Difficult GRE Words - Group 12
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| Difficult GRE Words - Group 12 | View Group Words |
vertebrate 
1
 | a. offensively loud; noisy; making outcry |
| n. act of vexing, or state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation |
| n. animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column |
| v. make vicious and defamatory statements about; attempt to degrade by slander; defame |
vigilant
2
| a. attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful |
| a. harsh or corrosive in tone; sarcastic; bitterly scathing |
| n. fanatically committed person; person who shows excessive zeal |
| n. act of vexing, or state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation |
vindicate
3
| n. exaggerated or abnormal fear of strangers or foreigners |
| a. related to spring; suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh |
| n. crucial dividing point; ridge of high land dividing two areas that are drained by different river systems |
| v. clear from blame; exonerate; maintain, uphold, or defend |
visceral
4
| n. vitality and energy; healthy capacity for vigorous activity |
| a. attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful |
| a. Instinctive; having to do with the response of the body as opposed to the intellect |
| v. play or move to and fro; move one way and the other; swing; be unsettled in opinion |
vituperative
5
| a. witty, jocular, like a wag; humorous; tricky |
| a. ravenous; excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great quantities |
| a. marked by harsh spoken or written abuse; scolding |
| n. exaggerated or abnormal fear of strangers or foreigners |
voluminous
6
| a. enthusiastic; filled with or motivated by zeal |
| a. large in volume or bulk; large in number or quantity, especially of discourse |
| n. fanatically committed person; person who shows excessive zeal |
| a. spread by word of mouth, with minimal intervention in order to create buzz and interest; caused by a virus |
voracious
7
| a. large in volume or bulk; large in number or quantity, especially of discourse |
| a. ravenous; excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great quantities |
| n. quality or state of being vulgar; mean condition of life; state of lower classes of society |
| a. related to spring; suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh |
votary
8
| v. cause to go gently and smoothly through air or over water |
| 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 |
| a. enthusiastic; filled with or motivated by zeal |
| a. harsh or corrosive in tone; sarcastic; bitterly scathing |
waggish
9
| a. marked by harsh spoken or written abuse; scolding |
| a. witty, jocular, like a wag; humorous; tricky |
| v. draw back or shrink involuntarily, as in pain or from blow |
| n. act of vexing, or state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation |
wastrel
10
| a. marked by harsh spoken or written abuse; scolding |
| n. one who wastes, especially one who wastes money; idler or loafer |
| n. any of many types of stinging flying insect |
| v. clear from blame; exonerate; maintain, uphold, or defend |