Difficult GRE Words - Group 5

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a. unpleasant-smelling; having offensive smell; stinking


Spelling Word: fetid
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a. developing; forming; capable of forming or molding


Spelling Word: formative
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v. renounce or deny something, especially under oath; swear falsely, usually under pressure


Spelling Word: forswear
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n. 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


Spelling Word: graffiti
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a. repeated too often; over familiar through overuse


Spelling Word: hackneyed
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n. One that indicates or foreshadows what is to come; a forerunner


Spelling Word: harbinger
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n. tool of agriculture, usually formed of pieces of timber or metal crossing each other, and set with iron or wooden teeth


Spelling Word: harrow
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a. grain-eating; plant-eating; feeding only on plants


Spelling Word: herbivorous
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a. sealed by fusion so as to be airtight


Spelling Word: hermetic
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a. unorthodox; unconventional; not in agreement with accepted beliefs, especially in church doctrine


Spelling Word: heterodox