Difficult GRE Words - Group 3
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| Difficult GRE Words - Group 3 | View Group Words |
copious 
1
 | n. group that meets socially; an exclusive circle of people with common purpose |
| a. plentiful; containing plenty; affording ample supply |
| v. loose bands of; set free; disunite; scatter |
| v. give out in small portions; distribute sparingly |
coterie
2
| n. group that meets socially; an exclusive circle of people with common purpose |
| a. apt to believe on slight evidence; easily imposed upon; unsuspecting; believed too readily |
| a. increasing or enlarging by successive addition; acquired by or resulting from accumulation |
| a. of or relating to the heart |
credulous
3
| a. quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy |
| v. express strong disapproval of; disparage |
| a. apt to believe on slight evidence; easily imposed upon; unsuspecting; believed too readily |
| a. not harmonious; conflicting; disagreeable in sound; harsh or dissonant |
daunt
4
| a. having harmful effect; injurious; having quality of destroying life; noxious; poisonous |
| v. frighten; abate the courage of; discourage |
| a. apt to believe on slight evidence; easily imposed upon; unsuspecting; believed too readily |
| v. remove or reduce an area's military power |
decelerate
5
| a. lacking moral restraint; indulging in sensual pleasures or vices |
| v. slow down rate of advancement of; decrease speed of |
| v. move from a higher to a lower place; come or go down; arrive or attack in a sudden or an overwhelming manner |
| v. expose as false, exaggerated, worthless; ridicule |
demilitarize
6
| a. of or relating to the heart |
| a. not harmonious; conflicting; disagreeable in sound; harsh or dissonant |
| v. remove or reduce an area's military power |
| v. bring up and expel from throat or stomach; vomit; discharge or pour forth contents |
denim
7
| n. period of depression or unhappy listlessness; slack period; state of inactivity |
| v. catch sight of; discover by careful observation or scrutiny |
| a. plentiful; containing plenty; affording ample supply |
| n. coarse twilled cloth, usually cotton, used for jeans, overalls, and work uniforms |
denouement
8
| v. take off; remove; tip or remove one's hat in salutation; put aside; discard |
| n. readiness of belief; disposition to believe on slight evidence |
| n. outcome; final resolution or clarification of dramatic or narrative plot |
| a. dissatisfied; restlessly unhappy; uneasy in mind |
depreciate
9
| v. lessen price or value of; think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle |
| n. period of depression or unhappy listlessness; slack period; state of inactivity |
| a. unable to compromise about points of doctrine; unyielding |
| a. being in low spirits; depressed |
descend
10
| n. act or practice of tilling land and preparing it for crops; the agricultural management of land; husbandry in general |
| n. outcome; final resolution or clarification of dramatic or narrative plot |
| a. fundamentally distinct or different in kind; entirely dissimilar |
| v. move from a higher to a lower place; come or go down; arrive or attack in a sudden or an overwhelming manner |