Difficult GRE Words - Group 5

spot; make spot or mark onto; mark with small spots

gray or white with or as if with age; covered with grayish hair

gather grain left behind by reapers; collect bit by bit

not real or genuine; pretended; counterfeit; insincere; false

awkward or lacking in social graces; coarse and uncouth

any writings or drawings on a surface in a public place, placed there without authorization of the owner of the object on which it is written

characteristic of acting or stage performance

trick; any distracting or deceptive maneuver

cut with an ax; fell with a sharp instrument; form or shape with a sharp instrument; cut

business or practice of catching fish; fishing; a place for catching fish; the right to take fish at a certain place

patience; restraint of passions; act of forbearing or waiting

trick; any distracting or deceptive maneuver

gray or white with or as if with age; covered with grayish hair

grain-eating; plant-eating; feeding only on plants

weakness or failing of character

free, without charge; costing nothing

small ornamental statuette; small molded or sculptured figure

offensively flattering or insincere; offensive; disgusting

gather grain left behind by reapers; collect bit by bit

try to stir up public opinion; promote growth of; apply warm lotion to

relating to the use of science or technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law

region; remote and undeveloped area

try to stir up public opinion; promote growth of; apply warm lotion to

renounce or deny something, especially under oath; swear falsely, usually under pressure

developing; forming; capable of forming or molding

savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty

offensively flattering or insincere; offensive; disgusting

sudden raid or military advance; venture or initial attempt, especially outside one's usual area

not sanctioned by custom or law; unlawful

leave of absence; vacation granted a soldier or civil servant

acting in strength, firmness, or resilience

offensively flattering or insincere; offensive; disgusting

relating to the use of science or technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law

structure for supporting or enclosing something else, a fundamental structure for written work

apt; suitably expressed; well chosen

any of various flies, that bite or annoy livestock and other animals; irritating person

one who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine contrary to the established faith or prevailing religion

brief explanation of words, often placed at back of book

try to stir up public opinion; promote growth of; apply warm lotion to

any writings or drawings on a surface in a public place, placed there without authorization of the owner of the object on which it is written