracious; charming, often in childlike or naive way |
| v. cause to revolve or writhe; twist about; turn; twist |
| n. exaggerated or abnormal fear of strangers or foreigners |
visceral
4
| a. unsteady; not firm, solid, or securely in place; unstable |
| a. Instinctive; having to do with the response of the body as opposed to the intellect |
| n. vitality and energy; healthy capacity for vigorous activity |
| n. 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
5
| n. resistance of a liquid to shear forces; physics coefficient of viscosity; quality of flowing slowly |
| a. ravenous; excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great quantities |
| a. Instinctive; having to do with the response of the body as opposed to the intellect |
| n. quality or state of being vulgar; mean condition of life; state of lower classes of society |
vulgarity
6
| v. make vicious and defamatory statements about; attempt to degrade by slander; defame |
| a. Instinctive; having to do with the response of the body as opposed to the intellect |
| n. quality or state of being vulgar; mean condition of life; state of lower classes of society |
| v. blow away; separate good parts from bad; sort or select desirable; extract |
waft
7
| n. quality or state of being vulgar; mean condition of life; state of lower classes of society |
| n. highest point; apex or summit; common point of two lines of angle |
| v. make vicious and defamatory statements about; attempt to degrade by slander; defame |
| v. cause to go gently and smoothly through air or over water |
wastrel
8
| n. common man, or one of the commonly of the first or most respectable class; freeholder; man free born |
| n. one who wastes, especially one who wastes money; idler or loafer |
| n. highest point; apex or summit; common point of two lines of angle |
| a. related to spring; suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh |
winnow
9
| v. blow away; separate good parts from bad; sort or select desirable; extract |
| v. draw back or shrink involuntarily, as in pain or from blow |
| a. attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful |
| a. unsteady; not firm, solid, or securely in place; unstable |
winsome
10
| a. agreeable; gracious; charming, often in childlike or naive way |
| a. offensively loud; noisy; making outcry |
| n. any of many types of stinging flying insect |
| n. quality or state of being vulgar; mean condition of life; state of lower classes of society |