Difficult GRE Words - Group 2

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v. hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows

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v. besiege or attack; harass; surround with troops

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

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a. rustic; pastoral; agricultural; relating to country affairs, or to shepherd's life and occupation

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n. treasury, especially of a public institution or religious order; scholarship granted to a university student in need

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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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n. one who makes maps or charts

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v. increase the status of something rapidly; shoot forth or launch

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a. absolute; having no exception; of using category or categories

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a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure