Difficult GRE Words - Group 3
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continence 
1
 | familiar, as by study or experience; able to converse knowledgeably |
| call together; cause to assemble in meeting; convene |
| self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity |
| cancel; revoke command or order; order or direct in opposition to; prohibit; forbid |
cussed
2
| take off; remove; tip or remove one's hat in salutation; put aside; discard |
| perverse; stubborn |
| cultivate; make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans |
| heavy; difficult to handle because of weight or bulk |
daub
3
| deserving hatred and contempt |
| perverse; stubborn |
| smear as with paint; apply with quick or crude strokes to surface; make crude paintings |
| respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic |
debase
4
| reduce in quality or value; lower in esteem; degrade |
| quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy |
| stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proven beliefs; inflexible, rigid |
| dry up thoroughly; make dry, dull, or lifeless; preserve foods by removing the moisture |
deciduous
5
| take off; remove; tip or remove one's hat in salutation; put aside; discard |
| argumentative; fond of arguing; inclined to dispute |
| deserving hatred and contempt |
| falling off as of leaves; falling off or shed at specific season or stage of growth |
deference
6
| period of depression or unhappy listlessness; slack period; state of inactivity |
| all the courses of study offered by an educational institution; a group of related courses, often in a special field of study |
| a yielding to the wishes and opinions of others |
| cancel; revoke command or order; order or direct in opposition to; prohibit; forbid |
deleterious
7
| reduce in quality or value; lower in esteem; degrade |
| cancel; revoke command or order; order or direct in opposition to; prohibit; forbid |
| having harmful effect; injurious; having quality of destroying life; noxious; poisonous |
| lessen price or value of; think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle |
denigrate
8
| heavy; difficult to handle because of weight or bulk |
| with a way of nestling together; by hugging, embracing so as to keep warm |
| stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proven beliefs; inflexible, rigid |
| blacken; defame; attack reputation of; degrade |
desirous
9
| heavy; difficult to handle because of weight or bulk |
| unable to compromise about points of doctrine; unyielding |
| portray; depict; draw or trace outline of; sketch out |
| feeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain; covetous |
despicable
10
| unable to compromise about points of doctrine; unyielding |
| blacken; defame; attack reputation of; degrade |
| perverse; stubborn |
| deserving hatred and contempt |