Difficult GRE Words - Group 3

n. agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act

n. attachment to materialistic values or possessions; theory that a progressively greater consumption of goods is economically beneficial

v. rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; be burdensome or oppressive to; hinder or embarrass in attaining an object

n. steep, rugged rock; rough, broken cliff, or point of a rock, on a ledge

v. turn into a god; idolize or idealize; worship or revere as a god

n. one who manages or oversees, usually as an administrator in a museum or library

n. all the courses of study offered by an educational institution; a group of related courses, often in a special field of study

n. act of the mind in considering with attention; continued attention of the mind to a particular subject; meditation; expectation

v. recover gradually from an illness

v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another

n. plundering; destructive action; predatory attack; damage or loss

a. plentiful; containing plenty; affording ample supply

v. discuss fully; talk at great length about something of one's interest

n. plundering; destructive action; predatory attack; damage or loss

n. greed; excessive desire, especially for wealth

n. specialized behavior that leads to or initiates mating

v. swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure

n. outcome; final resolution or clarification of dramatic or narrative plot

v. to fall or crash violent from great heights, to form a crater

n. attachment to materialistic values or possessions; theory that a progressively greater consumption of goods is economically beneficial

n. attachment to materialistic values or possessions; theory that a progressively greater consumption of goods is economically beneficial

v. turn into a god; idolize or idealize; worship or revere as a god

n. of various predominantly aquatic arthropods of the class Crustacea, including lobsters, crabs, shrimps

n. all the courses of study offered by an educational institution; a group of related courses, often in a special field of study

v. turn into a god; idolize or idealize; worship or revere as a god

a. acting or ruling as a despot; absolute in power

n. greed; excessive desire, especially for wealth

n. specialized behavior that leads to or initiates mating

v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another

n. a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

v. remove or reduce an area's military power

a. bold; incapable of being discouraged; fearless

v. pretend; hide feelings from other people

n. a kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton

n. act of emptying, reducing, or exhausting

n. act of the mind in considering with attention; continued attention of the mind to a particular subject; meditation; expectation

v. blacken; defame; attack reputation of; degrade

v. portray; depict; draw or trace outline of; sketch out

v. lessen price or value of; think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle

v. swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure