Difficult GRE Words - Group 5
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flare up 
1
 | deceive; take in by deceptive means; delude |
| burn brightly again; become more intense suddenly |
| difficult to perceive senses or mind |
| patience; restraint of passions; act of forbearing or waiting |
florid
2
| leave of absence; vacation granted a soldier or civil servant |
| burn brightly again; become more intense suddenly |
| reddish; elaborately or excessively ornamented |
| idyllically calm and peaceful; marked by peace and prosperity |
fractious
3
| inclined to make trouble; disobedient; irritable |
| deceive; take in by deceptive means; delude |
| expectation of misfortune; feeling of evil to come; unfavorable omen |
| a plant of the genus Linum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers |
frenetic
4
| excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion |
| unsteady and dazed; shaky; slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness |
| inspire or influence thoroughly; stain or dye deeply or completely |
| sprawling low-height building or complex |
frieze
5
| architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice; heavy woolen fabric with a long nap |
| sociable; seeking and enjoying the company of others |
| inspire or influence thoroughly; stain or dye deeply or completely |
| awkward or lacking in social graces; coarse and uncouth |
furlough
6
| leave of absence; vacation granted a soldier or civil servant |
| sleep throughout winter; be in inactive or dormant state |
| speak against; contradict; oppose in words; deny or declare not to be true |
| relating to the use of science or technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law |
gallantry
7
| idyllically calm and peaceful; marked by peace and prosperity |
| owner or keeper of a herd or of herds; one employed in tending a herd of cattle |
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| burn brightly again; become more intense suddenly |
gargantuan
8
| excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion |
| of immense size, volume, or capacity; gigantic |
| small European insectivore, and other allied species of Asia and Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines |
| speak against; contradict; oppose in words; deny or declare not to be true |
geniality
9
| long narrow opening ; long narrow depression in surface |
| expectation of misfortune; feeling of evil to come; unfavorable omen |
| warmth of disposition and manners; kindliness; sympathy |
| treat with fumes; apply smoke to; expose to smoke or vapor, especially to disinfect or eradicate pests |
gourmand
10
| stimulate by shock; stir up; stimulate to action |
| fern leaf, especially compound leaf; palm or banana leaf |
| person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink |
| intermittently stopping and starting; irregular; variable; unstable |