Difficult GRE Words - Group 3
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consternation 
1
 | to defeat completely,to make perplex or uneasy |
| intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror |
| being in low spirits; depressed |
| dissatisfied; restlessly unhappy; uneasy in mind |
controvert
2
| act of emptying, reducing, or exhausting |
| oppose with arguments; attempt to prove to be false or incorrect; contradict |
| stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proven beliefs; inflexible, rigid |
| state of collapse caused by illness or old age |
correlate
3
| act of emptying, reducing, or exhausting |
| fall apart; fold or collapse; crush together or press into wrinkles |
| relate; associate; bring into a mutual relation |
| being in low spirits; depressed |
cryptography
4
| agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act |
| act or art of writing in code or secret characters; also, secret characters, codes or ciphers, or messages written in a secret code |
| speak loudly and vehemently; make formal speech |
| apt to believe on slight evidence; easily imposed upon; unsuspecting; believed too readily |
cynosure
5
| object that serves as a focal point of attention and admiration; something that strongly attracts attention; center of attraction |
| agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act |
| relate; associate; bring into a mutual relation |
| plentiful; containing plenty; affording ample supply |
debase
6
| reduce in quality or value; lower in esteem; degrade |
| swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure |
| dead; no longer in use or existence |
| a kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton |
declaim
7
| act of emptying, reducing, or exhausting |
| festive; occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company |
| speak loudly and vehemently; make formal speech |
| vary; go in different directions from the same point |
delineate
8
| portray; depict; draw or trace outline of; sketch out |
| swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure |
| steep, rugged rock; rough, broken cliff, or point of a rock, on a ledge |
| not inclined; having a disinclination; being unwilling |
denouement
9
| outcome; final resolution or clarification of dramatic or narrative plot |
| dead; no longer in use or existence |
| poor verse; of crude or irregular construction |
| stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proven beliefs; inflexible, rigid |
desultory
10
| process of making weaker or less concentrated; decrease in the equity position of a share of stock |
| act of emptying, reducing, or exhausting |
| dead; no longer in use or existence |
| aimless; haphazard; at random; not connected with subject |