Difficult GRE Words - Group 5
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fatuous 
1
 | hesitant; faltering; imperfect or defective |
| trench in the earth made by a plow; any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; wrinkle on the face |
| practice of cultivating the land or raising stock; care of domestic affairs; economy; domestic management; thrift |
| foolish or silly, especially in self-satisfied way |
febrile
2
| feverish; intense emotion or activity |
| owner or keeper of a herd or of herds; one employed in tending a herd of cattle |
| pride; arrogance; highness or loftiness |
| cause to sprout or grow; come into existence |
filament
3
| grain-eating; plant-eating; feeding only on plants |
| foolish or silly, especially in self-satisfied way |
| practice of cultivating the land or raising stock; care of domestic affairs; economy; domestic management; thrift |
| fine thread or fiber; thin wire; threadlike structure within light bulb |
fishery
4
| business or practice of catching fish; fishing; a place for catching fish; the right to take fish at a certain place |
| tool of agriculture, usually formed of pieces of timber or metal crossing each other, and set with iron or wooden teeth |
| hesitant; faltering; imperfect or defective |
| person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink |
fissure
5
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| unsteady and dazed; shaky; slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness |
| long narrow opening ; long narrow depression in surface |
| move uneasily one way and the other; behave or move nervously or restlessly |
flout
6
| trench in the earth made by a plow; any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; wrinkle on the face |
| reject; mock; express contempt for rules by word or action; behave with contempt |
| fine thread or fiber; thin wire; threadlike structure within light bulb |
| narrow passage; particularly, a narrow channel of water |
forestall
7
| prevent by taking action in advance |
| acting in strength, firmness, or resilience |
| narrow passage; particularly, a narrow channel of water |
| grain-eating; plant-eating; feeding only on plants |
forlorn
8
| sad and lonely; wretched; abandoned or left behind |
| visit often; appear to in the form of ghost or other supernatural being; come to the mind of continually |
| pride; arrogance; highness or loftiness |
| practice of cultivating the land or raising stock; care of domestic affairs; economy; domestic management; thrift |
fractious
9
| hesitant; faltering; imperfect or defective |
| noisy, disorderly fight or quarrel; disturbance |
| inclined to make trouble; disobedient; irritable |
| grain-eating; plant-eating; feeding only on plants |
gantry
10
| a mount for a traveling crane consisting of a large frame to move along a set of tracks; supporting framework for a barrel |
| having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility |
| expectation of misfortune; feeling of evil to come; unfavorable omen |
| hesitant; faltering; imperfect or defective |