Difficult GRE Words - Group 2

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a. sky blue; light purplish-blue

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n. sudden loud noise, as of an explosion; sudden loud blow or bump; sudden burst of action

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v. hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows

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n. brilliant burst of fire; flame

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a. pompous; using inflated language; high-sounding but with little meaning

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a. of brownish, tawny colour, with streaks, spots, or patterns

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v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence

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

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v. criticise for petty or frivolous reasons; raise trivial objections

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n. mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry