Difficult GRE Words - Group 5

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

burn brightly again; become more intense suddenly

unsteady and dazed; shaky; slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness

a plant of the genus Linum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers

privilege or right officially granted a person or a group by a government; business or group of businesses established or operated under such authorization

owner or keeper of a herd or of herds; one employed in tending a herd of cattle

complete; create details from a basic outline, structure or skeleton; make fat or plump

lacking proper seriousness; speaking freely; talkative; communicative

deceive; take in by deceptive means; delude

brief explanation of words, often placed at back of book

burn brightly again; become more intense suddenly

foretell; tell in advance; indicate likelihood of; portend

a plant of the genus Linum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers

abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column; crooked back or humped back; humpback whale, fish, person

practice of cultivating the land or raising stock; care of domestic affairs; economy; domestic management; thrift

sad and lonely; wretched; abandoned or left behind

correspond; sing or play in harmony; go together

expectation of misfortune; feeling of evil to come; unfavorable omen

excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion

obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice

reddish; elaborately or excessively ornamented

of, involving, moved by, or operated by a fluid, especially water, under pressure

full of high-spirited fun; gay; given to merry

sad and lonely; wretched; abandoned or left behind

lacking proper seriousness; speaking freely; talkative; communicative

consisting of or resembling grains; having grainy texture

trench in the earth made by a plow; any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; wrinkle on the face

intermittently stopping and starting; irregular; variable; unstable

any of large-scale aggregates of stars, gas, and dust that constitute the universe; assembly of brilliant or distinguished persons or things

rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly

reddish; elaborately or excessively ornamented

noisy, disorderly fight or quarrel; disturbance

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

departing from accepted beliefs or standards; oppositional

lacking proper seriousness; speaking freely; talkative; communicative

dance and skip about in sport; leap playfully

armed policeman in France; French policeman

departing from accepted beliefs or standards; oppositional

of, involving, moved by, or operated by a fluid, especially water, under pressure

excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion