Difficult GRE Words - Group 2

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n. self-evident truth requiring no proof


Spelling Word: axiom
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a. drunken; relating to reveling and drunkenness


Spelling Word: bacchanalian
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a. depressing, sombre, cold


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a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline


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a. healthily plump and ample of figure; full-bosomed; vigorous; jolly


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a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body


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v. remove parts of machine for use in other similar machines; consume another of one's own type or kind


Spelling Word: cannibalize
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a. of, relating to, or involving the heart and the blood vessels


Spelling Word: cardiovascular
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n. large reindeer native to northern North America


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n. a combination of independent business organizations formed to regulate production, pricing, and marketing of goods by the members


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