Difficult GRE Words - Group 3
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consternation 
1
 | harm someone's reputation; degrade; bring into disrepute; make infamous |
| move from a higher to a lower place; come or go down; arrive or attack in a sudden or an overwhelming manner |
| intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror |
| right-handedness; readiness and grace in physical activity; skill and ease in using the hands; expertness in manual acts |
consumerism
2
| a sudden take-over of leadership or power |
| attachment to materialistic values or possessions; theory that a progressively greater consumption of goods is economically beneficial |
| make smaller or less or to cause to appear so; detract from the authority, reputation, or prestige of |
| a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone |
coronation
3
| disguise or conceal behind a false appearance; make a false show of |
| act or ceremony of crowning a sovereign or the sovereign's consort; ceremony of installing a new monarch |
| portray; depict; draw or trace outline of; sketch out |
| unable to compromise about points of doctrine; unyielding |
coup
4
| a specialist in the study of nutrition |
| turn into a god; idolize or idealize; worship or revere as a god |
| tending to depart from main point or cover a wide range of subjects |
| a sudden take-over of leadership or power |
cumber
5
| rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; be burdensome or oppressive to; hinder or embarrass in attaining an object |
| apt to believe on slight evidence; easily imposed upon; unsuspecting; believed too readily |
| a specialist in the study of nutrition |
| a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone |
debase
6
| slow down rate of advancement of; decrease speed of |
| outcome; final resolution or clarification of dramatic or narrative plot |
| reduce in quality or value; lower in esteem; degrade |
| speak loudly and vehemently; make formal speech |
decelerate
7
| harm someone's reputation; degrade; bring into disrepute; make infamous |
| slow down rate of advancement of; decrease speed of |
| smear as with paint; apply with quick or crude strokes to surface; make crude paintings |
| a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone |
decomposition
8
| breakdown or decay of organic materials; act or result of decomposing |
| dry up thoroughly; make dry, dull, or lifeless; preserve foods by removing the moisture |
| failure or falling off in amount or quality |
| very fat; large in body; overweight |
deficit
9
| a specialist in the study of nutrition |
| self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity |
| right-handedness; readiness and grace in physical activity; skill and ease in using the hands; expertness in manual acts |
| failure or falling off in amount or quality |
dejected
10
| being in low spirits; depressed |
| apt to believe on slight evidence; easily imposed upon; unsuspecting; believed too readily |
| to defeat completely,to make perplex or uneasy |
| failure or falling off in amount or quality |